Diary September 2, 1945

09-1945, War Diary, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Surrender of Japan — At 9:05 hours the surrender document is signed aboard the battleship ‘Missouri’.

Diary for Sunday, September 2, 1945:

Politics

SURRENDER DOCUMENT SIGNED BY JAPANESE AND ALLIED LEADERS (headed by MacArthur and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu) aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Occupied countries

Japan – Operation Blacklist: US 6th and 8th Armies begin landing.

Home Fronts

USA: VJ-Day celebrations.
Indo-China: Ho Chi Minh proclaims Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi.

Sea War

Shipping Losses 1945: Allied and Neutrals 105 ships totaling 445,864 t.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.