The Return & Surrender on 6 and 9 August 1945,
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Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After their country was bombed, the Japanese surrendered.

On 5 September 1945,
The British troops returned to Singapore. 

On 12 September 1945, 
Huge crowds was gathered at the Padang and cheered for the returned of the British. In the Municipal Building ( Now known as City Hall ), Japanese military leaders signed the surrender document which was accepted by the Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia Lord Louis Mountbatten.

( Lord Louis Mountbatten reading the Order of the Day about the Japanese surrender from the steps of the Municipal Building. )

Adapted from : Ministry of Education , Singapore , History Textbook [ 11 February 2013 ]
Photo URL : http://www.google.com.sg/ [ 11 February 2013 ]

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