V-J Day
Tokyo's surrender date
V-J Day marks the Allied victory over Japan in World War II, ending the war in the Pacific.
The abbreviation stands for Victory over Japan Day.
Two dates are celebrated: August 14, 1945, when Japan announced surrender, and September 2, 1945, when formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri.
The famous Times Square kiss photograph was taken on V-J Day.
- paradesPublic celebratory processions
- home frontCivilian sector during war
- Greatest GenerationAmericans spanning depression and war
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- memorialsTributes to the departed
August 1945 · Nagasaki · speeches · Allied Powers · Emperor Hirohito · unconditional surrender · Japanese surrender · post-war reconstruction · Manhattan Project · national holidays · war crimes tribunals · victory celebrations · ticker tape parade · remembrance services · museum exhibits · peace treaties · atomic bomb · historical reenactments
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, centennial, bicentennial
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
- Truman EraTruman, Truman Doctrine, Fair Deal, buck stops here, whistle-stop tour
- wartime moralemorale, patriotism, war effort, fighting spirit, national unity
V-J DayPearl Harbor
Hawaiian military port attacked 1941