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World War II with Germany. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress,
December 11, 1941 55 (Stat. 796, ch. 564). German representative Colonel General
Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional act of surrender to Allied Representatives in a
Riems, France schoolhouse on May 7, 1945. A second German surrender ceremony was
held on May 8 in Berlin at the insistence of the U.S.S.R. Cessation of hostilities declared
as of noon, December 31, 1946, by presidential proclamation of December 31, 1946
(Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat. 1048). State of war with the "government of Germany"
terminated October 19, 1951, by Joint Resolution of Congress of that date (65 Stat. 451,
ch. 519), by presidential proclamation 2950, October 24, 1951. No peace treaty with
Germany signed.
World War II with Japan. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress, December
8, 1941 (55 Stat. 795, ch. 561). Japanese representatives publicly sign unconditional
surrender document on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay on
September 2, 1945. President Truman proclaimed this date Victory over Japan Day or V-
J Day. Cessation of hostilities declared as of 12noon, December 31, 1946, by presidential
proclamation of December 31, 1946 (Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat. 1048). Terminated by
Multilateral Treaty of Peace with Japan, signed at San Francisco, September 8, 1951 (3
UST 3329), and ratified March 20, 1952, effective April 28, 1952.
World War II with Italy. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress of December
11, 1941 (55 Stat. 797, ch. 565). Cessation of hostilities declared as of noon December
31, 1946, by presidential proclamation of December 31, 1946 (Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat.
1048). Terminated by Treaty of Peace dated at Paris, February 10, 1947 (61 Stat. 1247),
effective September 15, 1947.
World War I with Bulgaria. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress, June 5,
1942 (56 Stat. 307, ch. 323). Cessation of hostilities declared as of noon December 31,
1946, by presidential proclamation of December 31, 1946 (Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat. 1048).
Terminated by Treaty of Peace dated at Paris, February 10, 1947 (61 Stat. 1915), effective
September 15, 1947.
World War II with Hungary. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress, June 5,
1942 (56 Stat. 307, ch. 324). Cessation of hostilities declared as of noon December 31,
1946, by presidential proclamation (Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat. 1048). Terminated by Treaty
of Peace dated at Paris, February 10, 1947 (61 Stat. 1757), effective September 15, 1947.World War II with Romania. Declared by Joint Resolution of Congress of June
5, 1942 (56 Stat. 307, ch. 325). Cessation of hostilities declared as of noon December 31,
1946, by presidential proclamation December 31, 1946 (Proc. no. 2714, 61 Stat. 1048).
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day of President Truman's announcement of the Japanese surrender, and Sept. 2, the official day
proclaimed by President Truman in his speech, are cited as V-J Day in Chase's Calendar of
Events 2002 (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), pp. 421 and 555. August 15 is cited as V-J Day
by The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, 9th ed., by Gordon Carruth (New York:
Harper Collins, 1993), p. 530. August 15, on which the Japanese Emperor made his historic
broadcast to the Japanese people telling of Japan's surrender, is cited as V-J Day in The World
Almanac of World War H, p. 353.
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