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Surrender of Japanese Armed Forces

Name: Surrender of Japanese Armed Forces – Japan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range

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Chronological records

1945

Hirohito16 August 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Issues an Imperial Order directing Japanese forces to surrender

Names involved

Hirohito

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