Major-General Okada signs the Instrument of Surrender while Vice Admiral Fujita awaits his turn, Government House

Klaus
Sun, 09/06/2015 - 04:51
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Source: This image came from Flickr, see https://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=6174912639

Date picture taken
15 Sep 1945
Tags
LAC
BAC
Library and Archives Canada
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Canada
1941-1945
secondworldwar
deuxièmeguerremondiale
WWII
Canadian
canadien
japanesesurrenderceremony
Japanese
cérémoniederéditiondesjaponais
japonais
ltgeneraltanaka
lieutgénéraltanaka
viceadmiralfujita
viceamiralfujita
governmenthouse
maisondugouvernement
Jack Hawes
september151945
15septembre1945
Department of National Defence
ministèredeladéfensenationale
China
Chine
Image from Flickr
Author(s)
BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Gallery
1940s Hong Kong
Shows person / people
Ruitako FUJITA [????-????]
Umekichi OKADA [1891-1967]

Comments

Hi moddsey, yes it is Major-General Okada indeed. The original title is incorrect. Unfortunately, I can't correct it as it is an old Flickr photo which cannot be edited.

David, please correct and also remove the person Tanaka.