What title did Douglas MacArthur use when signing Japan’s surrender instrument in 1945?
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
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What title did Douglas MacArthur use when signing Japan’s surrender instrument in 1945?
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
What hull number identified USS Missouri, the battleship that hosted Japan’s surrender ceremony?
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BB-63
What date did U.S. President Harry Truman announce Japan’s acceptance of surrender terms?
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August 14, 1945
Which U.S. president announced on August 14, 1945, that Japan had accepted the Allied surrender terms?
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Harry S. Truman
What name is commonly given to the Soviet offensive against Japan in August 1945?
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Operation August Storm
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What date did U.S. President Harry Truman announce Japan’s acceptance of surrender terms?
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August 14, 1945
What name is commonly given to the Soviet offensive against Japan in August 1945?
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Operation August Storm
What was Emperor Hirohito’s surrender broadcast to Japan called?
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Gyokuon-hōsō
What was the Allied ultimatum that Japan accepted before surrendering in World War II?
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Potsdam Declaration
What water-powered machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to raise water?
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