Interesting factoid: The Canadian representative signed on the wrong line, leading to a persistent urban legend that Canada was still at war with Japan decades later.
@michael boultinghouse who did we need military protection from? Losing British sovereignty was the greatest thing that's happened to Canada, along with winning the American-Canadian conflicts
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@@vittoriomarano8230 Honorable is a principle. An abstraction. The underworld is completely lacking in honor, talking out of all sides their mouths, so long as they're able to force a result for themselves. Their center is self. Eaten bread is immediately forgotten. Until the underworld learns that there is more to life then themselves, they won't be competitive with Overworld. Humanity is caught up in the middle of all of this, where none of that is allowed to exist to them because of the enforcement of the balance. They're is a balance between two invisible worlds. One has an arrow, another a Cross.
Which, after the atrocities committed by some of the Japanese military, is exactly why MacArthur wanted it to be that way. He wanted them broke down, so they could be built up better.
My grandfather who passed away last May at 96 was here for the surrender. However not on board the Missouri he was on a smaller boat and didn't see much until the 400 or so B 29s flew overhead along with 600 or more various aircraft. He said you couldn't possibly imagine how loud it was!
My great uncle said the fly over was the ultimate sign of defeat and lasted well over an hour and told to fly as low as possible to create the deafening sound as to never forget this victory at sea
I've read from high level US leaders that were there, that although the ceremony was formal and dignified, there was certainly no love lost between the US and Japanese. My grandfather, who fought in Europe to defeat the Germans, said that the war in Europe was oddly sort of business-like to the United States...but the war against Japan was personal.
All the WWII vets I knew (they're all dead now) had very different opinions of the enemy based on which theater they were in. I never met a European Theater vet who didn't respect the Germans. This includes the guy I knew who spent most of the war as a POW. He said they went hungry towards the end, but they were eating the same as their guards the whole time. On the other hand, everyone I ever talked to who fought the Japanese hated them to their dying day. I have heard that those who were involved in the occupation after the war and got to know the Japanese people were more sympathetic, but I never met any of them.
There is such a huge backstory to this. First, Macarthur sent out a request for the tallest members of the navy, army, and so on, to be present at this ceremony, because he wanted the Japanese to feel small. Second, each man that stands behind him is a former POW, and he gave each of them an ink pen from the signing of the surrender. He said he wanted them to be part of the ceremony, and he wanted the Japanese to surrender to not just him, but to those who they had captured. Third, every ship involved in this, were positioned to have their guns pointed toward Japan. Macarthur wanted Hirohito to understand that should he welsh on their surrender, that the Americans had no problem wiping them out.
@@VaniWorldTV and they killed innocent people at Pearl Harbor who wasn’t even in war! If we were to face this situation again,we would do the same thing but this time we would drop two atom bombs in each city.
@@VaniWorldTV bruh, We only send 13 thousand troops and you think we lost?🤣 That’s not even a fraction of our power.😂 With a snap of our finger we can turn Afghanistan to dust. They are alive only because of the civilians that these trrst are using as shield.💀
People should understand how much credit Macarthur deserves for helping Japan ease into the post war world. He understood the Japanese and his respect for their culture and history did a lot to make the transition successful and to assure they would recover quickly.
@Spin the black circle - He even wrote the Constitution that they follow to this day! Yes, he deserves a great deal of credit for helping to rebuild and restructure our former enemy.
Truman had to back off his unconditional surrender demand after The Japanese would not surrender if anything was done to harm the emperor. Only then did they agree to surrender.
Even today many Japanese people still believe that their Emperor is God. The Japanese occupation went smoothly because of the cooperation between MacArthur and Hirohito
When Japan surrendered, my mother and my grandparents were grateful, because it meant no more suffering for them, all because of the arrogance of the few. Note: They were Japanese . And I am half Japanese and half American who followed my father's "footsteps " to serve in the United States Army. (My father began his service with the U.S. Army who ended his career with the U.S. Air Force).
Thinking with my boots I think that Japan can had saved all world against atomic bombs. Yes. Everybody could see the disaster in Hiroshima and Nagasaky. Buy all of you, please think. Without knowing this, in Cold War times maybe they had destroyd all. Sorry for poor English and hugs from Brazil.
@@Jeversonapilz depends on how you look at it? The US could have just made Russia work on their own bombs faster. Russia was already working on their own bomb though just nowhere near done at the time.
I've never been on the Missouri but we took the tour of the Iowa. It's almost the same ship. I would recommend that tour to anyone, you won't be disappointed.
Got to see it when I was in Washington in 1980. Got to stand on the plaque, bolted to the wood deck, where the surrender was signed. God bless America.
Amazing that we see this today as an interesting history video. When this film was shown for the first time in theaters in 1945, people's hearts exploded with indescribable joy and pride after four long years of war.
But so horrifying that thousands upon thousands of innocents including women and children had to die in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. What a war crime. In a flash thousands, maybe over a 100,000 were incinerated. Complete destruction of 2 entire cities. Would that be an option today in similar circumstances.?
@@vedanandnarain9956 When you consider the human costs (military and civilian) of a land invasion for both sides, Japan's behavior concerning the treatment of American prisoners, brutality in Korea/China, and their "fight to the last man" mentality, Dropping the A-bombs were justified. Remember that Japan almost didn't surrender after the second bomb was dropped. Luckily, the Emperor got his way ending the war. Ultimately, you cannot compare today with yesterday. It was a different time. If you were an American adult in 1945, you wanted the Japanese to pay for Pearl Harbor and you wanted the American GIs to come home. They didn't have the benefit of hindsight and today's technologies.
@@vedanandnarain9956 Look at the number of civilian deaths throughout both European and Pacific theaters and the atomic bombs were a drop in the bucket.
No matter how expensive the fly over might be. It was a smart plan to cement any doubt within any elements of the Japanese Military that there was no way they could win. Imagine the sight of 1500 planes of different types flying over Tokyo Bay and the city.
I Love how Mac gave General Wainwright the first pen of surrender. Wainwright was captured and suffered terrible humiliation at the hands of Japanese. Many thought that Wainwright should not have surrendered and simply fight on until the last man. It turns out with Roosevelts Europe first strategy that there was no support for Wainwright so he could fight on so he surrendered many men and felt alot of shame becuz of it. General MacArthur was not gonna allow him to feel bad too long as he gave Wainwrighta prestigious platform to witness Japanese capitulation. America was blessed with a great class of leaders born from 1880-1890...So many, so so many.
@@Longtack55 At the end of the war GHQ order The good history of Japan All erased Because I was afraid of Japan's resurrection. I Erased by GHQ Only history has been revived!
My grandad was on the hms King George the 5th, in the Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender,, he was in the royal navy from 1936 until 1948,, navy reserve until 1953,, from Belfast,, northern Ireland,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur : Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away. I remember as a boy watching his on TV funeral in 1964 and how inspired I was. An America we will never see again.
My Dad was eighteen-years old, in the US Coast Guard serving as a fireman in the engine room of a ship called the Richardson on the day the Japanese surrendered. They were in the North Atlantic and had just received orders to proceed to the Panama Canal and across the Pacific in preparation for what was expected to be a D-Day like invasion of mainland Japan. I'll never forget how he cried when he told me as a teenager in the 1960s how a general alarm was sounded throughout the ship bringing hundreds of crew members and several thousand troops to attention, at which point the ship's commanding officer announced that the surrender had just taken place in Tokyo Bay and that the war was over. He said the whole ship went crazy, with men leaping in the air, laughing, crying, embracing each other, on their knees in prayer, and some just wandering around speechless with a dazed look in their eyes. Every bullet and every shell that was on that ship was fired into the air, and countless men were stripping off their weapons and military gear and flinging them overboard into the sea. The ship's Captain ordered cold beer for the entire crew and passengers, and the next day after they got the ship cleaned up and order was restored, a celebratory feast was served that everybody said was the most delicious and enjoyable meal they had ever had during their term of service. The entirety of General MacArthur's concluding comments on the deck of the USS Missouri, were as momentous and eloquent as the Gettysburg Address. When I was young, like many of the Baby Boom generation I failed to understand and appreciate what my Dad's generation contributed to mankind in WW2, the sacrifices that were made and the terrible price that was paid. Yet many of them, like my Dad, rarely spoke about it. They just went about restoring peace, compassionately helping those they had defeated to rebuild their nations, and making the world a better place for their children. Thank you Dad, may God bless you and may you rest in peace.
The two men who are behind Mc Arthur when he sits down to sign, are former North American prisoners of the Japanese army, they were invited by Mc Arthur to witness the surrender in the front row, in fact he gives one of them the fountain pen with which I sign, as a historical relic
Ricardo has his information wrong. Of the two men standing behind MacArthur one is Wainwright (on the right) but on the left is British Lieutenant General Arthur Percival who became a POW after the February 1942 surrender of Singapore. Percival died in January 1966 having never been to North America.
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When visiting Pearl Harbor it was interesting to stand on this deck on the Missouri. You are in a way standing where WWII for the US started (Pearl Harbor) and ended (the deck of the Missouri) at the same time.
Almost like the experience of Wilmer McClean, whose home at Manasas, VA was involved in the first Battle of Bull Run. McClean subsequently moved to Appomattox Court House, purchasing the house where Lee and Grant eventually met to end the Civil War.
I like how Admiral Nimitz greeted General MacArthur as he boarded and proceeded to show respect and walk on his left side as General MacArthur was given the honor and respect of being on the right side while walking to the ceremony! God bless these awesome leaders we had!
@Tony A. That's when competence and ability were more important than 'diversity'. Also, as Admiral King noted "when the going gets really tough, they send for the sons of bitches". Nowadays the snowflakes would complain 'he's not nice'. The woke crowd would riot unless women, minorities, & LGBTQ+''s were the officers in commad. If we had the leadership then that we have now, things might have turned out different. Thank God we didn't.
MacArthur reminds me of Montgomery as a leader, his self aggrandizement sometimes getting in the way of the broader strategic perspective. Nimitz reminds me a bit of Eisenhower. He was tactically even better as demonstrated at Midway but he also could work with a sometimes divergent command structure toward a broader strategic objective.
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@michael boultinghouse Yes I do , and if you look back at President Dwight D Eisenhower closing tv address he said to fear the military industrial complex . And if you look back at the money spent between 1965 - 1975 and the 57000 killed in action he was right , he knew the same thing was going on during Korean War as well. Industry will profit at any cost , whether it be in lives or spent dollars or countries damaged and destroyed. Human nature and greed go hand in hand and now that same complex is insuring that we the people are being forced to stay under control by cctv or covid jabs , one way or the other they will force us to do there bidding. Our government’s are corrupt because they control our so called politicians.
I had a model of USS Missouri as a kid, from about 1967. I'm English. I was always amazed at how many main guns and side turrets it had. I would still recognise that ship anytime...and still do when I see it on TV.
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One of the sweetest moments at the signing ceremony, was General Percival signing the peace treaty whilst being watched by General Yamashita …. karma right ? he was hanged a year later now known as “ The Yamashita Standard” …. Knowing the history of these two men with the surrender of Singapore on 15th February 1942 and how “The Tiger of Malaya” treated the captured soldiers , with Gen Percival started his POW captivity in Changi then Formosa ( Taiwan) then Manchuria. General MacArthur made sure revenge was served on a cold plate by having Arthur Percival as number #2 at the signing in front of Yamashita “ Along with the other senior British captives above the rank of colonel, Percival was removed from Singapore in August 1942. First he was imprisoned in Formosa and then sent on to Manchuria, where he was held with several dozen other VIP captives, including the American General Jonathan Wainwright, in a prisoner-of-war camp near Hsian, about 100 miles (160 km) to the north east of Mukden. As the war drew to an end, an OSS team removed the prisoners from Hsian. Percival was then taken, along with Wainwright, to stand immediately behind General Douglas MacArthur as he confirmed the terms of the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.[80] Afterwards, MacArthur gave Percival a pen he had used to sign the treaty.[81] Percival and Wainwright then returned together to the Philippines to witness the surrender of the Japanese army there, which in a twist of fate was commanded by General Yamashita. Yamashita was momentarily surprised to see his former captive at the ceremony; on this occasion Percival refused to shake Yamashita's hand, angered by the mistreatment of POWs in Singapore. The flag carried by Percival's party on the way to Bukit Timah was also a witness to this reversal of fortunes, being flown when the Japanese formally surrendered Singapore back to Lord Louis Mountbatten. “ Thanks Wikipedia
@Dicko Many of the older people in Singapore who experienced the Japanese occupation personally were still bitter 45 years later toward Japanese because of the unprovoked cruelty the Japanese displayed. The huge Ang Mo Kio "new town" complex up upper Thomson Road translates to Red Hair Bridge, named for the dead British, Aussie, and other non- Asian dead soldiers who were tossed in a big ditch in S'pore by the Japanese. The death rate among POW's was horrendous due to total abuse of and no medical care for prison camp captives by the Japanese, who of course announced they would only follow Geneva Convention rules "with necessary changes".
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General Yamashita was not present in Missouri. He had been in the Philippines since 1943 and never returned to Japan. He was executed in the Philippines in 1946
My Father was on staff of McArthur, my Mother joined him in Tokyo in 1946, and my sister and I were both born there in a military hospital. We returned stateside when the Korean War broke out
Fun facts: One of the two Japanese signers of the instrument, Yoshijirō Umezu, was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was personally ordered by Emperor Hirohito to sign the instrument of surrender on behalf of the armed forces on September 2, 1945 and was thus the Army's senior representative during the surrender ceremonies on the battleship USS Missouri, officially ending World War II.After the war he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1949. The other signer was Mamoru Shigemitsu, a civilian who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the war, he was convicted at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for waging "an aggressive war." He was paroled in 1950.
The tradition in Japan is that Umezu only was in the surrender separation because of Emperor Hirohito's direct order. Umezu had yelled at Admiral Toyoda " you go, you lost the war" because of the Japanese Navy's major loss in the Leyte Gulf including Admiral Halsey's "Bull's Run".
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This happened on my father's 18th birthday. He was called up for service in the British Royal Navy a few months later. He was fortunate not to have to face the dangers of war.
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My husband has a small B&W photo that his father took during the surrender proceedings. His father was on board a submarine there in Tokyo Harbor which was in turn tied up to a sub-tender. We've been told that a distant ship in the photo is the USS Missouri, but it is impossible to see any detail. It is a 120mm contact print (common in those days) and all of his negatives are long since gone. He didn't know that when the photo was taken that the surrender was actually underway until later in the day. The guys on the sub were surprised to see all the aircraft flying over a short time later. A few days later they were on their way back to Peral Harbor, and from there to San Diego, and from there thru the Panama Canal and ultimately to New York. He then caught an overland train back to San Diego to be discharged (weird that they didn't let him go when passing thru San Diego....but I guess nobody knew what to do next). At the end of the war there were so many enlisted soldiers, ships, boats, guns, radios, vehicles and various war machines and implements that it was almost overwhelming to know what to do with it all.
Please consider submitting a copy of the photograph to the US National Archives. Your photographs will be available for research by historians, genealogists, and other researchers.
I have a library of old books, and I also have many old magazines. There are tons of ads for army surplus stuff. Not just guns and fighting gear, but everything you can think of and it's cheap.
@@Monitor2023 My dad was a radio operator 1st class in WWII. He always had a good eye for things. He bought a 35 mm camera in Europe. It was a Lieca. That's the rolls royce of cameras. He took some excellent photos during the water in the pacific and other places.
I have a great uncle that was in charge of the translation of the surrender papers. He was appointed by J Egdar Hoover to be in charge of all translations from the Japanese during the war.
So letting more man die in Philippine is more honorable action? surrender is not an unacceptable action, I would think this is a heroic act by a General as well.
@@will1990915 He fought hard and well against impossible odds. He was as heroic as Percival was stupid. He was there to fight NOT TO SURRENDER. He only did so, at last, to spare his last men. I know that is hard for modern generations to understand.
Wow! Also aboard the USS Missouri that day were both the father & grandfather of Sen. John McCain. Adm. John “Slew” McCain Sr. and his son, Cdr. John S. McCain Jr., a submarine skipper witnessed the surrender ceremonies. Adm. McCain Sr. would pass on just 4 days later on September 6th at age 61.
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My uncle was there too. He passed last year and despised the Japanese his whole life. After Okinawa he said the "Japs didn't have souls" because of the things he saw.
it is very very important to have records of history. Video, photographs, signed treaties, etc. Over time, and generations, people tend to forget about what happened in the past and some countries start to re-write history.
Some moments in history just leave me absolutely speechless. And some footage, particularly that of D-Day, makes me weep utterly. It is because of the Greatest Generation that future generations including mine were born into a free country. I can't possibly thank those dear soldiers enough.
@Lisa Simmons - You are absolutely correct in your statement. I am an older American who was fortunate enough to visit The American Cemetery at Normandy. It had the strongest emotional impact on me that I ever experienced. I said to my Sister, who was with me, that every American, old, young, male and female should see this incredible final resting place of 9,000 young American boys who made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us today and in the future. They would realize the cost of freedom is extremely high!
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Funny that statue you posted, the idea was started by french masons as a gift , the money raised my masons then then the scottish and english provide the stone to mount it on because americans didn't want it. Now look at you
The Japanese man with the black top hat to the far right at 3:12 said in an interview some 30 years later, during the 1970's, that he was standing there looking around at all the many U.S troops lining the ship, all the airplanes flying above and the vastness of the Battleship Missouri, saying he wondered how in the world we (the Japanese) ever thought we could win a war against all of this manpower and might. He found the whole experience that day to be overwhelming.
Despite of all the bad things that came from that war, it helped Japanese discover that their strength belong to industries not war. They later ruled the world in terms of industries. A huge lesson to them " never start a war you can't fight".
No. What Toshikzu Kase said in episode 24 of The World at War was that he looked at all the different uniforms of the Allied power representatives from the US, Russia, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, Holland, China, etc who were lined up to sign the surrender document and wondered how Japan thought it could win against "all those nations." He wasn't in awe of how star spankily wonderful 'Murican power was. Do try to get it right. ua-cam.com/video/eYSWTqYijBc/v-deo.html
History of the Japanese government at that time was quite interesting to say the least. The atrocities committed by their military personnel were quite soulless which I suppose you can say is a strong soldier. Practicing your sword skills on pregnant women while opening their womb and then spearing their unborn is less than honorable and simply defined the animals that were created.
It was a war on racial annihilation, The Germans view the Russians as an inferior race, the Japanese view the Chinese as an inferior race. Now the Russians and the Chinese are allies and are very aggressive in their own spheres. Now that is an interesting political development.
Western nations were no less checkered in their slaughter of native peoples in their conquests of lands they now govern, and today espouse the killing of the unborn up till birth by making it a right under the garb of women's health. Pretty shameless I should say trying to preach to the world.
there are psychos on both sides. our people commit atrocities on battle field and unfortunately some spread killer weapons in our own countries to wipe out innocent people.
That's the thing that always stuns me, instead of MacArthur choosing to reign with terror over Japan, he liberated them. From all we've been through, we instead chose to keep the peace in spite of all the horrible things both sides did, primarily the Japanese Imperial Army in Asia. There's a reason the Japanese outpaced the American automotive industry a few decades later, he set them up for success.
2.18 I think this is the young Japanese foreign service official I saw interviewed in old age. He said looking at the mass of ships and men he wondered how anyone thought Japan could defeat such overwhelming force. He was then asked - he knew Japan was going to lose? He was most indignant replying "Of course I knew we were going to lose! I could not reached such high level in the Japanese foreign service and I not understood that, our task was to save as much as possible from the defeat."
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I new someone on the ship that day, he worked in the boiler room. I loved talking to him he had some incredible stories. One story he told me that it was common knowledge that Halsey said he was going to Japan to ride the emperor's horse. It got back to the homeland and someone from Nevada sent him a Golden saddle to be used when he got there. He put it out for the crew to see and got in serious trouble since they were trying to negotiate Japan's surrender.
Are you kidding me? The japanese only agreed to do that because the U.S dropped two atomic bombs in our heads! That´s nothing to do with peace-loving my friend, that´s just pure fear of your country can do to others!
This news clip is amazing to see right here on UA-cam anytime one wishes to see it. One of the most historic events of our modern times. Now Japan is one of our better allies and economic traders in the world.!!
@@TheEdwardrommel But mostly because they are all people of reason. Which is why many Muslim countries will never thrive unless supported by foreign petro dollars.
@@TheEdwardrommel Probably because we were so generous in peacetime and let them up easy. A good record to establish. I would not call Germany or Japan “occupied” Not for more than 50-60 years or more.
As soon as they take it they would've instantly been destroyed. What you don't see is the hundreds of American and Allied Naval ships that were also in Tokyo Bay at the surrender ceremony. I believe it was one of the largest fleets to be assembled in history.
Toshikazu Kase who was the third Japanese representative in morning dress to board the Missouri, once said that he spent the entire surrender ceremony he looked around at all of the representatives of the allied powers and thought how the hell did Japan ever think it could beat all of these countries. Kase also happened to be Yoko Ono's uncle and lived until 2004.
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@@knoz5688 Only way they could have come close was for the US to give up the fight. And with the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was no way that was going to happen. The US had 10X the production capacity of Japan. Japan was looking for a quick war where the US would give up and let them keep what they conquered. Once that didn't happen it was inevitable that Japan would lose eventually.
If you ever visit Pearl Harbor it’s imperative you visit the USS Missouri. Might Mo! You can stand on the very spot of their signing of the surrender. It gives you chills.
There must be something better American culture has offered them. I eat sushi for lunch all the time, but have to be really desperate to go to McDonalds.
A Japanese friend of mine told me that in 1945 (at the end of the war) his grandparents were not afraid of the Americans but of the revenge of the Russians and the Chinese.
Not that I feel bad for the Japanese or Germans in WW2 but man that must be rough to have your country in ruins then have to sign a document confirming you got your ass kicked
Especially so for the Japanese. Their culture dictates that surrender is the height of dishonor and shame. That’s why it took two atomic bombs to end it.
One way to pacify former enemies is to make them rich. So that they will not feel humiliated. This was not done by France and England against Germany in Versailles, thus triggering a hatred that led to the rise of Hitler
This is the final surrender document being signed for all of Japan's forces. Yes, August was the surrender and supposed cease of hostilities, but the official signing was September of 1945.
And in 1975, the lead ship in what is the “Nimitz” class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers entered service with the US navy, It is still in service although soon to be replaced by a new “Ford” class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, i believe the new USS John F. Kennedy. There were 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers built. The USS Nimitz was the second nuclear powered aircraft carrier built for the US navy almost some 15 years after the very first nuclear carrier, the USS Enterprise entered service in 1961.
My Uncle Jim stood the deck of the USS Astoria cl90 and watched the surrender live. An 18 year old gunners mate on the Astoria was in fierce combat in the Pacific , 13 confirmed Kamakazi kills, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, bombardment of Japanese home Islands. What a life all before age 19.
In the original video clips of the signing it shows the Japanese boarding the USS Missouri and the first Japanese aboard goes to shake a Naval officers hand. The officer refuses his hand and tells him to move along. That part has been cut out from all the clips I've seen on utube. History cleansing at it's finest.
The bottom line.All Countries that participated in that terrible war is guilty.Unhuman torturing, Atomic bombs,raping,criminal acts. GOD will make this pay.Does not matter who you are.Thats the most scary part.
Some say MacArthur was slighted by fighting in the Pacific Theater as opposed to the Europe First initiative. But I must say, in taking the final surrender of WWII, it gives MacArthur much prestige as a combat leader. You have heard it said from times of old: "He who laughs last, laughs best".
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Even in 1950 Korean war he successfully upmoved to all the way North Korea from Incheon landing. It was stupid US president, who told him to end the war.
Like the fact that the Soviets are there - they did nothing here until the first atomic bomb was dropped, then they jumped in and attacked defeated Japan to tear scraps off the Imperial carcass. This jackal- like behaviour is similar to Mussolini attacking France and seizing Nice, after Hitler had already beaten it.
When asked what we now have. Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic if we can keep it". And Regan said that "We are never more than a generation away from losing it". With all that is going on today, I think we're in trouble. God save the union.
Maybe you are bit hard on yourself?! I pressume you are american?! If so you should know at that friendships were forged in that war. We dont forget your efforts. Even though you might not by now be at the top of the world. At least not alone 😊
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 Your and your country‘s friendship is certainly appreciated.On the other hand, Russia and China became enemies ,at least in as much as they are undermining our efforts ,whenever and wherever it’s possible.Be that political,economic,or military,their actions are inimical to US interest .Ironically,Japan and to a good extent Germany, are much more amicable.I know that self-interest drives each country,but Russia and China are outright hostile.
@@union310 A matter of opinion I guess. In the immediate post-ww2 USA was by far the most influential power on Earth. Not everything went the american way though. Some problems were handled quite cumsy - the Vietnam war was a major failure in judgement. In many ways the americans were noobs in foreign affairs. But still: full of optimism and idealism. And believing in pax-americana.
We used to go on the Missouri when it was mothballed in Bremerton, WA. And they had either the actual surrender documents or life-sized replicas. And I wondered if they had the language experts and special printing equipment to produce the documents on board the ship, or how did they get them there from where they were actually produced ?
My uncle Frank took these pictures of the Japanese surrender on board the USS MISSOURI. He was General McArthurs personal photother. He served on McArthurs staff till McArthur was released from duty by President Truman.
Oh wow, my uncle was there. He was a first-class gunner on an ammunition ship. When I was a kid, he used to tell all his stories. He was also depicted in the movie Patton with George C Scott. He was with the executive officer when they received the call that Patton was on the beach and the ship my uncle was on was responsible for checking the beach head for landmines. He told me how Patton came up from the back in a jeep and started demanding that his tanks continue on the way. the Exo told Patton that he would not be allowed to move forward until the beach was cleared. Patton wondered how long it would take. The exo told him it could take 2 days, 2 weeks or 2 months, but you're not moving one inch until the beach is cleared. Patton had no choice but to stand down.
I believe "Leclerc" was his Nom de Guerre - he had left his family behind in France when he came to join the Free French. They would have suffered if the Germans worked out who he really was.
@@richardcooper9417 You are right Leclerc is not his real name. Hautecloque is his family name, but now he is known as marshall Philippe "Leclerc de Hautecloque".
My maternal grandfather was present as a radar operator on an attack transport (USS Whiteside). He was a real so-and-so, and kind of never really happy after the War, but hell if I was 21 when I saw this I'm not totally sure anything could top it.
The people of the world don't know that the US military indiscriminately massacred approximately 500,000 Japanese civilians during World War II. The top three prefectures for the number of deaths of Japanese citizens due to indiscriminate air raids by the Allied Forces are as follows: ★ Tokyo 146,597 people ★ Due to incendiary bombs ★ Hiroshima Prefecture 142,572 people ★ Due to atomic bomb ★ Nagasaki Prefecture 75,520 people ★ Due to atomic bomb Incidentally, from February 13 to 15, 1945, at the end of World War II, Allied forces indiscriminately bombed the eastern German city of Dresden, but the death toll in Dresden was only about 25,000.
How incredible, I was born only 7 years later and only in school they taught me in a soft manner about the war.... The truth of so many human beings killed was quite different.
“The issues, involving divergent ideals and ideologies, have been determined on the battle fields of the world and hence are not for our discussion or debate” How many souls had to perish for general MacArthur to be able to say those words
@Miguel Borja - Unfortunately, too many souls had to perish, but blame for that is shared by both Japan and the Allied forces. Did you know that General MacArthur wrote the new Constitution for Japan that they still utilize to this day!
@@raoulbataller5454 As is you reply. This was NO war of racism. Japan attacked other Asian's will the same contempt. The ideas were the basic ideas of freedom and self determination, not to mention self defense. Fighting for national survival does not come from habit. It comes from necessity.
@@Loulovesspeed The Allied forces did not start the war. They did NOT invade Indo China, Malaya, the Phiilipines, the Dutch Ease Indies, Burma or China. They did not attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor and they did rape Nanking. That was the responisbiliy of Imperial Japan. The Pacific war, and the human cost, is Japan's not the Allies . Trying to spread the guilt is an insult to the people who fought against Japan's aggression. Yes I did know what MacArthur did ...........something that would never have happened in a Japanese conquered nation.
unconditional surrender meant that the Japanese must become a democracy.. the US work in Japan worked. Japan became a democracy and a much better nation internationally. good work USA.
Interesting factoid: The Canadian representative signed on the wrong line, leading to a persistent urban legend that Canada was still at war with Japan decades later.
Xd lived in Canada all these years never learned about this
I'm sure he apologized :)
@michael boultinghouse why is that?
@michael boultinghouse who did we need military protection from? Losing British sovereignty was the greatest thing that's happened to Canada, along with winning the American-Canadian conflicts
Yes, I spotted that when visiting Pearl Harbor
My older sister was born almost exactly nine months after this. I know how my parents celebrated.
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No that day your mom just swallowed the first round and then took the second round in her ass. It was the mailman the next day that impregnated her.
they had sex
How did they celebrate?
@@kwekuog7812they had sex
Can you imagine the honor of being on that ship that day and seeing that horrible war finally come to an end.
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Honor? I wonder what are your standard and ideas about this word.
@@vittoriomarano8230 Honorable is a principle. An abstraction. The underworld is completely lacking in honor, talking out of all sides their mouths, so long as they're able to force a result for themselves. Their center is self. Eaten bread is immediately forgotten. Until the underworld learns that there is more to life then themselves, they won't be competitive with Overworld. Humanity is caught up in the middle of all of this, where none of that is allowed to exist to them because of the enforcement of the balance. They're is a balance between two invisible worlds. One has an arrow, another a Cross.
@@vittoriomarano8230 during war , what do you think Honor is ?
@@vittoriomarano8230 we all have buttholes. Can't we all just fart into the wind and let be?
Most people don't realize what a disgrace it was for the Japanese to come on our ship in thier harbor to sign the surrender document
Which, after the atrocities committed by some of the Japanese military, is exactly why MacArthur wanted it to be that way. He wanted them broke down, so they could be built up better.
Good
American might is unmatched
@@SilentX_17 Was... Maybe.
@@SilentX_17Until today.
My uncle Frank took the pictures of the Japanese surrender on the Missouri. He was General McArthurs personal photographer.
Cool !!
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Amazing, you uncle its one big men , one hero
Great! Cheers from Spain
Are you able to backup your claims?
My grandfather who passed away last May at 96 was here for the surrender. However not on board the Missouri he was on a smaller boat and didn't see much until the 400 or so B 29s flew overhead along with 600 or more various aircraft. He said you couldn't possibly imagine how loud it was!
This massive fly-over was too show the Japanese that they didn't make a mistake by surrendering.They would have been bombed back into the stone age.
Great!
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Luckillly Japan is inhabited by Japanese not Pashtoons
Well I want to say thank you to your grandfather! If it weren’t for heroes like him we would enjoy the freedoms we have today!
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My great uncle said the fly over was the ultimate sign of defeat and lasted well over an hour and told to fly as low as possible to create the deafening sound as to never forget this victory at sea
I've read from high level US leaders that were there, that although the ceremony was formal and dignified, there was certainly no love lost between the US and Japanese. My grandfather, who fought in Europe to defeat the Germans, said that the war in Europe was oddly sort of business-like to the United States...but the war against Japan was personal.
@@crocodile1313 imagine what kind of idiots from both sides 😅
@@crocodile1313 They did attack Pearl
harbor
@@crocodile1313 The Western European theater was like a boxing match. The Pacific war was like a gutter knife fight.
All the WWII vets I knew (they're all dead now) had very different opinions of the enemy based on which theater they were in. I never met a European Theater vet who didn't respect the Germans. This includes the guy I knew who spent most of the war as a POW. He said they went hungry towards the end, but they were eating the same as their guards the whole time.
On the other hand, everyone I ever talked to who fought the Japanese hated them to their dying day. I have heard that those who were involved in the occupation after the war and got to know the Japanese people were more sympathetic, but I never met any of them.
There is such a huge backstory to this. First, Macarthur sent out a request for the tallest members of the navy, army, and so on, to be present at this ceremony, because he wanted the Japanese to feel small. Second, each man that stands behind him is a former POW, and he gave each of them an ink pen from the signing of the surrender. He said he wanted them to be part of the ceremony, and he wanted the Japanese to surrender to not just him, but to those who they had captured. Third, every ship involved in this, were positioned to have their guns pointed toward Japan. Macarthur wanted Hirohito to understand that should he welsh on their surrender, that the Americans had no problem wiping them out.
Great comment. Thank- you for detailing those facts. Too many people on here want to smooth everything over.
Always gave it to Mac Arthur for not being too verbose in his remarks during the ceremony.
The ship’s guns were actually trained on the emperor’s palace.
what's your source for this "fact"?
Some time later Mcarthur would be "killed" upon discovering that the enemy was never the Axis countries but the Jews.....
The emotions of all the people who were there must have been, indescribable. Such a powerful moment.
My uncle was on one of the ships & watched it
Well you killed children with atom bombs
@@VaniWorldTV and they killed innocent people at Pearl Harbor who wasn’t even in war!
If we were to face this situation again,we would do the same thing but this time we would drop two atom bombs in each city.
@@godmode4790 🤣bro you just lost to taliban ! And what a humiliating way to lose ! Literally US begged tailban to let them leave
@@VaniWorldTV bruh, We only send 13 thousand troops and you think we lost?🤣
That’s not even a fraction of our power.😂
With a snap of our finger we can turn Afghanistan to dust. They are alive only because of the civilians that these trrst are using as shield.💀
People should understand how much credit Macarthur deserves for helping Japan ease into the post war world. He understood the Japanese and his respect for their culture and history did a lot to make the transition successful and to assure they would recover quickly.
@Spin the black circle - He even wrote the Constitution that they follow to this day! Yes, he deserves a great deal of credit for helping to rebuild and restructure our former enemy.
@@Loulovesspeed you are not the World leaders anymore... accept it.
Truman had to back off his unconditional surrender demand after The Japanese would not surrender if anything was done to harm the emperor. Only then did they agree to surrender.
What do you mean? The US brought back the yakuza. They did not respect Japanese culture at all
Even today many Japanese people still believe that their Emperor is God. The Japanese occupation went smoothly because of the cooperation between MacArthur and Hirohito
When Japan surrendered, my mother and my grandparents were grateful, because it meant no more suffering for them, all because of the arrogance of the few. Note: They were Japanese .
And I am half Japanese and half American who followed my father's "footsteps " to serve in the United States Army. (My father began his service with the U.S. Army who ended his career with the U.S. Air Force).
Much respect sir.
Thank you for your service.
Thinking with my boots I think that Japan can had saved all world against atomic bombs. Yes. Everybody could see the disaster in Hiroshima and Nagasaky. Buy all of you, please think. Without knowing this, in Cold War times maybe they had destroyd all. Sorry for poor English and hugs from Brazil.
@@Jeversonapilz depends on how you look at it? The US could have just made Russia work on their own bombs faster. Russia was already working on their own bomb though just nowhere near done at the time.
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I've been on the Missouri (SF Fleet week) and stood right there where the surrender took place. What an historic place in our history!
I've never been on the Missouri but we took the tour of the Iowa.
It's almost the same ship.
I would recommend that tour to anyone, you won't be disappointed.
Same- people must have been the size of midgets back then because the deck was cramped as it was
Got to see it when I was in Washington in 1980. Got to stand on the plaque, bolted to the wood deck, where the surrender was signed. God bless America.
Amazing that we see this today as an interesting history video. When this film was shown for the first time in theaters in 1945, people's hearts exploded with indescribable joy and pride after four long years of war.
Yeah the rothchilds celebra ted their billions earned funding both sides
6 for everyone else 🙄 and somewhat longer for a few more.
But so horrifying that thousands upon thousands of innocents including women and children had to die in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. What a war crime. In a flash thousands, maybe over a 100,000 were incinerated. Complete destruction of 2 entire cities. Would that be an option today in similar circumstances.?
@@vedanandnarain9956 When you consider the human costs (military and civilian) of a land invasion for both sides, Japan's behavior concerning the treatment of American prisoners, brutality in Korea/China, and their "fight to the last man" mentality, Dropping the A-bombs were justified. Remember that Japan almost didn't surrender after the second bomb was dropped. Luckily, the Emperor got his way ending the war.
Ultimately, you cannot compare today with yesterday. It was a different time. If you were an American adult in 1945, you wanted the Japanese to pay for Pearl Harbor and you wanted the American GIs to come home. They didn't have the benefit of hindsight and today's technologies.
@@vedanandnarain9956 Look at the number of civilian deaths throughout both European and Pacific theaters and the atomic bombs were a drop in the bucket.
No matter how expensive the fly over might be. It was a smart plan to cement any doubt within any elements of the Japanese Military that there was no way they could win. Imagine the sight of 1500 planes of different types flying over Tokyo Bay and the city.
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう Americans love everything Japanese these days, we honor hard work, quality and our alliance with Japan.
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Us made 325,000 war planes
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう ?????????????
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう don't worry, we love you guys now!
0:39 Could you imagine how loud the cheers must have been in the theaters when these words flashed on the screen?
I Love how Mac gave General Wainwright the first pen of surrender. Wainwright was captured and suffered terrible humiliation at the hands of Japanese. Many thought that Wainwright should not have surrendered and simply fight on until the last man. It turns out with Roosevelts Europe first strategy that there was no support for Wainwright so he could fight on so he surrendered many men and felt alot of shame becuz of it.
General MacArthur was not gonna allow him to feel bad too long as he gave Wainwrighta prestigious platform to witness Japanese capitulation.
America was blessed with a great class of leaders born from 1880-1890...So many, so so many.
They don't admit what really happened in Okinawa to the USA soldiers
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When was the Spanish American War?
@@Longtack55 At the end of the war GHQ order
The good history of Japan
All erased
Because I was afraid of Japan's resurrection.
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Erased by GHQ
Only history has been revived!
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Not a cell phone in sight, everyone just enjoying the moment
My grandad was on the hms King George the 5th, in the Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender,, he was in the royal navy from 1936 until 1948,, navy reserve until 1953,, from Belfast,, northern Ireland,
Was he on KGV for the sinking of the Bismarck?
My uncle was on kgv in late 45 too. I was on trenchant and talent myself
Thank you for your service. God bless you all
May his memory be Eternal 🙏
That's so cool!
Gen. Douglas MacArthur : Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away. I remember as a boy watching his on TV funeral in 1964 and how inspired I was. An America we will never see again.
My Dad was eighteen-years old, in the US Coast Guard serving as a fireman in the engine room of a ship called the Richardson on the day the Japanese surrendered. They were in the North Atlantic and had just received orders to proceed to the Panama Canal and across the Pacific in preparation for what was expected to be a D-Day like invasion of mainland Japan. I'll never forget how he cried when he told me as a teenager in the 1960s how a general alarm was sounded throughout the ship bringing hundreds of crew members and several thousand troops to attention, at which point the ship's commanding officer announced that the surrender had just taken place in Tokyo Bay and that the war was over. He said the whole ship went crazy, with men leaping in the air, laughing, crying, embracing each other, on their knees in prayer, and some just wandering around speechless with a dazed look in their eyes. Every bullet and every shell that was on that ship was fired into the air, and countless men were stripping off their weapons and military gear and flinging them overboard into the sea. The ship's Captain ordered cold beer for the entire crew and passengers, and the next day after they got the ship cleaned up and order was restored, a celebratory feast was served that everybody said was the most delicious and enjoyable meal they had ever had during their term of service. The entirety of General MacArthur's concluding comments on the deck of the USS Missouri, were as momentous and eloquent as the Gettysburg Address. When I was young, like many of the Baby Boom generation I failed to understand and appreciate what my Dad's generation contributed to mankind in WW2, the sacrifices that were made and the terrible price that was paid. Yet many of them, like my Dad, rarely spoke about it. They just went about restoring peace, compassionately helping those they had defeated to rebuild their nations, and making the world a better place for their children. Thank you Dad, may God bless you and may you rest in peace.
Wow. Great story of your father life. 👏
Thnx for your dad's service... Allow me to enjoy the things I do... Forever greatful
The two men who are behind Mc Arthur when he sits down to sign, are former North American prisoners of the Japanese army, they were invited by Mc Arthur to witness the surrender in the front row, in fact he gives one of them the fountain pen with which I sign, as a historical relic
Ricardo has his information wrong. Of the two men standing behind MacArthur one is Wainwright (on the right) but on the left is British Lieutenant General Arthur Percival who became a POW after the February 1942 surrender of Singapore. Percival died in January 1966 having never been to North America.
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馬鹿馬鹿しいこと。マッカーサーの横にいる連合軍の方々、戦ってもないのに戦利品を貰おうとしている輩ばかり。
When visiting Pearl Harbor it was interesting to stand on this deck on the Missouri. You are in a way standing where WWII for the US started (Pearl Harbor) and ended (the deck of the Missouri) at the same time.
I did that too
Almost like the experience of Wilmer McClean, whose home at Manasas, VA was involved in the first Battle of Bull Run. McClean subsequently moved to Appomattox Court House, purchasing the house where Lee and Grant eventually met to end the Civil War.
Must have been odd to stand on her decks and look over at the wreck of the Arizona. The beginning and the end for American involvement in the war.
I did that too !!!✈️
I can't help thinking, that was the whole point.
I like how Admiral Nimitz greeted General MacArthur as he boarded and proceeded to show respect and walk on his left side as General MacArthur was given the honor and respect of being on the right side while walking to the ceremony! God bless these awesome leaders we had!
@Tony A. That's when competence and ability were more important than 'diversity'. Also, as Admiral King noted "when the going gets really tough, they send for the sons of bitches". Nowadays the snowflakes would complain 'he's not nice'. The woke crowd would riot unless women, minorities, & LGBTQ+''s were the officers in commad. If we had the leadership then that we have now, things might have turned out different. Thank God we didn't.
I noticed that too.
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MacArthur reminds me of Montgomery as a leader, his self aggrandizement sometimes getting in the way of the broader strategic perspective. Nimitz reminds me a bit of Eisenhower. He was tactically even better as demonstrated at Midway but he also could work with a sometimes divergent command structure toward a broader strategic objective.
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I noticed that too.
"Peace is here."
Then came the Korean War shortly
Lol.
There is no peace, unto the wicked.
japan make money using korean war
And then came Vietnam………
Human nature……….
@michael boultinghouse
Yes I do , and if you look back at President Dwight D Eisenhower closing tv address he said to fear the military industrial complex .
And if you look back at the money spent between 1965 - 1975 and the 57000 killed in action he was right , he knew the same thing was going on during Korean War as well.
Industry will profit at any cost , whether it be in lives or spent dollars or countries damaged and destroyed.
Human nature and greed go hand in hand and now that same complex is insuring that we the people are being forced to stay under control by cctv or covid jabs , one way or the other they will force us to do there bidding.
Our government’s are corrupt because they control our so called politicians.
I had a model of USS Missouri as a kid, from about 1967. I'm English. I was always amazed at how many main guns and side turrets it had. I would still recognise that ship anytime...and still do when I see it on TV.
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Is that
Is. That ship still alive?
@@pherg4072 yes it’s in Hawaii and people visit it like a museum.
last standing battle ship of USA till '80's
One of the sweetest moments at the signing ceremony, was General Percival signing the peace treaty whilst being watched by General Yamashita …. karma right ? he was hanged a year later now known as “ The Yamashita Standard” …. Knowing the history of these two men with the surrender of Singapore on 15th February 1942 and how “The Tiger of Malaya” treated the captured soldiers , with Gen Percival started his POW captivity in Changi then Formosa ( Taiwan) then Manchuria. General MacArthur made sure revenge was served on a cold plate by having Arthur Percival as number #2 at the signing in front of Yamashita
“ Along with the other senior British captives above the rank of colonel, Percival was removed from Singapore in August 1942. First he was imprisoned in Formosa and then sent on to Manchuria, where he was held with several dozen other VIP captives, including the American General Jonathan Wainwright, in a prisoner-of-war camp near Hsian, about 100 miles (160 km) to the north east of Mukden.
As the war drew to an end, an OSS team removed the prisoners from Hsian. Percival was then taken, along with Wainwright, to stand immediately behind General Douglas MacArthur as he confirmed the terms of the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.[80] Afterwards, MacArthur gave Percival a pen he had used to sign the treaty.[81]
Percival and Wainwright then returned together to the Philippines to witness the surrender of the Japanese army there, which in a twist of fate was commanded by General Yamashita. Yamashita was momentarily surprised to see his former captive at the ceremony; on this occasion Percival refused to shake Yamashita's hand, angered by the mistreatment of POWs in Singapore. The flag carried by Percival's party on the way to Bukit Timah was also a witness to this reversal of fortunes, being flown when the Japanese formally surrendered Singapore back to Lord Louis Mountbatten. “
Thanks Wikipedia
@Dicko Many of the older people in Singapore who experienced the Japanese occupation personally were still bitter 45 years later toward Japanese because of the unprovoked cruelty the Japanese displayed. The huge Ang Mo Kio "new town" complex up upper Thomson Road translates to Red Hair Bridge, named for the dead British, Aussie, and other non- Asian dead soldiers who were tossed in a big ditch in S'pore by the Japanese. The death rate among POW's was horrendous due to total abuse of and no medical care for prison camp captives by the Japanese, who of course announced they would only follow Geneva Convention rules "with necessary changes".
I'm confused, was Yamashita present at both the Tokyo and Philippine ceremonies?
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General Yamashita was not present in Missouri. He had been in the Philippines since 1943 and never returned to Japan. He was executed in the Philippines in 1946
Nice story, except that Yamashita was not present.
A friend of our family Eddie Worth was one of the photographers, he showed me all his original prints, even at a young age I was fascinated by it.
Cappin
A.C. ...............you just new it was History right before your eyes ????
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🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲Death to you and criminal America
My Father was on staff of McArthur, my Mother joined him in Tokyo in 1946, and my sister and I were both born there in a military hospital. We returned stateside when the Korean War broke out
Fun facts: One of the two Japanese signers of the instrument, Yoshijirō Umezu, was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was personally ordered by Emperor Hirohito to sign the instrument of surrender on behalf of the armed forces on September 2, 1945 and was thus the Army's senior representative during the surrender ceremonies on the battleship USS Missouri, officially ending World War II.After the war he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1949.
The other signer was Mamoru Shigemitsu, a civilian who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the war, he was convicted at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for waging "an aggressive war." He was paroled in 1950.
The tradition in Japan is that Umezu only was in the surrender separation because of Emperor Hirohito's direct order. Umezu had yelled at Admiral Toyoda " you go, you lost the war" because of the Japanese Navy's major loss in the Leyte Gulf including Admiral Halsey's "Bull's Run".
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This happened on my father's 18th birthday. He was called up for service in the British Royal Navy a few months later. He was fortunate not to have to face the dangers of war.
My father was 24 when this happened and he served in the Philippines. Then he came home and helped to make all us boomers. :)
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My husband has a small B&W photo that his father took during the surrender proceedings. His father was on board a submarine there in Tokyo Harbor which was in turn tied up to a sub-tender. We've been told that a distant ship in the photo is the USS Missouri, but it is impossible to see any detail. It is a 120mm contact print (common in those days) and all of his negatives are long since gone. He didn't know that when the photo was taken that the surrender was actually underway until later in the day. The guys on the sub were surprised to see all the aircraft flying over a short time later. A few days later they were on their way back to Peral Harbor, and from there to San Diego, and from there thru the Panama Canal and ultimately to New York. He then caught an overland train back to San Diego to be discharged (weird that they didn't let him go when passing thru San Diego....but I guess nobody knew what to do next). At the end of the war there were so many enlisted soldiers, ships, boats, guns, radios, vehicles and various war machines and implements that it was almost overwhelming to know what to do with it all.
Please consider submitting a copy of the photograph to the US National Archives. Your photographs will be available for research by historians, genealogists, and other researchers.
Please show these photos in public. They are too valuable.
I have a library of old books, and I also have many old magazines. There are tons of ads for army surplus stuff.
Not just guns and fighting gear, but everything you can think of and it's cheap.
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My dad was a radio operator 1st class in WWII. He always had a good eye for things. He bought a 35 mm camera in Europe. It was a Lieca.
That's the rolls royce of cameras.
He took some excellent photos during the water in the pacific and other places.
Could you imagine these great heroes seeing our beloved America today. Todays Democrat has done more damage this country than Japan ever did.
I have a great uncle that was in charge of the translation of the surrender papers. He was appointed by J Egdar Hoover to be in charge of all translations from the Japanese during the war.
The white supremacist?
I watch this mostly to see General Wainwright being recognized for his outstanding bravery in the face of insurmountable odds
So letting more man die in Philippine is more honorable action? surrender is not an unacceptable action, I would think this is a heroic act by a General as well.
Abandoned by Dugout Doug.
@@will1990915 He fought hard and well against impossible odds. He was as heroic as Percival was stupid. He was there to fight NOT TO SURRENDER. He only did so, at last, to spare his last men. I know that is hard for modern generations to understand.
@@flyingtigerline MacArthur was ordered to Australia by Roosevelt.
It was a difficult decision, but it saved lives.
Recently learned one of my uncles was aboard Missouri watching the ceremony.
That’s really interesting.
They must’ve been really tall
Where? 😀😀😀😀
Wow! Also aboard the USS Missouri that day were both the father & grandfather of Sen. John McCain. Adm. John “Slew” McCain Sr. and his son, Cdr. John S. McCain Jr., a submarine skipper witnessed the surrender ceremonies. Adm. McCain Sr. would pass on just 4 days later on September 6th at age 61.
Wow🐴
Dad was at Okinawa, Sunday, 1 April, 1945, USS New Kent. Uncle Bill, Iwo Jima, 5th Marines. God brought them home. We are blessed. God Bless America.
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-Michael
Faith
My uncle was there too. He passed last year and despised the Japanese his whole life. After Okinawa he said the "Japs didn't have souls" because of the things he saw.
it is very very important to have records of history. Video, photographs, signed treaties, etc. Over time, and generations, people tend to forget about what happened in the past and some countries start to re-write history.
Some moments in history just leave me absolutely speechless. And some footage, particularly that of D-Day, makes me weep utterly. It is because of the Greatest Generation that future generations including mine were born into a free country. I can't possibly thank those dear soldiers enough.
Contrasting with that is the present head of our country, who honestly does not know where he’s at. He has handlers who tell him what to say and do.
@Lisa Simmons - You are absolutely correct in your statement. I am an older American who was fortunate enough to visit The American Cemetery at Normandy. It had the strongest emotional impact on me that I ever experienced. I said to my Sister, who was with me, that every American, old, young, male and female should see this incredible final resting place of 9,000 young American boys who made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us today and in the future. They would realize the cost of freedom is extremely high!
🙏
... and after a few generations born in peace and abundance, we are messing it up again with self-destruction and lack of any vision or ambition.
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana
-Allies
Chief of Police
-Michael
Faith
One of the greatest days in world history!🙏❤🇺🇸🗽
Funny that statue you posted, the idea was started by french masons as a gift , the money raised my masons then then the scottish and english provide the stone to mount it on because americans didn't want it. Now look at you
The Japanese man with the black top hat to the far right at 3:12 said in an interview some 30 years later, during the 1970's, that he was standing there looking around at all the many U.S troops lining the ship, all the airplanes flying above and the vastness of the Battleship Missouri, saying he wondered how in the world we (the Japanese) ever thought we could win a war against all of this manpower and might. He found the whole experience that day to be overwhelming.
Despite of all the bad things that came from that war, it helped Japanese discover that their strength belong to industries not war. They later ruled the world in terms of industries. A huge lesson to them " never start a war you can't fight".
No. What Toshikzu Kase said in episode 24 of The World at War was that he looked at all the different uniforms of the Allied power representatives from the US, Russia, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, Holland, China, etc who were lined up to sign the surrender document and wondered how Japan thought it could win against "all those nations." He wasn't in awe of how star spankily wonderful 'Murican power was. Do try to get it right.
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History of the Japanese government at that time was quite interesting to say the least. The atrocities committed by their military personnel were quite soulless which I suppose you can say is a strong soldier. Practicing your sword skills on pregnant women while opening their womb and then spearing their unborn is less than honorable and simply defined the animals that were created.
It was a war on racial annihilation, The Germans view the Russians as an inferior race, the Japanese view the Chinese as an inferior race.
Now the Russians and the Chinese are allies and are very aggressive in their own spheres. Now that is an interesting political development.
100% correct
Western nations were no less checkered in their slaughter of native peoples in their conquests of lands they now govern, and today espouse the killing of the unborn up till birth by making it a right under the garb of women's health. Pretty shameless I should say trying to preach to the world.
@Wehrmacht_BearIi I too hope so
there are psychos on both sides. our people commit atrocities on battle field and unfortunately some spread killer weapons in our own countries to wipe out innocent people.
That's the thing that always stuns me, instead of MacArthur choosing to reign with terror over Japan, he liberated them. From all we've been through, we instead chose to keep the peace in spite of all the horrible things both sides did, primarily the Japanese Imperial Army in Asia. There's a reason the Japanese outpaced the American automotive industry a few decades later, he set them up for success.
Came out very differently with Soviets....
No, we set ourselves up for failure
He even wrote their constitution..
They've done well for themselves not having a population armed to the teeth.
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He was similar to Washington. Washington did not want to be president for life.
2.18 I think this is the young Japanese foreign service official I saw interviewed in old age. He said looking at the mass of ships and men he wondered how anyone thought Japan could defeat such overwhelming force.
He was then asked - he knew Japan was going to lose? He was most indignant replying "Of course I knew we were going to lose! I could not reached such high level in the Japanese foreign service and I not understood that, our task was to save as much as possible from the defeat."
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana
-Allies
Chief of Police
-Michael
Faith
I new someone on the ship that day, he worked in the boiler room. I loved talking to him he had some incredible stories. One story he told me that it was common knowledge that Halsey said he was going to Japan to ride the emperor's horse. It got back to the homeland and someone from Nevada sent him a Golden saddle to be used when he got there. He put it out for the crew to see and got in serious trouble since they were trying to negotiate Japan's surrender.
*knew
What a great moment this was for the peace-loving world.
Are you kidding me? The japanese only agreed to do that because the U.S dropped two atomic bombs in our heads! That´s nothing to do with peace-loving my friend, that´s just pure fear of your country can do to others!
"Peace-loving world" led by empires who subjugate their people. Just ask the Bengals or Ukrainian farmers about this "peace"
This news clip is amazing to see right here on UA-cam anytime one wishes to see it.
One of the most historic events of our modern times.
Now Japan is one of our better allies and economic traders in the world.!!
Its weird how both countries are still technically occupied but I guess that’s how it goes for countries who kill scores upon scores of people
Japan and Germany and Italy all became great allies and members of Nato or other organizations. It just goes to show that people can change!
@@TheEdwardrommel But mostly because they are all people of reason. Which is why many Muslim countries will never thrive unless supported by foreign petro dollars.
@@TheEdwardrommel Probably because we were so generous in peacetime and let them up easy. A good record to establish. I would not call Germany or Japan “occupied” Not for more than 50-60 years or more.
same with Germany. I guess the lesson is: declare war on the US, sacrifice a generation, then profit?!?!
Class move that Wainwright received the first pen.
“Did we lose?”
“No, they have fallen for my cunning plan to capture the battleship Missouri.”
As soon as they take it they would've instantly been destroyed. What you don't see is the hundreds of American and Allied Naval ships that were also in Tokyo Bay at the surrender ceremony. I believe it was one of the largest fleets to be assembled in history.
@@jordanmorris5827 and what you don’t see is that HooDat DonDar was making a joke.
@@jordanmorris5827 it's called a joke loosen up lol
@@ttop2385 My comment was being humorous to. Do you really think I thought OP was serious?. Maybe you should loosen up.
@@jordanmorris5827 my comment was just a joke too take it easy and Don't forget to loosen up a bit there bud.
I can't imagine the overwhelming relief felt by the sailors, soldiers, marines, and airmen that the war was over and they were going to
Ive.
Going home, start their lives. Marry and have children. Wonderful
then the Korean War happened
My father was on a submarine which was docked to a sub-tender nearby the signing.
Toshikazu Kase who was the third Japanese representative in morning dress to board the Missouri, once said that he spent the entire surrender ceremony he looked around at all of the representatives of the allied powers and thought how the hell did Japan ever think it could beat all of these countries.
Kase also happened to be Yoko Ono's uncle and lived until 2004.
MURDEROUS
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana
-Allies
Chief of Police
-Michael
Faith
They actually came close at times which is unbelievable
@@knoz5688 Only way they could have come close was for the US to give up the fight. And with the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was no way that was going to happen. The US had 10X the production capacity of Japan.
Japan was looking for a quick war where the US would give up and let them keep what they conquered. Once that didn't happen it was inevitable that Japan would lose eventually.
@@knoz5688 Early 1942. But that was turned around at Midway.
this is truely amazing how civilisized this is.
If you ever visit Pearl Harbor it’s imperative you visit the USS Missouri. Might Mo! You can stand on the very spot of their signing of the surrender. It gives you chills.
Today, Japanese ppl love mcdonald's. And American ppl love eating sushi. that's the answer!!!
Kkkk
There must be something better American culture has offered them.
I eat sushi for lunch all the time, but have to be really desperate to go to McDonalds.
Speak for yourself. Sushi is disgusting.
@@sethmorgan8258 well no one cares about what you think
@@tankman1320 and no one cares what u think. Mic drop
Admiral Nimitz is resting comfortably at The Golden Gate (Military) National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA
Chester nimitz , Forrever , USS misouri togueter , increídible , the legends amazing
thank you for your
comments.
A Japanese friend of mine told me that in 1945 (at the end of the war) his grandparents were not afraid of the Americans but of the revenge of the Russians and the Chinese.
they should have been afraid, they were no less brutal than the Nazis
This is awesome to be able to see this in 2022. Wish I'd found this when daddy was still alive he fought the Japanese in the phillipines
My dadfought this war
Not that I feel bad for the Japanese or Germans in WW2 but man that must be rough to have your country in ruins then have to sign a document confirming you got your ass kicked
You forgot to mention that US and her allies help build up those countries better than they were before!
@@TesterBoy That is sadly true. It was primarily the US.
You reap what you sow mate
Losing is supposed to taste like a sh*t taco.
Especially so for the Japanese. Their culture dictates that surrender is the height of dishonor and shame. That’s why it took two atomic bombs to end it.
I realized if we're only holding pen and paper, there would be no war
Maybe,
just upwards of a hundred million dead Chinese and Russians
One way to pacify former enemies is to make them rich. So that they will not feel humiliated. This was not done by France and England against Germany in Versailles, thus triggering a hatred that led to the rise of Hitler
And economically healthy countries make good trading partners-win-win for everyone:)
This is the final surrender document being signed for all of Japan's forces. Yes, August was the surrender and supposed cease of hostilities, but the official signing was September of 1945.
What an awesome name “Chester Nimitz” - with a name like that you’d have to be a general.
@Skylab 5691 ohhhh, my mistake
Good name for a class of aircraft carriers, as well.
@@joeyfitz9 sure is
And in 1975, the lead ship in what is the “Nimitz” class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers entered service with the US navy, It is still in service although soon to be replaced by a new “Ford” class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, i believe the new USS John F. Kennedy. There were 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers built. The USS Nimitz was the second nuclear powered aircraft carrier built for the US navy almost some 15 years after the very first nuclear carrier, the USS Enterprise entered service in 1961.
Well ... I am not sure, to me "nimitz" sounds like a sneeze, a quick sneeze.
History is functional in front of us thru this amazing video...we used to read in the books but now we can see it...
Having this moment on film is incredible
Japan is an honorable nation and people. Respect and love from America
Filipino is proud of you general mc arthur thank you 🙏
I was happy to see that the surrender was printed on parchment from our Filipino friends (now allies).
The first Japanese guy in uniform who signed was later to be a convicted war criminal. Died in prison of butt cancer 4yrs later.
Watts his name.?
@@danrook5757 General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff
If you start a war, then don't complain how it ends.
My Uncle Jim stood the deck of the USS Astoria cl90 and watched the surrender live.
An 18 year old gunners mate on the Astoria was in fierce combat in the Pacific , 13 confirmed Kamakazi kills, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, bombardment of Japanese home Islands. What a life all before age 19.
THAT America was, IS,
insurmountably stronger than what we've become.
You are ruled by your implacable enemies. The people you saved in WW2 turned round and destroyed you and Europe too.
@@ingurlund9657 Lol. Delusional.
Sounds pretty anti-American to me.
In the original video clips of the signing it shows the Japanese boarding the USS Missouri and the first Japanese aboard goes to shake a Naval officers hand. The officer refuses his hand and tells him to move along. That part has been cut out from all the clips I've seen on utube. History cleansing at it's finest.
that officer is so mad at the japanese i guess
They just had the most brutal war in history, I probably wouldn't be ok with it either.
@@redriot8756 I get that 100%
GOOD for that officer!
The bottom line.All Countries that participated
in that terrible war is guilty.Unhuman torturing,
Atomic bombs,raping,criminal acts.
GOD will make this pay.Does not matter who you are.Thats the most scary part.
Some say MacArthur was slighted by fighting in the Pacific Theater as opposed to the Europe First initiative. But I must say, in taking the final surrender of WWII, it gives MacArthur much prestige as a combat leader. You have heard it said from times of old: "He who laughs last, laughs best".
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana
-Allies
Chief of Police
-Michael
Faith
Even in 1950 Korean war he successfully upmoved to all the way North Korea from Incheon landing. It was stupid US president, who told him to end the war.
Like the fact that the Soviets are there - they did nothing here until the first atomic bomb was dropped, then they jumped in and attacked defeated Japan to tear scraps off the Imperial carcass.
This jackal- like behaviour is similar to Mussolini attacking France and seizing Nice, after Hitler had already beaten it.
"..were printed by the army on a rare parchment found in a basement in ravaged Manila..."
Everything about this surrender ceremony was symbolic.
When asked what we now have. Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic if we can keep it". And Regan said that "We are never more than a generation away from losing it". With all that is going on today, I think we're in trouble. God save the union.
my father witnessed that. just recently passed
We were at the top of the world back then,sadly,we pissed it away.
Maybe you are bit hard on yourself?! I pressume you are american?! If so you should know at that friendships were forged in that war. We dont forget your efforts. Even though you might not by now be at the top of the world. At least not alone 😊
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 Your and your country‘s friendship is certainly appreciated.On the other hand, Russia and China became enemies ,at least in as much as they are undermining our efforts ,whenever and wherever it’s possible.Be that political,economic,or military,their actions are inimical to US interest .Ironically,Japan and to a good extent Germany, are much more amicable.I know that self-interest drives each country,but Russia and China are outright hostile.
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 America has never been on top of the world.......period
@@union310 A matter of opinion I guess. In the immediate post-ww2 USA was by far the most influential power on Earth. Not everything went the american way though. Some problems were handled quite cumsy - the Vietnam war was a major failure in judgement. In many ways the americans were noobs in foreign affairs. But still: full of optimism and idealism. And believing in pax-americana.
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 America has ruled nothing but itself , even then ....not very well
Great, historical document.
Thank you for sharing this one of the most important times of world history.....
... wtf the most important? 😂😂😂
@@vittoriomarano8230 In 1945 this was most important event,.....if no meaning for you, than stay away do not even bother to watch or talk...
The table that the document signed on was manufactured by Steelcase if I'm not mistaken. It was covered up as it was not particularly good looking.
no more wars, the world needs to live.
That is just an amazing piece of storyline. Where this documents are kept?
@Tod You can probably find the surrender documents in the US National Archives.
There’s a copy on Hillary’s homebrew server.
We used to go on the Missouri when it was mothballed in Bremerton, WA. And they had either the actual surrender documents or life-sized replicas. And I wondered if they had the language experts and special printing equipment to produce the documents on board the ship, or how did they get them there from where they were actually produced ?
Just got done watching The Pacific and Band of Brothers for the 5th time, always come to UA-cam to learn more about the war.
My uncle Frank took these pictures of the Japanese surrender on board the USS MISSOURI. He was General McArthurs personal photother. He served on McArthurs staff till McArthur was released from duty by President Truman.
My father was a cameraman when this agreement was signed and we still have that camera..
The crew members chosen to be abord the deck were all over 6ft to show dominance over the short japanese.
Oh wow, my uncle was there. He was a first-class gunner on an ammunition ship. When I was a kid, he used to tell all his stories. He was also depicted in the movie Patton with George C Scott. He was with the executive officer when they received the call that Patton was on the beach and the ship my uncle was on was responsible for checking the beach head for landmines. He told me how Patton came up from the back in a jeep and started demanding that his tanks continue on the way. the Exo told Patton that he would not be allowed to move forward until the beach was cleared. Patton wondered how long it would take. The exo told him it could take 2 days, 2 weeks or 2 months, but you're not moving one inch until the beach is cleared. Patton had no choice but to stand down.
God bless all victims off this terrible war.
AMEN!
Must’ve sucked for civilians and rank and file soldiers on both sides.
I truly hope nothing like ww2 happens again.
The French general who signs is Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque, not "Jacques Leclerc" as told the speaker.
I believe "Leclerc" was his Nom de Guerre - he had left his family behind in France when he came to join the Free French. They would have suffered if the Germans worked out who he really was.
Merci du chili🇨🇱
@@richardcooper9417 nombre de guerra
@@richardcooper9417 You are right Leclerc is not his real name. Hautecloque is his family name, but now he is known as marshall Philippe "Leclerc de Hautecloque".
My maternal grandfather was present as a radar operator on an attack transport (USS Whiteside). He was a real so-and-so, and kind of never really happy after the War, but hell if I was 21 when I saw this I'm not totally sure anything could top it.
The people of the world don't know that the US military indiscriminately massacred approximately 500,000 Japanese civilians during World War II. The top three prefectures for the number of deaths of Japanese citizens due to indiscriminate air raids by the Allied Forces are as follows:
★ Tokyo 146,597 people ★ Due to incendiary bombs
★ Hiroshima Prefecture 142,572 people ★ Due to atomic bomb
★ Nagasaki Prefecture 75,520 people ★ Due to atomic bomb
Incidentally, from February 13 to 15, 1945, at the end of World War II, Allied forces indiscriminately bombed the eastern German city of Dresden, but the death toll in Dresden was only about 25,000.
Most people in the world hardly know about WW2 at all. And to call them indiscriminate is dishonest, or maybe to be more kind, intellectually lazy.
How incredible, I was born only 7 years later and only in school they taught me in a soft manner about the war.... The truth of so many human beings killed was quite different.
What 'truth' is that? And remember you were a child..........that is often forgotten by many teachers today.
“The issues, involving divergent ideals and ideologies, have been determined on the battle fields of the world and hence are not for our discussion or debate” How many souls had to perish for general MacArthur to be able to say those words
And how many lived because of what he did to say that?
Most of the ideals and ideologies were essentially old habits hardened traumatically by wars, racism and suffering with little humanity retained.
@Miguel Borja - Unfortunately, too many souls had to perish, but blame for that is shared by both Japan and the Allied forces. Did you know that General MacArthur wrote the new Constitution for Japan that they still utilize to this day!
@@raoulbataller5454 As is you reply. This was NO war of racism. Japan attacked other Asian's will the same contempt. The ideas were the basic ideas of freedom and self determination, not to mention self defense. Fighting for national survival does not come from habit. It comes from necessity.
@@Loulovesspeed The Allied forces did not start the war. They did NOT invade Indo China, Malaya, the Phiilipines, the Dutch Ease Indies, Burma or China. They did not attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor and they did rape Nanking. That was the responisbiliy of Imperial Japan. The Pacific war, and the human cost, is Japan's not the Allies . Trying to spread the guilt is an insult to the people who fought against Japan's aggression. Yes I did know what MacArthur did ...........something that would never have happened in a Japanese conquered nation.
Approximately 1000 humans died every hour, 24 hours a day, every day for more than 5 years. May we never see anything like this again.
A time in history that will never be forgotten
Extraordinaire document !
Almost 80 years after, and we haven't learned anything.
That's because current generations don't know any history.
unconditional surrender meant that the Japanese must become a democracy.. the US work in Japan worked. Japan became a democracy and a much better nation internationally. good work USA.
ABSOLUTE MILITARY RESPECT WAS DONE BY AMERICAN PERSONNELS TO JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GROUP. AMAZING
one of my father's uncles was a POW in the Burma Conflict for the British Army Greatly Missed