April 5, 2024
WW2 1945 Japanese Surrender Documents Washington
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This item for bids is a very unique piece. Its an exact copy of the WW2 1945 Japanese Surrender Documents. This set was copied from the original in 1950 and is a very impressive set. It was printed by the Washington Document Co. in Washington DC. The Mailing tube still has the 6 cent stamp attached. The signatures on this set of documents is just incredable. From Mac Arthur, to the Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu as well as the General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff. This set is an exact copy of the original and its an amazing piece of history if you have never seen the documents. The surrender was signed on September 2nd 1945 on board the USS Missouri in Toyoko Bay. In August 1945, the Japanese situation was desperate. The major cities were devastated by atomic or conventional attack, and the casualties numbered in the millions. Millions more were refugees, and the average daily calorie consumption was below 1200. The fleet was lost, and the merchant shipping could not leave home waters or sail from the few possessions still held. Oil stocks were gone, rubber and steel were in short supply, and the Soviets were moving against the only sizable forces the Japanese had left, the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. They were a starving and undersupplied force. Many divisions had transferred to the Pacific, w they
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