Keywords: ImperialSurrenderRescript.jpg Imperial rescript from Japanese Emporer Hirohito ordering Japan's capitulation and end to World War II Written on 14 August and announced on 15 August 1945 cite web U S Army Center of Military History http //www history army mil/books/wwii/MacArthur 20Reports/MacArthur 20V2 20P2/index htm Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area Volume II - Part II Reports of General MacArthur 2006-12-08 p 729 1945-08-14 Showa Emperor US Government as well as Japanese public domain PD-USGov Documents associated with World War II Legal history of Japan |