What declaration demanded Japan's unconditional surrender in July 1945?
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Potsdam Declaration
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What declaration demanded Japan's unconditional surrender in July 1945?
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Potsdam Declaration
Which Japanese general signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender for Imperial General Headquarters?
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Yoshijirō Umezu
What is the Japanese name commonly given to Hirohito's August 15, 1945 surrender broadcast?
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Gyokuon-hōsō
Which Allied commander opened Japan's formal surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri?
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Douglas MacArthur
Where in Japan's waters was the Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed in 1945?
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Tokyo Bay
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Which Allied commander opened Japan's formal surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri?
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Which Japanese emperor announced Japan's surrender in a radio address on August 15, 1945?
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Emperor Hirohito
On what date in 1945 was Japan's formal surrender signed, ending World War II?
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September 2, 1945
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