Cape Wom is a cape (or small peninsula) near

Wewak Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura. It is the see city (seat) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak. ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, pointing into the Dogreto Bay of the

Bismarck Sea The Bismarck Sea (, ) lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean within the nation of Papua New Guinea. It is located northeast of the island of New Guinea and south of the Bismarck Archipelago. It has coastlines in districts of the Islands Region, ...

. It was the location of the unconditional surrender by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the

Japanese 18th Army The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. History The Japanese 18th Army was formed on November 9, 1942, under the Japanese Eighth Area Army The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II ...

in New Guinea on September 13, 1945. A Cape Wom Memorial Park with the Surrender Memorial is located at the spot.Surrender Memorial, Cape Wom, Papua New Guinea

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