Lord Mountbatten Japanese Surrender

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Lord mountbatten japanese surrender. He accepted the surrender of japans forces in. Mountbatten reads the order of the day and camera pans over the four guards of honour drawn up before the building. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. He later became the supreme allied commander south east asia command and in 1945 he received the japanese surrender before being persuaded by prime minister clement attlee to serve as the last viceroy of india.

Lord louis mountbatten supreme allied commander of southeast asia command came to singapore to receive the formal surrender of japanese forces in south east asia from general itagaki on behalf of field marshal hisaichi terauchi commander of the japanese southern army group who had suffered a stroke earlier in the year. On 12th september 1945 mountbatten accepted the surrender of the japanese in south east asia in the council chamber of singapore town hall from general seishio itagaki 1885 1948 on behalf of general hisaichi terauchi 1879 1946. The japanese surrendered to general douglas macarthur on board an american battleship missouri at tokyo bay at 9 am on 2 september 1945 officially ending wwii1 two weeks later on 12 september 1945 at 1110 am local time another japanese surrender ceremony was held at the municipal building of singapore now known as city hall which was accepted by lord louis mountbatten2 it officially ended the japanese occupation of southeast asia3. Itagaki and mountbatten sign the surrender instrument.

Lord louis mountbatten formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the japanese imperial army after officers handed over their samurai swords to their opposite numbers. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia. Cut to exterior as japanese leave after the signing. We were fortunate enough to see and hear admiral lord louis mountbatten who came to speak to the troops the.

Mountbatten reading the terms of surrender to the japanese representatives. In 1945 the japanese surrendered singapore and hms sussex was sent over to singapore. Mountbatten leans over to speak a few words to admiral power.