Japanese forces surrender in Burma, New Guinea, and Hong Kong; India begins negotiating for independence

September 13, 2015-September 19, 2015
Location: Government Documents

As Japanese forces put down their arms in former colonial territories, the United States faces military governance on two fronts: in divided Germany and in Japan. In the US Senate, occupation news from Japan takes the floor.  Will the occupation last one year or twenty years? Might there be a contingent of Chinese occupation forces to assist? Are the Japanese acting as if they are "receiving a large group of tourists who were to be tolerated for a short time..."? A Georgia senator declares Emperor Hirohito be put on trial as a war criminal; this becomes a joint resolution (S. J. Res. 94) and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Read the discussion in Congressional Records, 79th Congress 1st Session, Vol. 91, Part 7, pages 8671~8680.

Newsmap. Monday, 24 September, 1945: week of 11 September to 18 September.

Maps: Silhouette maps of Japan and Korea, U.S., and Germany and Austria help illustrate the distribution of men in the Army as of 1 July 1946. Verso: Text and color illustrations show various shoulder insignia of United States Army combat divisions with a partial list of their combat locations (World War II).

• View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 13 September 2015
• View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library ( http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc853/)

Notes: Newsmaps were color posters issued by the U.S. Army and the Government Printing Office (GPO) on Mondays during the World War II. They combine maps, images, and news from the previous week’s war effort.