On what date did the Japanese Instrument of Surrender get signed aboard USS Missouri?
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September 2, 1945
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On what date did the Japanese Instrument of Surrender get signed aboard USS Missouri?
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September 2, 1945
What was the Allied codename for the planned invasion of Japan’s southern island Kyushu?
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Operation Olympic
How many copies of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender were signed at the 1945 ceremony?
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Two
Which Allied nation did General Kuzma Derevyanko represent at Japan’s 1945 surrender ceremony?
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Soviet Union
How many B-29 Superfortresses took part in the flypast over Japan’s surrender ceremony?
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462
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What was the Allied codename for the planned invasion of Japan’s southern island Kyushu?
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Operation Olympic
Which document formally recorded Japan’s surrender and ended World War II hostilities?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Where did Japan formally sign its World War II surrender on September 2, 1945?
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USS Missouri