Allied troops watching Japanese delegation being escorted to surrender negotiations, Mingaladon, 26 August 1945

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On 26 August 1945 Japanese officers arrived at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for the surrender of Japanese forces in south-east Asia. The agreement signed in Rangoon was a preliminary step, the formal surrender taking place in Singapore on 12 September 1945.

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Object number	P032507
Production date	1944-1945
Associated with	Japanese Army Japanese Army Air Force Rikugun Chūjō Takazo Numata Kaigun Shōshō Kaigye Chudo AVM Cecil Arthur Bouchier Lt Gen Sir Francis Ivan Simms Tuker Lt Col Sir George Stewart Symes
Associated places	RAF Mingaladon
Key events	Surrender of Japan, 14 Aug 1945

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Allied troops watching Japanese delegation being escorted to surrender negotiations, Mingaladon, 26 August 1945

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