September 2, 1945, was the day of the end of World War II. On this day, Japan officially signed the instrument of surrender, marking the official end of World War II. At that time, Japan was the last fascist country and was at the end of its rope, so it had to surrender. However, at the ceremony of Japan's surrender, there was a funny scene.
At 9:00 a.m. on September 2, 1945, the surrender ceremony was held on the deck of the MISSOURI moored in Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Japanese Foreign Minister and the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese battalion, led by U.S. five-star General MacArthur on the Allied side. At first, it went very smoothly, but a funny scene appeared when it was signed.
At the signing ceremony, the Dutch representatives did not find a place to sign, and finally had to follow MacArthur's instructions and sign at random places. The representative of New Zealand, because he was the last to sign, had to sign the place where he signed, and had to sign in the blank space in the footer, which was also considered to be his own signature. The ceremony had been prepared very well before it was carried out, and I did not expect that there were still many problems. But that's not the funniest. The funniest thing is that the Japanese representative found a mistake when he received the surrender letter.
The error was caused by the representative of Canada. The Representative of Canada signed the wrong place when signing, and the next four people all signed in the wrong place. When the Representative of Japan discovered the problem, he refused to accept the instrument of surrender. Coupled with the above other problems, the Japanese are even more reluctant to accept it. At that time, the entire missouri deck was noisy and noisy. The Representative of Japan then asked whether it would be possible to re-sign a surrender instrument, but MacArthur disagreed. Of course, after many negotiations, MacArthur agreed to amend the signature, and all the wrong countries crossed out and re-signed. So there are a lot of changes in this agreement. It is estimated that many people can't imagine that the document that ended World War II had so many laughs when it was signed.
Of course, there is also a laughing point behind it, that is, after the signing of the original signature, the Japanese representative is gone, and the US Air Force honor guard will fly over the Missouri ship to Tokyo Bay. As a result, due to a typo, the Japanese representative had not left, and the US Air Force honor guard flew directly. The Japanese representative was very embarrassed. If World War II was brutal, then when Japan surrendered, it was absolutely hilarious.