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Anniversary of V-J Day: Japan signs document surrendering to U.S. to end World War II

Anniversary of V-J Day: Japan signs document surrendering to U.S. to end World War II

by Christian Southards | Sep 6, 2023

On Sept. 2, 1945, representatives from Imperial Japan signed the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri, thereby ending the Second World War. Dec. 7, 1941: The Pacific War Begins With a String of Allied Defeats The Attack on Pearl...

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