How one Canadian's misplaced signature caused a diplomatic incident at the end of WWII

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On Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese and the Allies gathered to mark the official end of WWII. The process went smoothly until Col. Lawrence Cosgrave signed his name on the wrong line.

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