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This was in distinct contrast to the British and Anzac forces, who demanded senior officers surrender their swords in front of assembled Japanese soldiers.
Slim in his autobiography stated the reasoning as 'We wanted no WW1 mythology of the 'undefeated Japanese Army' - public surrender emphasised their military defeat.
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WWII officially ended on 2 September 1945, when US General of the Army Douglas MacArthur conducted surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Japan signed the surrender aboard the USS Missouri while it was at anchor in Tokyo Harbor, Tokyo, Japan.
The surrender papers were signed on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri as it was at anchor in Tokyo Bay.
The German instrument of surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims . The 15th of August 1945 Japan surrendered, with the surrender documents finally signed aboard the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on 2 September 1945 , ending the war with Japan in the Pacific .
World War II ended in 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 8th and the surrender of Japan on August 15th. The surrender of Germany was signed in Reims, France, and the surrender of Japan took place on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. These surrenders marked the end of the war in Europe and the Pacific, respectively.