Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the ...
With the Japanese surrender at hand, the world’s attention centered on the admiral’s flagship, the USS Missouri, chosen as ...
For 2,000 years Japan had never been defeated. There was no word for "surrender" in the Japanese dictionary. And although the Japanese government never believed it could defeat the United States ...
U.S. air raids continued against Japan until the day of its surrender in the Pacific War because Tokyo was reluctant to accept the Potsdam Declaration over the emperor’s status, according to ...
It is 26 July, 1945. For four years, America has been at war with Japan. President Truman issues the enemy an ultimatum: surrender unconditionally or face “prompt and utter destruction.” ...
On 15 August it will be 75 years since Victory over Japan (VJ) Day in 1945, which marked the end of World War Two. After the surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945, two days of national holiday were ...