Victory over Japan Day
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title:
Victory over Japan Day
text:
" Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. 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 – as well as to 2 September 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II. 15 August is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official
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encyclopedia
description:
Effective end of World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day
date created:
2003-11-13T18:20:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:13:11Z
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