Japanese Surrender (World War II)
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Were the evacuation of the Japanese forces from occupied territories after the formal surrender of the Empire of Japan.
Chronology
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November 1945: Thailand returns annexed territories to French Indochina.
September 1945: Japanese Surrender in the Solomon Islands.
September 1945: Thailand returns annexed territories to the United Kingdom.
August 1945: The Thai army evacuated Saharat Thai Doem (territories of British Burma it had received from Japan in 1943) in August 1945.
August 1945: After the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan accepts the Allied unconditional surrender terms (14 August 1945). Japanese forces leave occupied territories.
August 1945: Japanese Taiwan and the Spratly Islands are placed under the authority of China.
February 1946: After World War II, the Soviet Union gained control of the southern part of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands from Japan. This territorial transfer was confirmed in the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951.
August 1945: Hong Kong is re-occupied by the Royal Navy after Japanese surrender.
November 1945: In October 1945, British HMS Rother re-occupied Christmas Island.
August 1945: After the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan accepts the Allied unconditional surrender terms (14 August 1945). The Japanese archipelago was effectively placed under the authority of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.
August 1945: The Kwantung Leased Territory was occupied by the Soviet Union.
Selected Sources
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.551
