Timeline: MacArthur and Japan after WWII | Timetoast Timeline Maker

Aug 2, 1945

The Potsdam Conference

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf
Aug 15, 1945

Japan Surrendered

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction
Sep 1, 1945

General Douglas MacArthur took charge of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction
Sep 2, 1945

Punish and reform Japan

Japanese Army is dismantled.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/02/5-things-know-about-japans-world-war-ii-surrender.html
Jan 3, 1948

Revive the Japanese economy and Reverse Course

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction
https://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/Postwar_Development_of_the_Japanese%20Economy(Otsubo_NagoyaU).pdf
1951

Peace treaty signing in San Francisco

Securing a peace treaty for the War and the Occupation
https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/na/takeshima/page1we_000062.html