Which Japanese army chief signed the surrender instrument after Mamoru Shigemitsu in 1945?
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Yoshijirō Umezu
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Which Japanese army chief signed the surrender instrument after Mamoru Shigemitsu in 1945?
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Yoshijirō Umezu
Which magazine first published Alfred Eisenstaedt’s V-J Day kiss photograph?
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Which American general accepted Japan’s surrender for the Allied powers in 1945?
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Douglas MacArthur
Which Chinese general accepted Japan’s surrender in Nanjing on 9 September 1945?
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He Yingqin
Which Japanese general signed the surrender document in Nanjing on 9 September 1945?
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Yasuji Okamura
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Which American general accepted Japan’s surrender for the Allied powers in 1945?
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At what time did Japan’s formal surrender become effective on 2 September 1945?
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