"America Has Surrendered!"
This was the headline of news around the world from the end of November to early December, signifying that the war—almost comparable in scale to the World War in terms of participating countries—had officially come to an end.
When you think about it, it made sense. Germany, strong as it was, had not succeeded in defeating the whole world, let alone the United States, which was now truly taking on the entire world alone.
What no one expected, however, was that it wasn't the Allied Army that finally entered Washington, but the Americans themselves.
Even more surprising was that the first thing MacArthur declared upon entering Washington was an order for all American military forces to surrender to the Allied Army.
Regardless, for the Allied Army, the American surrender was a good thing; it at least spared their soldiers from making needless sacrifices.