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General McArthur at the signing of the Japanese Surrender WWII
This is an actual film made of the surrender ceremony of the Japanese to Supreme Commander, General McArthur in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. Actual voice of the General.
Japanese Surrender Signing Aboard Battleship Missouri Sunday September 2, 1945.
The battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. Battleships are larger, better-armed and better-armored than cruisers and destroyers.
Battleship design continually evolved to incorporate and adapt technological advances to maintain an edge. The word battleship was coined around 1794 and is a shortened form of line-of-battle ship, the dominant warship in the Age of Sail.
“battleship” The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.
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