Which date did President Truman designate as the official V-J Day in the United States?
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September 2, 1945
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Which date did President Truman designate as the official V-J Day in the United States?
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September 2, 1945
What was the planned Allied operation to invade Japan’s main island Honshu in 1946?
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Operation Coronet
What was the planned Allied invasion of Japan’s southern island Kyushu called in 1945?
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Operation Olympic
How many Allied governments were represented by signatories on Japan’s Instrument of Surrender?
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Nine
Which Japanese puppet state in Manchuria was overthrown during the Soviet offensive that preceded Japan’s surrender?
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Manchukuo
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What was the planned Allied operation to invade Japan’s main island Honshu in 1946?
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Operation Coronet
What was the planned Allied invasion of Japan’s southern island Kyushu called in 1945?
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Operation Olympic
What do the initials “V-J” stand for in “V-J Day,” marking Japan’s defeat in World War II?
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Victory over Japan
Which ship hosted Japan’s formal surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945?
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USS Missouri
Which Soviet action on August 8, 1945, helped pressure Japan toward surrender?
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The Soviet declaration of war
Which Japanese foreign minister signed the 1945 surrender for the Emperor and Japanese government?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
Who represented the Soviet Union at Japan’s surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri?
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Kuzma Derevyanko