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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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War Office: Secretary-at-War, in-letters and reports
Catalogue reference: WO 40/20
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- 1804.
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War Office: Secretary-at-War, in-letters and reports
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- The National Archives, Kew
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WO 40
War Office: Secretary-at-War, In-letters and Reports
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