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Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred,and it ended World War II. The term has been applied to both the day on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made in the afternoon of August 15, 1945 in Japan. On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 9 August, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. The Japanese government on August 10 communicated its intention to surrender of the but with too many conditions for the offer to be acceptable to the Allies. The news of the Japanese offer was enough to begin early celebrations around the world. Allied soldiers in London danced in a conga line .Americans and Frenchmen in Paris paraded on the Champs-Elysées singing .American soldiers in Berlin shouted "It's over in the Pacific", and hoped that they would not be transferred there to fight the Japanese. Germans stated that the Japanese were wise enough to notlike themselves, give up in a hopeless situation, but were grateful that the atomic bomb was not ready in time to be used against them. Moscow newspapers reported on the atomic bombings .While Russians could hardly talk about anything. Japan Standard Time, Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration it was broadcast to the Japanese people over the radio. In his announcement of Japan's surrender on August 14, President Truman said thatthe proclamation of V-J Day must wait upon the formal signing of the surrender terms by Japan. On August 15 and 16 some Japanese soldiers, devastated by the surrender,and also committed suicide. Over 100 American prisoners of war also were executed. Many Australian and British prisoners of war were executed in Borneo, at Ranau and Sandakan, by the Imperial Japanese Army. At Batu Lintang camp death orders were found.

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