Title
Civilians participating in a victory parade celebrating the Japanese surrender
Year/Period
12 September 1945
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 9 x 14 cm
Accession No.
1995-02768
Collection of
The Japanese Occupation in Singapore officially ended with the formal surrender ceremony held in the Municipal Building (present-day City Hall) on 12 September 1945. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander (Southeast Asia), accepted the Japanese surrender by General Itagaki Seishirō at the event. Various victory parades were held throughout the island to celebrate the occasion.
