What official title did Douglas MacArthur hold when he accepted Japan’s surrender in 1945?
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
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What official title did Douglas MacArthur hold when he accepted Japan’s surrender in 1945?
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
On what date was Japan’s formal surrender ceremony held aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay?
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September 2, 1945
Which Soviet action on August 8, 1945, added pressure on Japan to surrender?
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Declaration of war on Japan
Which U.S. B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima before Japan’s surrender?
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Enola Gay
Which Japanese foreign minister was the first person to sign the Instrument of Surrender in 1945?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
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On what date was Japan’s formal surrender ceremony held aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay?
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September 2, 1945
Which Soviet action on August 8, 1945, added pressure on Japan to surrender?
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Declaration of war on Japan
Which Japanese foreign minister was the first person to sign the Instrument of Surrender in 1945?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
Who signed Japan’s formal surrender on behalf of the Allied powers in 1945?
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Douglas MacArthur
Which 1945 declaration did Japan accept when it agreed to surrender to the Allies?
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Potsdam Declaration
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