On 12 September 1945, five Japanese generals and two admirals led the delegation that formally surrendered to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, British Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia, at the Municipal Building of Singapore (now known as City Hall).[1] The signing of the Instrument of Surrender marked the end of the Japanese Occupation in Southeast Asia. The anniversary of the surrender was subsequently observed as a public holiday, "Victory Day", during the colonial period.[2]
References
1. Turnbull, C. M. (2009). A history of modern Singapore,1819–2005 (p. 221). Singapore: NUS Press. Call no.: RSING 959.57 TUR-[HIS].
2. Victory day is Sept. 12. (1946, August 21). The Singapore Free Press, p. 5. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
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