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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE. IN THE ABSENCE OF FIELD MARSHAL COUNT TERAUCHI, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WAS SIGNED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) S. ITAGAKI. SHOWN, LORD MOUNTBATTEN SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WHILE LT GEN ITAGAKI SIGNS NINE COPIES. LEFT TO RIGHT: BRIGADIER THIMAYA (INDIA); LT GEN LECLERC (FRANCE); ADMIRAL SIR ARTHUR POWER; LT GEN WHEELER, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER US ARMY; LORD MOUNTBATTEN, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER SEAC; GENERAL W. SLIM, AIR CHIEF MARSHAL; SIR KEITH PARK; MAJ GEN FENG YEE (CHINA); AIR VICE MARSHAL COLE (AUSTRALIA); COLONEL VAN VREEDEN (NETHERLANDS). JAPANESE DELEGATES ARE GENERAL NUMATA; FUKUTMI; KINOSHITA; LT GEN ITAGAKI; KIMURA; NAKAMURA; SHIBATA.
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
