Japanese Surrender to Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore 12 September 1945 These original photographic prints were bought home from the far east by the photographers father in the bottom of a tool box after the war. They are in a family album and copied by this photographer Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia: The Japanese surrender in Singapore: Admiral Mountbatten delivering an address on the steps of the Municipal Building at Singapore after the surrender ceremony. Left to right: General William Slim (in slouch hat), Admiral Lord Mountbatten (at microphone, in white), Lieutenant Gener
Japanese Surrender to Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore 12 September 1945 These original photographic prints were bought home from the far east by the photographers father in the bottom of a tool box after the war. They are in a family album and copied by this photographer Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia: The Japanese surrender in Singapore: Admiral Mountbatten delivering an address on the steps of the Municipal Building at Singapore after the surrender ceremony. Left to right: General William Slim (in slouch hat), Admiral Lord Mountbatten (at microphone, in white), Lieutenant General Wheeler US Army, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park. 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 S. ITAGAKI. SHOWN, THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY LED BY BRIGADIER J. D. ROGERS, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN MISSION, SEAC, MARCHING AWAY FROM THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY.
Size: 2418px × 2465px
Location: Singapore
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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