Japan: No Surrender in World War Two. By David Powers Last updated 2011-02-17. By the end of World War Two, Japan had endured 14 years of war, and lay in ruins - with over three million dead.

She quotes Douglas MacArthur as saying that "in August 1945 Japan was ready to surrender if the terms of surrender had been altered from unconditional surrender”.

The surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States representative aboard USS Missouri (BB-63). Standing directly ...

On August 14, 1945, Americans received the news that Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s surrender. By August 30, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was in Tokyo, and the American occupation of ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 1945 (UP) - Japan surrendered unconditionally tonight, bringing peace to the world after the bloodiest conflict mankind has known.

Japan marked the 66th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Monday with somber remembrances across the country and a memorial in Tokyo led by the emperor.

In remembrance of the day Japan first agreed to surrender, Aug. 15, the latest article from “Beyond the World War II We Know,” a series by The Times that documents lesser-known stories from ...

China plans to hold a military parade in September marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender ...

A heavy overcast covered the skies over Tokyo bay as the surrender ceremony was completed in approximately 22 minutes, formally ending history's bloodiest war six years after Germany's invasion of ...

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. Story by Peter Zablocki • 6mo.

MARGARET Forbes writes a passionate and sincerely-felt letter (May 21) condemning the US use of nuclear weapons against Japan in August 1945. She quotes Douglas MacArthur as saying that "in August ...