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Victory
Victory
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing documents at the surrender of the Japanese onboard USS Missouri, 2nd September (RNM)
On 7 May 1945 peace returned to Europe as Germany signed the terms of unconditional surrender. Later that year, on 2 September after the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese formally surrendered in Tokyo Bay onboard the United States Battleships USS Missouri.
