Lord Mountbatten Japanese Surrender
We were fortunate enough to see and hear admiral lord louis mountbatten who came to speak to the troops the.
Lord mountbatten japanese surrender. Lord louis mountbatten formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the japanese imperial army after officers handed over their samurai swords to their opposite numbers. Lord mountbatten who was also an uncle of the queens husband prince philip was allied commander in chief in southeast asia during world war ii. Mountbatten reading the terms of surrender to the japanese representatives.
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. He accepted the surrender of japans forces in. 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.
Mountbattens tactics fell flat and no invitation was forthcoming. Itagaki and mountbatten sign the surrender instrument. In 1945 the japanese surrendered singapore and hms sussex was sent over to singapore.
Despite the surrender of the germans in may 1945 the war with japan still continued. Mountbatten leans over to speak a few words to admiral power. 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.
Mountbatten reads the order of the day and camera pans over the four guards of honour drawn up before the building. By heirwin mohd nasir. Lord mountbatten was prince charles great uncle credit.
Once most of burma was re captured the command turned its attention towards its next major operational objective malaya however the use of atomic bombs on the japanese mainland brought.
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