September 12th, 1945 (WEDNESDAY)
FRENCH INDOCHINA: French troops land to occupy the country.
SINGAPORE: In Singapore, IJA General ITAGAKI Seishiro, Commander in Chief 7th Area Army and Governor of Johor State, Malaya, surrenders all Japanese forces in Southeast Asia and the Netherlands East Indies to British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. Approximately 585,000 Japanese troops surrendered in this agreement.
CANADA: Destroyer
HMCS Micmac commissioned.