Argentina
U-977 arrives at Mar del Plata and surrenders, having left Kiel on April 13 and sunk a Soviet ship in the Arctic.
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Indonesian nationalists led by Sukarno declare independence from Dutch colonial rule and proclaim the 'Provisional Indonesian Republic Government' on Java.
[ | ]France, Home Front
De Gaulle commutes the death sentence on Pétain to life imprisonment.
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Gen Prince Higashikumi becomes the Prime Minister of Japan and forms a new government. The Prime Minister orders the Army to obey the Emperor's call and lay down their arms.
[ | ]Images from August 17, 1945
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