Sujet
USA / Japan: A Japanese prisoner of war, captured on Guam, weeps after hearing Emperor Hirohito s surrender, August 15,
Légende
USA / Japan: A Japanese prisoner of war, captured on Guam, weeps after hearing Emperor Hirohito s surrender, August 15, 1945 On December 7 8, 1941, Japanese forces carried out surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor, attacks on British forces in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong and declared war, bringing the US and the UK into World War II in the Pacific.br/br/ After the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender on August 15. The war cost Japan and the rest of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere millions of lives and left much of the nation s industry and infrastructure destroyed. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Info+
IMAGO/CPA Media
Date
01 janv. 1945
Crédit
Photo12/Imago
Notre référence
MGO25A08_066
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,4Mo (1,4Mo) / 30,5cm x 38,2cm / 3597 x 4507 (300dpi)