Which American general accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard USS Missouri in 1945?
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Douglas MacArthur
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Which American general accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard USS Missouri in 1945?
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Douglas MacArthur
What document formally recorded Japan’s surrender in World War II on September 2, 1945?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Which phase of Operation Downfall was planned to attack the Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
What was the alternative name for the Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Manchuria in August 1945?
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Operation August Storm
What was the name of Japan’s August 15, 1945 radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Allied surrender terms?
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Gyokuon-hōsō
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What document formally recorded Japan’s surrender in World War II on September 2, 1945?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Which phase of Operation Downfall was planned to attack the Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
What was the alternative name for the Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Manchuria in August 1945?
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Operation August Storm
What July 1945 declaration demanded Japan's surrender before the formal V-J Day ceremony?
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Potsdam Declaration
Which Japanese emperor announced Japan’s surrender to the public on August 15, 1945?
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Emperor Hirohito
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Pocket Monsters Red and Green
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