The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Following its defeat, Japan's Shinto Emperor stepped down as the divine leader through the Shinto Directive, because the Allied Powers believed this was the major political cause of Japan's military aggression and deconstruction process soon took place to install a new liberal-democratic constitution to the Japanese public as the current Constitution of Japan. COUNT 10
QSN1 What events ended the war with Japan? ANS1 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki QSN2 On what date did Japan surrender? ANS2 2 September 1945 QSN3 What changed in the ruling of Japan after the war? ANS3 a new liberal-democratic constitution QSN4 Where did Japan's surrender occur? ANS4 aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay QSN5 What was the process called whereby the leader of Japan stepped down? ANS5 Shinto Directive QSN6 What nation were the allies against? ANS6 Japan QSN7 What nations comprised the Axis? ANS7 Germany and Italy QSN8 What cities were destroyed by atom bombs? ANS8 Hiroshima and Nagasaki QSN9 When did the Soviet Union invade Manchuria? ANS9 8 August 1945 QSN10 When did Japan surrender? ANS10 2 September 1945