WWII August 1945 Printed U.S. Army Japanese Surrender Occupation Tokyo Map
WWII August 1945 Printed U.S. Army Japanese Surrender Occupation Tokyo Map
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This original U.S. Army map of Tokyo was printed in August of 1945 by the U.S. Army and is an incredible piece of World War II history and the surrender of the Japanese forces. This map was printed during the same month of both atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945. The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
This map was produced for the surrender of Japan and the occupation of the U.S. and allied military forces following the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945—marking the end not just to World War II but to 15 years of Japan’s military rampage across Asia.
President Truman appointed MacArthur to head the Allied occupation of Japan as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. For the site of Japan’s formal surrender, Truman chose the USS Missouri, a battleship that had seen considerable action in the Pacific and was named after Truman’s native state. MacArthur, instructed to preside over the surrender, held off the ceremony until September 2 in order to allow time for representatives of all the major Allied powers to arrive.
On Sunday, September 2, more than 250 Allied warships lay at anchor in Tokyo Bay. The flags of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and China fluttered above the deck of the Missouri. Just after 9 a.m. Tokyo time, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed on behalf of the Japanese government. General Yoshijiro Umezu then signed for the Japanese armed forces, and his aides wept as he made his signature.