Sign Surrender
"To the Best of My Ability"
English - August 19, 2020 17:15 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBHistory Education fdr government truman wwii history museum politics presidency ww2 Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With Japan’s defeat, World War II finally came to an end. The formal end of World War II took place in suitably dramatic fashion, with a surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri on September 2. “This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor,” said President Truman. “This is the day when Fascism finally dies.” Untested and relatively unknown when he became President just over four months ago, Truman had proven himself.