The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. (1957). During this administration, many high-ranking Japanese officials were tried, and were either executed or given long sentences.6Surrender ceremony at Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall)On 12 September 1945, Supreme Allied Commander (Southeast Asia), Lord Louis Mountbatten, accompanied by the Deputy Supreme Commander Raymond Wheeler, was driven to the ceremony by a released prisoner-of-war. Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore. Kirby. Please contact the Library for further reading materials on the topic. The Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on board an American battleship, Surrender ceremony on board the American battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (Call no. A., & Mattson, G. L. (2001). The instrument of surrender. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. (Call no. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR); Wiest, A. Full occupation of Japan … The Straits Times, p. 1. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)6. Historical research on the surrender ceremony at City Hall on 12th September 1945. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.16. : RSING q940.53957 LEE-[WAR])This is no negotiated surrender. London: H.M.S.O, p. 207. Japanese delegates sign surrender terms in Singapore, Mountbatten addresses the troops. : R q940.5426 WIE-[WAR])21. It was the practice in British Commonwealth countries to conduct a census of population at the beginning of each decade. Staplehurst: Spellmount, pp. London: H.M.S.O, p. 209. London: H.M.S.O, pp. The Japanese Cemetery Park at 22 Chuan Hoe Avenue was established in 1891 to serve the burial needs of Japanese residents ... On 18 July 1967, Britain announced its plans to withdraw its troops from Singapore by the mid-1970s. Percival, to surrender. Staplehurst: Spellmount, p. 249. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)5. : RSING 940.5425 HIS-[WAR])13. London: H.M.S.O, pp. Finally, the Japanese lost so many planes in the battle that their enterprise against Port Moresby had to be abandoned. (Call no. (Call no. : R q940.5426 WIE-[WAR])23. A., & Mattson, G. L. (2001). The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. Singapore: Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, p. 7. The Former Ford Factory, located at 351 Upper Bukit Timah Road, was the site where British forces officially surrendered ... Selarang Barracks was built between 1936 and 1938 to house an infantry battalion. 1817, Onoura, Japan–d. (Call no. Appalled by this disaster, the Japanese began to retreat in the night of June 4–5. This was the same flag that flew over the Government House before the war, and which was hidden by Malayan civil servant, Mervyn Cecil Frank Sheppard in his pillow during his captivity in the Changi prison during the Japanese Occupation. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. The Surrender of Singapore – September 1945, an introduction. In the Indian Ocean, the Japanese captured the Andaman Islands on March 23, and began a series of attacks on British shipping. The Instrument of Surrender signed at Singapore by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten for the Allies and General Itagaki for the Japanese. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.22. : RSING 940.5425 HIS-[WAR]); Bose, R. (2012). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, p. 248. 5). Kirby. On February 13, moreover, Japanese paratroopers had landed at Palembang in Sumatra, which fell to an amphibious assault three days later. 19 February 1908, Fukuoka, Japan–d. The Pacific war. The Japanese took it with comparative ease by advancing down the Malay Peninsula and then assaulting the base’s landward side, which the British had left inadequately defended. Sixteen hours later, American President Harry S. Truman called again for Japan's surrender, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." They planned also to capture Midway Island in the North Pacific and to establish air bases in the Aleutians. Having lost the strategic initiative, Japan canceled its plans to invade New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa. Also gathered in front of the Municipal Building were four Guards-of-Honour, from the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Indian army, and Australian paratroopers. S. W., et al. Singapore Surrender The surrender of 680,000 Japanese soldiers in South East Asia took place in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Buildings in Singapore on the 12th September 1945. (Call no. Bose, R. (2012). 8 November 1885, Osugi Mura, Shikoku, Japan–d. During the inspection, a fleet band played “Rule Britannia” accompanied by the firing of a seventeen-gun salute by the Royal Artillery.7The Instrument of Surrender was signed by General Itagaki, who signed on behalf of Hisaichi Terauchi, Field Marshall Count, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Japanese Forces, Southern Region.8 Terauchi was not able to attend the surrender ceremony as he had fallen ill due to a stroke.9 However, he personally surrendered to Mountbatten on 30 November 1945 in Saigon (Ho Chih Minh city). General Itagaki surrendered to the British represented by Lord Mountbatten at Municipal Hall, Singapore. Throughout the entire 70-day campaign in Malaya and Singapore, total Allied casualties amounted to 8,708 killed or wounded and 130,000 captured, while Jap… Percival, to surrender. By the end of 1942 all of Burma was in Japanese hands, China was effectively isolated (except by air), and India was exposed to the danger of a Japanese invasion through Burma. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)27. 5). The Straits Times, p. 1. The Japanese carriers were still able to launch their aircraft against Midway early on June 4, but in the ensuing battle, waves of carrier- and Midway-based U.S. bombers sank all four of the Japanese heavy carriers and one heavy cruiser. (1957). S. W., et al. 8 August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war and on 9 August 1945, the Soviet Union invaded the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. By the end of July they had generally achieved their objectives. Staplehurst: Spellmount, p. 244. (1945, September 13). London: H.M.S.O, p. 198. Historical research on the surrender ceremony at City Hall on 12th September 1945. The first was the choice of the location itself. He also surrendered his two swords: a short sword forged in the 16th century and a long sword forged in the 13th century. They planned to occupy New Caledonia, the Fiji Islands, and Samoa and also to seize eastern New Guinea, whence they would threaten Australia from an air base to be established at Port Moresby. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. It was dropped from an American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay,21 piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. The Surrender of Singapore – September 1945; So often we associate these words with the ignominious surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, but the surrender by the Japanese on 12 September 1945 is an equally important date in the story of WWII in Singapore. Singapore at war: Secrets from the fall, liberation & aftermath of WWII. The Instrument of Surrender was signed by General Itagaki, who signed on behalf of Hisaichi Terauchi, Field Marshall Count, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Japanese Forces, Southern Region. (1957). The U.S. Pacific Fleet had only three heavy carriers, eight cruisers, 18 destroyers, and 19 submarines, though there were some 115 aircraft in support of it. (Call no. Under continued pressure, the British and Indian forces in the following month fell back through Kalewa to Imphāl (across the Indian border), while most of the Chinese retreated across the Salween River into China. To the left of Mountbatten are Admiral Power and Lieutenant General Slim and to the right Lieutenant General Wheeler … From the archive, 1945: Japan signs the terms of surrender 3 September 1945 : With the signing on the USS Missouri, the second world war is now officially over. (1975). Five Australian former prisoners of war catch up on news from home after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, September 1945. Historical research on the surrender ceremony at City Hall on 12th September 1945. (1945, September 13). At the Municipal Building, Mountbatten was received by his Commanders-in Chief and high-ranking Allied Officers based in Singapore. The HMS Repulse was a battle cruiser built in 1916 and rehauled between 1936 and 1939. Their missions were to hold the U.S.–Australia line of communications, to contain the Japanese within the Pacific, to support the defense of North America, and to prepare for major amphibious counteroffensives. (1945, September 13). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, pp. : RSING 940.5425 BOS -[WAR])28. From “The Second World War: Allied Victory” (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation. The surrender ceremony finally ended with the hoisting of the Union Jack and the playing of the national anthems of all the Allied nations. 20. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)15. Hiroshima remembered. (1957). 5). Henceforth, the naval strengths of the Japanese and of the Allies were virtually equal. English:The Japanese Southern Armies Surrender at Singapore, 1945 Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, reads the terms of surrender to the Japanese delegation before they sign the formal document of surrender. : RSING 940.5425 BOS-[WAR]); Seven Japanese commanders. Bose, R. (2012). (Call no. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. In addition, MacArthur was assigned the duty of administering the occupation of Japan, which lasted till 1952. Chiang Kai-shek’s government on December 9, 1941, formally declared war not only against Japan (a formality long overdue) but also, with political rather than military intent, against Germany and Italy. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)11. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete history of the subject. Lieutenant-General Hyotaro Kimura (Burma Area Army), Lieutenant-General Akita Nakamura (18th Area Army), Vice-Admiral Shigeru Fukudome (1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet), Vice-Admiral Shibata (2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet), Lieutenant-General Tokazo Numata (Chief of Staff to Field-Marshall Count H. Terauchi, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army), Major-General William Ronald Campbell Penney (Director of Intelligence, South East Asia Command), Brigadier K.S. The fall of Singapore in 1942 clearly illustrated the way Japan was to fight in the Far East a combination of speed and savagery that only ended with the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. The Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on board an American battleship, Missouri, at Tokyo Bay at 9 am on 2 September 1945 – officially ending WWII.1 Two weeks later, on 12 September 1945 at 11.10 am, local time, another Japanese surrender ceremony was held at the Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall), which was accepted by Lord Louis … (Call no. Thimayya (representing the Indian Army), Admiral Sir Arthur John Power (Commander-in Chief, East Indies Fleet), Lieutenant-General Raymond Albert Wheeler (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, representing U.S.A.), Admiral Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia), General Sir William Joseph Slim (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Air Forces, South East Asia Command), Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Air Forces, South East Asia Command), Major-General Feng Yee (Head of the Chinese military mission to South East Asia Command), Air Vice-Marshall A.T. Cole (representing Australia), Colonel D.C. Boorman van Vreedon (representing the Netherlands). In Operation Tiderace, British seaborne liberation forces led by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, arrive in Japanese-occupied Singapore on 4 September 1945 without encountering any opposition.The Japanese commander, General Itagaki, meets the Allies aboard the HMS Sussex in Keppel Harbour and agrees to surrender … Five Australian former prisoners of war of the Japanese relax with cups of tea and a newspaper after the Japanese surrender. (1945, September 13). Mountbatten led an inspection of the officers before proceeding to the chamber where the ceremony was to be held. London: H.M.S.O, p. 220. Singapore: Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, p. 6. Object description Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten gives a public address from the steps of the Municipal Buildings in Singapore during the surrender ceremony. Retrieved from NewspaperSG; Bose, R. (2012). The fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army on February 15th 1942 is considered one of the greatest defeats in the history of the British Army and probably Britains worst defeat in World War Two. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.17. Thimayya (representing the Indian Army)General P. Leclerc (representing France)Admiral Sir Arthur John Power (Commander-in Chief, East Indies Fleet)Lieutenant-General Raymond Albert Wheeler (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, representing U.S.A.)Admiral Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia)General Sir William Joseph Slim (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Air Forces, South East Asia Command)Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Air Forces, South East Asia Command)Major-General Feng Yee (Head of the Chinese military mission to South East Asia Command)Air Vice-Marshall A.T. Cole (representing Australia)Colonel D.C. Boorman van Vreedon (representing the Netherlands)Timeline27 Jul 1945: The Foreign Ministry of Japan received the Potsdam Proclamation from the Allies, which arrived in Tokyo at 6.00 am. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. In the first eight weeks after Pearl Harbor, however, the major achievement of the Chinese was the definitive repulse, on January 15, 1942, of a long-sustained Japanese drive against Ch’ang-sha, on the Canton–Han-k’ou railway. They had initially made a request that they be allowed to sign as "by command of and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan" in accordance with the Japanese constitution, but this request was denied.4MacArthur represented and signed on behalf of the Allied Powers – Admiral C. W. Nimitz for the United States, Admiral B. Fraser for Great Britain, General T. A. Blamey for Australia, Colonel L. M. Cosgrove for Canada, Air Vice-Marshall L. M. Isitt for New Zealand, General Hsu Yung-chang for China, General P. Leclerc for France, Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich for the Netherlands, and Lieutenant-General K. N. Derevyanko for Russia.5In addition, MacArthur was assigned the duty of administering the occupation of Japan, which lasted till 1952. Kirby. The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR); Wiest, A. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.Further resourcesLee, G. B. (Call no. 205–207. Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore. (Call no. Kirby. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. : RSING 940.5425 HIS-[WAR]); Singapore at war: Secrets from the fall, liberation & aftermath of WWII. Full description Looking aft on the quarterdeck of the heavy cruiser HMS Sussex assembled ship's officers; a … (1975). The Battle of Singapore was fought January 31 to February 15, 1942, during World War II (1939-1945) between the British and Japanese armies. A., & Mattson, G. L. (2001). Singapore at war: Secrets from the fall, liberation & aftermath of WWII. Kirby. 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In June 1942, one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, U.S. naval airplanes stopped the advance of the Japanese Imperial Navy near Midway Island. As the car drove by the streets, sailors and marines from the East Indies Fleet who had lined the streets greeted them. A., & Mattson, G. L. (2001). The Americans, however, had the incomparable advantage of knowing the intentions of the Japanese in advance, thanks to the U.S. intelligence services’ having broken the Japanese Navy’s code and deciphered key radio transmissions. Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, who was the General Officer Commanding Malaya in WW2, can be seen signing the surrender document handing Singapore over to the Japanese … The Allies’ desperate attempt to intercept the Japanese invasion fleet was defeated in the seven-hour Battle of the Java Sea on February 27, in which five Allied warships were lost and only one Japanese destroyer damaged. - Klook US The official surrender ceremony of the Japanese to the Australian forces on board HMAS Kapunda at Kuching, Kingdom of Sarawak on September 11, 1945 . Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, p. 244. These moves, together with the bombing of Rabaul on February 23 and the establishment of bases in Australia and a line of communications across the South Pacific, made the Japanese decide to expand so as to cut the Allied line of communications to Australia. On 12 September 1945, Supreme Allied Commander (Southeast Asia), Lord Louis Mountbatten, accompanied by the Deputy Supreme Commander Raymond Wheeler, was driven to the ceremony by a released prisoner-of-war. S. W., et al. The Japanese signed a total of 11 copies of the Instrument of Surrender; The ceremony was also witnessed by 400 spectators made up of commanders and officers from the navy, army and air force, as well as senior officers from the Supreme Headquarters of the South East Asia Command. Japan officially surrendered Singapore on 12 September 1945 after the US military dropped two Atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. (2005, August 7). 5). (Call no. (1957). The Straits Times, p. 1. Surrender ceremony at Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall). The Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on board an American battleship, Missouri, at Tokyo Bay at 9 am on 2 September 1945 – officially ending WWII.1 Two weeks later, on 12 September 1945 at 11.10 am, local time, another Japanese surrender ceremony was held at the Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall), which was accepted by Lord Louis Mountbatten.2 It officially ended the Japanese Occupation of Southeast Asia.3 Surrender ceremony on board the American battleship Missouri in Tokyo BayThe Japanese representatives comprised Foreign Minister, Mr Mamoru Shigemitsu, General Yoshijiro Umezu of the Imperial General Headquarters, and nine others; three, each from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Japanese navy and army. 25 Aug 1945: Emperor Hirohito issued a decree ordering all Japanese forces to demobilise and cease operation. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. The Pacific war. World War, 1939-1945--Singapore Singapore at war: Secrets from the fall, liberation & aftermath of WWII. On April 29 the Japanese took Lashio, the Burma Road’s southern terminus, thus cutting the supply line to China and turning the Allies’ northern flank. (1957). (1945, September 13). London: H.M.S.O, p. 272. The Straits Times, p. 1. Japanese Surrender And Local Shots The Pacific war. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. 23 January 1897, Cuttack, Orissa, India–d. Historical research on the surrender ceremony at City Hall on 12th September 1945. Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore. So often we associate these words with the ignominious surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, but the surrender by the Japanese on 12 September 1945 is an equally important date in the story of WWII in Singapore. London: H.M.S.O, p. 273. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR); Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore. London: H.M.S.O, p. 220. 27 Aug 1945: The American 3rd fleet accompanied the Duke of York of the British Pacific Fleet anchored at the Sagami Bay, before proceeding to occupying the Yokosuka naval base. 271–272. After the failure of ABDACOM, the U.S.–British Combined Chiefs of Staff placed the Pacific under the U.S. Joint Chiefs’ strategic direction. Kirby. Meanwhile, on February 8 and 9, three Japanese divisions had landed on Singapore Island; and on February 15 they forced the 90,000-strong British, Australian, and Indian garrison there, under Lieutenant General A.E. The Pacific war. (1945, September 13). The bomb destroyed almost all building structures and killed more than 100,000 people.228–9 Aug 1945: Russia delivered a declaration of war on Japan to Japanese Ambassador Sato in Moscow at midnight.239 Aug 1945: At 11.02 am, Japanese time, the second atomic bomb, code-named “Fat Boy”, was dropped on Nagasaki,24 from another American B-29 bomber named Bock’s Car, piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney. 5). From. (Call no. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, p. 252. (2005, August 10). : R q940.5426 WIE-[WAR])7. (1957). In pursuance of this new program, Japanese troops occupied Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea and Buka in the Solomon Islands in March 1942 and Bougainville in the Solomons and the Admiralty Islands (north of New Guinea) early in April. (Call no. Full title reads: "SINGAPORE SURRENDER".Malaya (Malaysia).Destroyers at sea. This was the same flag that flew over the Government House before the war, and which was hidden by Malayan civil servant, Mervyn Cecil Frank Sheppard in his pillow during his captivity in the Changi prison during the Japanese Occupation.16Japanese Representatives17General Seishiro Itagaki (7th Area Army) Lieutenant-General Hyotaro Kimura (Burma Area Army)Lieutenant-General Akita Nakamura (18th Area Army)Lieutenant-General Kinoshita (3rd Air Army)Vice-Admiral Shigeru Fukudome (1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet)Vice-Admiral Shibata (2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet)Lieutenant-General Tokazo Numata (Chief of Staff to Field-Marshall Count H. Terauchi, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army)Allied Representatives18Major-General William Ronald Campbell Penney (Director of Intelligence, South East Asia Command)Brigadier K.S. (Call no. On March 9 the 20,000 Allied troops in Java surrendered. Located in the heart of the civic district, the former City Hall served as an important government office in Singapore. The Straits Times, p. 1. (1945, September 13). Far more important were the consequences of the U.S. intelligence services’ detection of Japanese plans to seize Port Moresby and Tulagi (in the southern Solomons). Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander (Southeast Asia) accepted the Japanese surrender by General Itagaki Seishiro in the Council Chambers. 18 January 1867, Singapore), also known as John Matthew Ottoson or Lin ... Rose Chan (b. Despite the mixed results of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese continued with their plan to seize Midway Island. During the inspection, a fleet band played “Rule Britannia” accompanied by the firing of a seventeen-gun salute by the Royal Artillery. S. W., et al. The Instrument of Surrender was signed by Mr Shigemitsu as “by command of, and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Government of Japan”, and General Umezu who signed as "by command of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters”. : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)2. The Japanese landed at three points on Java on February 28 and rapidly expanded their beachheads. Though the U.S. carrier Yorktown was sunk by torpedo on June 6, Midway was saved from invasion. 298–304. (1957). : RCLOS 940.542 KIR)14. 25. About 5,000 were killed or wounded, of which Australians made up the majority. 2 Sep 1945: At 9.00 am (Japanese time), the Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the American battleship, Missouri, in Tokyo Bay, officially ending the WWII.264 Sep 1945: General Itagaki and Vice Admiral Fukudome signed surrender terms on board HMS Sussex at Keppel Harbour, handing Singapore to Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia’s naval and military representatives.2712 Sep 1945: The official surrender ceremony was held at the Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall), marking the end of Japanese Occupation in Southeast Asia.28AuthorHeirwin Md NasirReferences1. In the Aleutians, the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor effectively and on June 7 occupied Attu and Kiska. 1925, Soo Chow [present-day Suzhou], China d. 1987, Penang, Malaysia) was born Chan Wai Chang into a family ... Mamoru Shinozaki (b. Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore. Get amazing deals here when you join this Rediscover WWII : Japanese Surrender Singapore - 75th Anniversary in Singapore! Tiderace was initiated in coordination with Operation Zipper, which involved the liberation of Malaya. (Call no. Kirby. I have feedback on this infopedia article: Japanese surrender. But despite their military triumphs, the Japanese saw no indication that the Allies were ready for a negotiated peace. Kirby. A., & Matson, G. L. (2001). When ABDACOM was dissolved on February 25, 1942, only Java remained to complete the Japanese program of conquest. : RSING 940.5425 HIS-[WAR])4. Japanese casualties during the fighting in Singapore amounted to 1,714 killed and 3,378 wounded. Japanese in Malaysia surrender at Singapore, Historical research on the surrender ceremony at City Hall on 12th September 1945. A member of the Japanese delegation signs the document of surrender in Singapore on 12 September 1945. 5). (2005). The Japanese Southern Armies surrender at Singapore on September 12, 1945. The Pacific war. On January 3, 1942, Chiang was recognized as supreme Allied commander for the China theatre of war; and a U.S. general, Joseph W. Stilwell, was sent to him to be his chief of staff. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.18. Nagasaki urges US to give up nukes. In the ensuing Battle of Midway, the Japanese ships destined to take Midway Island were attacked while still 500 miles from their target by U.S. bombers on June 3. Japan’s entry into war against the western Allies had its repercussions in China. S. W., et al. Wiest, A. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AT SINGAPORE, 1945 | Imperial War Museums Do you have 5 minutes to help us improve our website? It had the same effect as the first bomb, only this time there were 23,753 people killed and 43,020 wounded.2515 Aug 1945: Emperor Hirohito made a radio announcement to his people announcing the decision to accept the Potsdam Proclamation, and surrender to the Allies. (1945, September 13). 1942-1945 Japanese occupation The Straits Times, p. 17. London: H.M.S.O, p. 271. Refugees From Singapore Arrive In Britain British women and children evacuated from Singapore before her surrender arrive in Britain. Kirby. (1945, September 12). : RSING 940.5425 BOS-[WAR])10. The war against Japan: The surrender of Japan (Vol. Staplehurst: Spellmount, p. 250. Since the U.S. bombers that raided Tokyo on April 18 flew on to Chinese airfields, particularly to those in Chekiang (the coastal province south of Shanghai), the Japanese reacted by launching a powerful offensive to seize those airfields. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.The information in this article is valid as at 2016 and correct as far as we can ascertain from our sources. A., & Mattson, G. L. (2001). The liberation force was led by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command. (Call no. 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