Japan announced its surrender to the Allies, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945 officially ending World War II. Truman accepted his responsibility and accepted the fact that history would judge him for using atomic weapons. At the end the war, few questioned President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, especially the result of saving American lives in avoiding a land invasion and ending the war quickly. "It was a purely military decision to end the war.” Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet, Chester William Nimitz signed for the United States when Japan formally surrendered on board the Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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