{"id":433,"date":"2020-08-15T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=433"},"modified":"2020-08-17T02:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T02:14:34","slug":"surrender-of-japan-world-war-two-ends-1945-august-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/surrender-of-japan-world-war-two-ends-1945-august-15\/","title":{"rendered":"August 15, 1945. Surrender of Japan, end of World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/world-war-ii-shigemitsu-signs-japan-surrender.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/prince-philip-d-day.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrender_of_Japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945<\/a>, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1323388\/Prince-Philip-news-world-war-two-duke-of-edenborough-VJ-day-hms-whelp-japan-royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRINCE Philip can be seen in a historic photograph released by the Royal Family to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day.<\/a><br>\nCook, who has grandchildren and great-grandchildren, retired from his job after winning, the press release stated. Feeney had already retired from the fire department.<br><br>\n\nThe Duke recalled what happened on the day the Japanese surrendered. He called the surrender a \u201cgreat relief,\u201d and added the ship moved on to Hong Kong afterwards.<br><br>\n\nPrince Philip said: \u201cFrom there, we went on to Hong Kong, and the most extraordinary sensation \u2013 we sailed, we suddenly realised we didn\u2019t have to darken ship anymore. We didn\u2019t have to close all the scuttles. We didn\u2019t have to turn the lights out.&#8221; He also remembered the \u2018most extraordinary sensation\u2019 of rescuing prisoners of war who had been held by the Japanese.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nPhoto courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrender_of_Japan#\/media\/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg\">Naval Historical Center Photo # SC 213700<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1323388\/Prince-Philip-news-world-war-two-duke-of-edenborough-VJ-day-hms-whelp-japan-royal-family\">PA \/ PA Archive \/ PA Images<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. 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