General Order No. 1

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World War II surrender directive military order

General Order No. 1 was the directive issued at the end of World War II that outlined the procedures for the surrender of Japanese forces and the initial occupation arrangements by the Allies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
General Order #1	1
General Order No. 1 canonical	1
Special Proclamation by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II surrender directive ⓘ military order ⓘ
addressee	Allied commanders in various theaters ⓘ Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
alsoKnownAs	General Order No. 1 ⓘ surface form: General Order #1
appliesTo	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Japanese-controlled forces in occupied territories ⓘ all Japanese armed forces ⓘ
authorizedBy	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied powers United States government ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryContext	Japan ⓘ
defines	to whom Japanese forces in each area must surrender ⓘ
documentType	formal written order ⓘ
effectiveFrom	1945-09-02 ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent occupation directives by SCAP ⓘ
geographicScope	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma China ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Formosa (Taiwan) Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Indochina Japanese home islands ⓘ Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea Kuril Islands ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya Dutch East Indies ⓘ surface form: Netherlands East Indies Pacific islands occupied by Japan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sakhalin south of 50 degrees north latitude ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
hasConsequence	formalized the end of Japanese military resistance ⓘ structured Allied takeover of Japanese-held territories ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–World War II occupation of Japan ⓘ
implementedBy	Allied military governments ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation authorities Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
issuedBy	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
issuedOn	1945-09-02 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding directive on Japanese forces following surrender ⓘ
purpose	to establish initial occupation arrangements in Japanese-held territories ⓘ to prescribe procedures for the surrender of Japanese armed forces ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
requires	Japanese authorities to maintain law and order until relieved by Allies ⓘ Japanese forces to cease hostilities immediately ⓘ Japanese forces to preserve military equipment for surrender ⓘ
subjectMatter	military surrender procedures ⓘ territorial occupation arrangements ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → legalBasis → General Order No. 1 ⓘ

International Military Tribunal for the Far East → legalBasis → General Order No. 1 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Special Proclamation by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

General Order No. 1 → alsoKnownAs → General Order No. 1 ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Order #1