![]() ![]() American soldiers in occupied Berlin shouted "It's over in the Pacific", and hoped that they would now not be transferred there to fight the Japanese. Americans and Frenchmen in Paris paraded on the Champs-Élysées singing " Don't Fence Me In". Allied soldiers in London danced in a conga line on Regent Street. ![]() ![]() The news of the Japanese offer began early celebrations around the world. The Japanese government on August 10 communicated its intention to surrender under the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. This official name was adopted in 1982 by an ordinance issued by the Japanese government. In Japan, 15 August usually is known as the " memorial day for the end of the war" ( 終戦記念日, Shūsen-kinenbi ) the official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace" ( 戦没者を追悼し平和を祈念する日, Senbotsusha o tsuitōshi heiwa o kinensuru hi ). On 2 September 1945, formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to 2 September 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II.ġ5 August is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official US commemoration is 2 September. Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day ) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, V-P Day Representatives of the Empire of Japan aboard USS Missouri at the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945 ![]()
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