Pacific War
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II fought between Japan and the Allies in East and Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Indian Oc
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger edit 1
Shokaku Pearl Harbor 1st Wave
Nagasakibomb
USS Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikazes
Surrender of Japan
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The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japan
Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard USS Missouri as American General Richard K. Sutherland watches, 2 September 1945
Representatives of the Empire of Japan stand aboard USS Missouri prior to signing of the Instrument of Surrender
Allied landings in the Pacific Theatre of operations, August 1942 to August 1945
The rebuilt battlecruiser Haruna sank at her moorings in the naval base of Kure on 24 July during a series of bombings