Ve Vj Day Gov

Are you marking vj day in your organisation home or online.

Ve vj day gov. Explore this website for ways to pay tribute to the second world war generation on ve day and vj day either outdoors while following social distancing guidance or online. Discover more about your family s history. Victory over japan would come at a heavy price and victory over japan day vj day marks the day japan surrendered on the 15 august 1945 which in effect ended the second world war. As with ve day events had been planned to commemorate vj day although many of these are no longer going ahead.

Colchester like other towns and cities across the uk would have. Visit ve vjday75 gov uk to find out more about our plans to commemorate vj day and how you can get involved safely from home. Download our online assets below. Dan snow s vj day challenge.

Share your ww2 history. Commemorations instead will take place online to mark the 75th anniversary and there are lots of resources to explore to discover more about the history of the end of the second world war. If you or your designer would like to request high resolution or other artwork please get in touch at ve vjday75 dcms gov uk. Do you have a second world war or vj day connection.

Victory over japan day also known as v j day victory in the pacific day or v p 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 august 15 1945 in japan and because of time zone differences august 14 1945 when it was. The war had been raging for almost five years when u s. To help commemorate vj day ancestry is opening selected worldwide records and sharing expert advice to help you research the untold stories of the war. Dan snow on vj day 75.