The picture shows the ceremony of Japan signing the instrument of surrender
On August 15, 1945, after suffering from the multi-directional attacks of the Allies and the atomic bombing of the United States, Japan finally announced its unconditional surrender, and on the morning of September 2, Japan and allied representatives held a signing ceremony for the instrument of surrender on the battleship USS Missouri of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, officially declaring the end of World War 2. No matter what these delegates think, history is unstoppable, and Japan must pay its due price for its madness.
At 8:00 a.m. on September 2, 1945, representatives from the United States and the Allies arrived at the battleship Missouri, and at 8:50 a.m., the small boat transporting the Japanese delegates also docked on the battleship, and Japan sent a total of 11 people to participate in the signing ceremony of the instrument of surrender, including foreign minister Shigemitsu Aoi on behalf of the Japanese government, General Umezu Mijiro, chief of staff of the Japanese army headquarters, and a number of generals representing the various branches of the Japanese armed forces, and the representatives of the United States and the Allied countries attending the ceremony all wore solemn dresses and medals, and the ceremony was solemn. The 11 members of the Japanese delegation were not uniformly dressed, and seven military representatives, including General Umezu Mijiro, wore wrinkled military uniforms and dirty military boots that had not been ironed, and one of the Japanese government delegates wore a worn-out white suit to express his dissatisfaction with the emperor's surrender order.
The picture shows Japan signing the instrument of surrender
At exactly 9:00 a.m., the USS Missouri Battleship Orchestra played the American national anthem, the ceremony officially began, American Admiral MacArthur spoke and read the surrender order, and then asked the Japanese delegation to sign the surrender document, and the two surrender documents prepared by the United States were not exactly the same, of which the surrender letter that the Allies were responsible for preserving was covered with dark green leather and richly decorated, and the surrender book preserved by Japan was covered with a simple black canvas, for which the United States later claimed that this aspect was a sign of contempt for Japan. On the other hand, it is believed that Japan will not keep this surrender book well, so it is not necessary to decorate it too well, so as not to waste it.
After MacArthur gave the order, a Japanese representative first checked the contents of the surrender letter, and then Shigemitsu Aoi went to the table to prepare to sign, and he could not even do a simple seat, he got his cane and top hat gloves to the ground, a Japanese representative hurried forward to sort it out for him, and then faced with the surrender letter, he did not even know where to sign, MacArthur ordered the American general to point out the location where he needed to sign, and after signing the name, Shigemitsu Aoi hurriedly got up and left.
The picture shows the Allies signing the Instrument of Surrender
Umezu Mijiro, who represented the Japanese military, also did not sign well, walked to the table and did not even look at the initials to leave, and then signed the Representative of the Allied Powers acted gracefully and solemnly, MacArthur signed on behalf of the U.S. military and solemnly used 6 pens, and after the final ceremony, the time stayed at exactly 9:18 a.m., echoing the 918 Incident launched by the Japanese army in China 14 years ago, which can be described as providence.