On Sept. 2 that year, Japanese government representatives signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay in a diplomatic action that formally ended the war.

He said the global standard for the official end of the war is Sept. 2, 1945, when Japan signed the instrument of surrender. Japan’s observance of the war’s end in August, he said, is the ...

Japan's heavy losses of invaluable assets ... intended versatility of guns and bombs in its arsenal. With the Instrument of Surrender's Sept. 2, 1945 signing aboard the U.S.S. Missouri to come ...

Nicknamed “Mighty Mo,” the formidable ship is also where Japan officially surrendered to the Allies in 1945 by signing the Instrument of Surrender. Today, the USS Missouri is docked at Pearl ...

Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is published to mark the 80th anniversary of the terrible events of that time.