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Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

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12 Facts About the End of World War II
BY MARK MANCINI

JULY 31, 2020
American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.

American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS // PUBLIC DOMAIN

On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the Japanese government had surrendered, a decision that would bring World War II to a close. Emperor Hirohito of Japan informed his own citizens on August 15, yet there was still work to be done. The written agreement that formalized the surrender wasn’t signed until September 2 of that year at a gathering aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Communities around the globe have celebrated August 14, August 15, or September 2 as Victory Over Japan Day, or V-J Day for short. Here are a dozen facts about the surrender 75 years ago this summer and the events that led up to it.

End of World War II.
 
MkukiMoto

MkukiMoto

Elder Lister
Mwalimu-G said:
12 Facts About the End of World War II
BY MARK MANCINI

JULY 31, 2020
American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.

American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS // PUBLIC DOMAIN

On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the Japanese government had surrendered, a decision that would bring World War II to a close. Emperor Hirohito of Japan informed his own citizens on August 15, yet there was still work to be done. The written agreement that formalized the surrender wasn’t signed until September 2 of that year at a gathering aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Communities around the globe have celebrated August 14, August 15, or September 2 as Victory Over Japan Day, or V-J Day for short. Here are a dozen facts about the surrender 75 years ago this summer and the events that led up to it.

End of World War II.
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@Mwalimu. Good read and the picture is well representative of the soldiers. Yet the most celebrated iconic picture is the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York on V-J Day .
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Kasaman

Kasaman

Elder Lister
Mwalimu-G said:
12 Facts About the End of World War II
BY MARK MANCINI

JULY 31, 2020
American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.

American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS // PUBLIC DOMAIN

On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the Japanese government had surrendered, a decision that would bring World War II to a close. Emperor Hirohito of Japan informed his own citizens on August 15, yet there was still work to be done. The written agreement that formalized the surrender wasn’t signed until September 2 of that year at a gathering aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Communities around the globe have celebrated August 14, August 15, or September 2 as Victory Over Japan Day, or V-J Day for short. Here are a dozen facts about the surrender 75 years ago this summer and the events that led up to it.

End of World War II.
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I'm not into history but why were they fighting !
Taking war all the way to the east ?
 
Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

Elder Lister
MkukiMoto

MkukiMoto

Elder Lister
Mwalimu-G said:
Thanks very much...was to look for it but got distracted.
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Ni sawa mwalimu. Good you took the time to share the story. Since some of us these days have little time to read about history. Yet events have long lasting political and economic global impacts in every continent.
 
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