介绍： Next, an editorial reflecting Amrican ideals and institutions. September 2 marks the official end of the Second World War in the Pacific, and therefore the end of the global conflict. On that day 75 years ago, formal documents of Japan’s unconditional surrender were signed by representatives of the United St...

介绍： Next, an editorial reflecting Amrican ideals and institutions. September 2 marks the official end of the Second World War in the Pacific, and therefore the end of the global conflict. On that day 75 years ago, formal documents of Japan’s unconditional surrender were signed by representatives of the United States and Japan aboard the ship USS Missouri, as it lay anchored in Tokyo Bay. With Germany’s surrender on May 8, World War II had come to an end in Europe. Nonetheless, fighting raged on in the Pacific, and the war would not be over until Japan laid down its arms. On July 26, ten days after the United States successfully tested the atomic bomb, Allied leaders issued the Potsdam Declaration, a document which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan. If Japan refused the offer, it would “suffer prompt and utter destruction.” Japan declined the ultimatum. It therefore became necessary to defeat Japan on the battlefield, clearly a formidable task.

以下是一篇反映美国理想和制度的社论。9月2日标志着第二次世界大战在太平洋地区的正式结束，也标志着这场全球性冲突的终结。75年前的9月2日，美国和日本代表签署了日本无条件投降的正式文件，就在停泊在东京湾的美国“密苏里”号战舰上。伴随德国在1945年5月8日投降，二战的欧洲战场至此结束。但太平洋地区的战争仍在继续，只要日本不投降，战争就不会结束。1945年7月26日，就在美国成功试验原子弹的十天后，同盟国领导人发布了《波茨坦宣言》，该文件明确了日本帝国投降的条件。如果日本拒绝投降，将“立即遭受彻底的摧毁”。日本拒绝接受这一最后通牒。因此同盟国必定要在战场上击败日本，这显然是一项艰巨的任务。