About National V-J Day
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2026 USA
Saturday, August 15th
2025 USA
Friday, August 15th
2024 USA
Thursday, August 15th
2023 USA
Tuesday, August 15th
2022 USA
Monday, August 15th
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| Summary | |||
| Commemorates the end of second world war when Japan's surrender was announced on August 14th 1945. | |||
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Days after the US dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Imperial Japan surrendered bringing World War II to an end. The announcement of the surrender was made by the Japanese in the afternoon of August 15th 1945, though due to time differences it was received when it was still August 14th in the US. The official surrender ceremony took place on September 2nd 1945 on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri.
In 1946, President Harry S. Truman declared 14th August as Victory Day.
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