Surrender ceremony of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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The Japanese surrender ceremony that ended World War II in China occurred in Nanjing on 9 September 1945. The forces of the Imperial Japanese Army agreed with the Allies terms to cease all armed conflict in the Pacific. The ceremony occurred a week after the war had officially ended in Asia on 2 September.
The Pacific War came to an end when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945 and the declaration of war on Japan by the Soviet Union. Imperial Japanese armed forces were ordered to surrender in the Hirohito surrender broadcast on 15 August 1945. The surrender ceremony in China, which was scheduled for 5 September 1945, was delayed for four days.[1]
The official surrender ceremony of World War II in China was held in the auditorium of the Central Army Military Academy in Nanjing, Republic of China at 9:00 Kansu-Szechwan Time (UTC+07:00) on 9 September 1945.[2] During the 15-minute ceremony, General Yasuji Okamura, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force of the Imperial Japanese Army, signed the surrender document which was written in both Japanese and Chinese.[3] The unconditional surrender was overseen and accepted by Kuomintang General He Yingqin, the Chinese representative of Allies of World War II and the commander-in-chief of the Republic of China National Revolutionary Army and British Major-General Eric Hayes.[1][4]
The Allies had also agreed that that the Shanghai International Settlement would be abolished.[1]
Subsequently, on 10 October 1945, 47 Divisions from the former Imperial Japanese Army officially surrendered to Chinese military officials and representatives of the allied forces at the Forbidden City, Beijing.[5]