DIGITIAL
PHOTO FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ & GENERAL of the ARMY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR-JAPANESE
SURRENDER
WWII
FLEET ADMIRALCHESTER NIMITZ & GENERAL of the ARMY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR ON
BOARD USS MISSOURI BB-63 FOR JAPAN SURRENDER. MANY DIGNITARIES ATTENDED AS THE
PHOTO DETAILS.
The
surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor
Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the
war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese
Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied
invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the
United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed
forces in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945—the alternative being
"prompt and utter destruction". While publicly stating their intent
to fight on to the bitter end, Japan's leaders (the Supreme Council for the Direction
of the War, also known as the "Big Six") were privately making
entreaties to the publicly neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more
favorable to the Japanese. While maintaining a sufficient level of diplomatic
engagement with the Japanese to give them the impression they might be willing
to mediate, the Soviets were covertly preparing to attack Japanese forces in
Manchuria and Korea (in addition to South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) in
fulfillment of promises they had secretly made to the United States and the
United Kingdom at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences.
Printed
on Sturdy, glossy Photo Paper. OVERALL SIZE: 8-1/2” X 11”. IMAGE ISZE: 8”X10”. LANDSCAPE
STYLE.