The year 2005 marks the WWII anniversary.  Sixty years.

Japanese officials preparing to sign end of war treaty onboard  Battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, l945

NO MORE POW CAMPS OR TORTURE

Gen Eisenhower

Gen MacArthur

President Harry Truman

Gen Patton

Photo courtesy of Special collections Department University of Virginia Library

Kilroy was here

VJ DAY CELEBRATION

August 15, l945

NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE

SEVERAL "FALSE ALARMS" ON DIFFERENT DAYS,  UNTIL IT WAS OFFICIA. ALL THE MORE DAYS TO CELEBRATE!

U.S. ROLE IN WWII

TIMELINE WWII

WWII RESOURCES

AUDIE MURPHY

Most decorated American combat soldier of WWII

ALLIED LEADERS

VJ DAY ANNOUNCEMENTS

BIOGRAPHIES OF WWII LEADERS

JAPAN SURRENDERS

UNITED STATES

CELEBRATES VJ DAY

"Where is the coward that wouldn't dare To fight for such a land?"- Scott

WWII PHOTOS

HITLER'S NURSE TESTIMONY

VJ DAY  AUGUST 15, 1945

VE DAY MAY 8, 1945

Number People Died During WW2

A = Country

B = Military Personnel

C = Military Killed or Missing

D = Military Wounded

E = POWs

F = Civilian Killed

ALLIED COUNTRIES

A B C* D E F

Australia 680000 29395 39803 26363 -

Belgium 800000 9561 14500 n/a 75000

Canada 780000 39319 53174 9045 -

China 5000000 1324516 1762006 n/a -

Denmark 15000 4339 n/a n/a n/a

France 5000000 205707 390000 n/a 173260

Greece 150000 16357 49933 n/a 155300

India 2393891 36092 64354 79489 -

Netherlands 500000 13700 2860 n/a 236300

New Zealand 157000 12162 19314 8453 -

Norway 25000 4780 n/a n/a 5417

Poland 1000000 320000 530000 n/a 6028000

So. Africa 140000 8681 14363 14589 -

UK 4683000 306213 281084 178312 -

US 16353659 297793 671278 n/a -

USSR 20000000 13600000 5000000 n/a 7720000

Yugoslavia 3741000 305000 425000 n/a 1355000

*includes Merchant Marine from 1937 to 1945

includes murdered Jews

n/a = not available

- = none to very few

The Allies had delivered Japan an ultimatum to surrender on 28 July 1945.

When this was ignored, the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima on 6 August and Nagasaki on 9 August, the day Soviet forces invaded Manchuria.

The Allies celebrated victory over Japan on 15 August 1945, although the Japanese administration under General Koiso Kuniaki did not officially surrender with a signed document until 2 September.

Both dates are known as VJ Day.

ENGLAND CELEBRATES VJ DAY

"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."       -- Adlai Stevenson

INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Planes in formation fly over USS Missouri

September 2, l945 during surrender of

the Japanese.

Shigemitsu signs surrender document

Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt

and Joseph Stalin