Japanese representatives signed the surrender document on 2 September 1945 in the presence of Allied generals and other officials aboard the "USS Missouri" warship in Tokyo Bay.
Within a half hour of the signing, a convoy of U.S. ships entered Tokyo Bay and landed 13,000 American troops.
The surrender occurred after the U.S. nuclear-bomb attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August.
The U.S. occupation of Japan formally ended in 1952 and the country went on to become one of America's closest allies.
(AFP/BBC)
See RFE/RL's dedicated webpage World War II: 60 Years After"
Within a half hour of the signing, a convoy of U.S. ships entered Tokyo Bay and landed 13,000 American troops.
The surrender occurred after the U.S. nuclear-bomb attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August.
The U.S. occupation of Japan formally ended in 1952 and the country went on to become one of America's closest allies.
(AFP/BBC)
See RFE/RL's dedicated webpage World War II: 60 Years After"