Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6mon
To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
With the Japanese surrender at hand ... Halsey’s Missouri entered Tokyo Bay on August 29, 1945, just over 92 years after ...
Why the atomic bomb didn’t really end the Second World War
Historians often suggest that America’s super-weapon forced Hirohito to surrender in 1945. Look closer, and the truth is more complex ...
朝日新聞社11d
5 things to know about Japan’s World War II surrender
2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It’s known as V-J Day ...
Hosted on MSN3mon
RI veteran, 98, finally receives medals earned in World War II
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — When General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender during World War II in Tokyo Bay, John DeLeo of Johnston was there. DeLeo enlisted in the Navy at the age of ...
The Irish Times7d
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second ... Those events include the firebombing of Tokyo and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...