Today, in 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States. This marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of WWII.
The war ended when Japanese signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Dig deeper. Read more war history, here: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/surrender-of-japan-aboard-missouri.html
Watch the free video of the ceremony (about 10 minutes), here: https://archive.org/details/ADC-5163..
You might also enjoy this detailed documentary (from the Smithsonian), (Note: the Smithsonian video is over 2 hours.)
The war ended when Japanese signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Dig deeper. Read more war history, here: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/surrender-of-japan-aboard-missouri.html
Watch the free video of the ceremony (about 10 minutes), here: https://archive.org/details/ADC-5163..
You might also enjoy this detailed documentary (from the Smithsonian), (Note: the Smithsonian video is over 2 hours.)