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English: Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, reading his speech to open the surrender ceremonies, on board USS Missouri (BB-63). The representatives of the Allied Powers are behind him, including (from left to right):

  • Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, RN, United Kingdom;
  • Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union;
  • General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia;
  • Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada;
  • General Philippe Leclerc, France;
  • Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich, The Netherlands and
  • Air Vice Marshal Leonard M. Isitt, New Zealand.
  • Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, is just to the right of Air Vice Marshal Isitt.
  • Off camera, to left, are the representative of China, General Hsu Yung-chang, and the U.S. representative, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
Framed flag in upper left is that flown by Commodore Matthew C. Perry's flagship when she entered Tokyo Bay in 1853.
Français : Capitulation du Japon, Baie de Tokyo, 2 septembre 1945.

Le général de l'armée Douglas MacArthur, Commandant suprême des forces alliées, lisant son discours d'ouverture de la cérémonie de capitulation à bord de l'USS Missouri (BB-63). Les représentants des forces alliés sont derrières lui (de gauche à droite) :

  • amiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Royal Navy, Royaume Uni ;
  • lieutenant Général Kuzma Derevyanko, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques ;
  • général Sir Thomas Blamey, Australie ;
  • colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada ;
  • général Philippe Leclerc, France ;
  • amiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich, Pays-Bas et
  • Vice-maréchal de l'air Leonard M. Isitt, Nouvelle-Zélande.
  • Le lieutenant général Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, est à la droite du Vice-maréchal de l'air Isitt.
  • En dehors du champ de l'appareil photo, à gauche, sont placés les représentants de la Chine, le général Hsu Yung-chang, et le représentant des États-Unis, l'amiral de flotte Chester W. Nimitz de l'Us Navy.
Le drapeau encadré en haut à gauche de la photo est celui qui a flotté lors de l'entrée du Commodore Matthew C. Perry dans la baie de Tokyo en 1853.
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Removed caption read: Photo # USA C-2716     Gen. MacArthur speaking, 2 Sept. '45

Photo #: USA C-2717 (Color)

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current03:15, 5 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 03:15, 5 April 20184,541 × 5,743 (34.32 MB)遼東半島 (talk | contribs)Better photo from https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/missouri-bb-63/USA-C-2717.html
16:31, 9 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:31, 9 April 2007585 × 736 (79 KB)Editor at Large (talk | contribs)Losslessly cropped caption bar
13:23, 29 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 13:23, 29 September 2005585 × 765 (85 KB)Anathema (talk | contribs)* Description: General Douglas MacArthur speaking * Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/ac00001/ac02717.jpg {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}

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