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Name: The Surrender of Japanese forces

Type: Event

Start: 1945 AD

End: 1946 AD

Parent: End of World War II in Europe

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Surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II.

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  • September 1945: Nauru was finally set free from the Japanese.
  • January 1946: D. João, Lapa and Montanha Islands were restored to China in 1945.
  • September 1945: The Japanese garrison in Penang surrenders.
  • September 1945: The remaining Japanese forces in China surrender.
  • September 1945: The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrendered to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio.
  • September 1945: Wake island was held by the Japanese for the duration of the Pacific War theater of World War II; the remaining Japanese garrison on the island surrendered to a detachment of United States Marines on 4 September 1945.
  • September 1945: Japanese in Sarawak surrender.

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