- 1. When did Japan officially surrender in World War II?
A) 1945
B) 1941
C) 1943
D) 1939
- 2. Which city was the official signing of Japan's surrender held in?
A) Hiroshima
B) Kyoto
C) Nagasaki
D) Tokyo
- 3. Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during Japan's surrender?
A) George S. Patton
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Omar Bradley
- 4. The official surrender ceremony took place on which battleship?
A) USS Yorktown
B) USS Missouri
C) USS Arizona
D) USS Enterprise
- 5. What was the name of the document signed by Japan's representatives at the surrender ceremony?
A) Pearl Harbor Agreement
B) Treaty of Tokyo
C) Instrument of Surrender
D) Hirohito Declaration
- 6. Who was the Emperor of Japan at the time of surrender?
A) Hirohito
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Akihito
D) Naruhito
- 7. Japan's surrender marked the end of which conflict?
A) Cold War
B) Korean War
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
- 8. What date is known as V-J Day, marking the victory over Japan?
A) June 6, 1944
B) September 2, 1945
C) July 4, 1945
D) August 15, 1945
- 9. What was the codename for the planned invasion of Japan before its surrender?
A) Operation Overlord
B) Operation Downfall
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Torch
- 10. Who announced Japan's surrender to the Japanese people on the radio?
A) Mamoru Shigemitsu
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Emperor Hirohito
D) Douglas MacArthur
- 11. Which Japanese city was not attacked with an atomic bomb during World War II?
A) Nagasaki
B) Hiroshima
C) Kyoto
D) Tokyo
- 12. Which battle is often considered the turning point that led to Japan's surrender?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Okinawa
C) Battle of Midway
D) Pearl Harbor Attack
- 13. Which country was not present at the signing of the surrender documents?
A) United Kingdom
B) Soviet Union
C) China
D) United States
- 14. What was the name of the American aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
A) Enola Gay
B) Bockscar
C) Little Boy
D) Fat Man
- 15. After Japan's surrender, what was the condition of the country's military forces?
A) Sent to Siberia
B) Disarmed
C) Reinforced
D) Under siege
- 16. Which Allied country played a significant role in the occupation of Japan after its surrender?
A) United Kingdom
B) France
C) United States
D) Soviet Union
- 17. At the time of Japan's surrender, who was the President of the United States?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Harry S. Truman
- 18. What was the nickname given to the surrender of Japan that formally ended World War II?
A) V-E Day
B) V-J Day
C) D-Day
D) Potsdam Declaration
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