If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side ... and while he avoided using the word "surrender," his meaning was clear.
But some nations mark Aug. 15 as the war’s end, the day Japan’s emperor made a speech announcing ... Japanese Emperor Hirohito broadcast a surrender message to his people on the radio.
After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa) announced Japanese surrender to the Allies to end World War II on August 15, 1945, ...
According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...
If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side ... and while he avoided using the word "surrender," his meaning was clear.