Vj Day And Ve Day

His successor grand admiral donitz travelled to american general eisenhower s headquarters in reims france and on the 7th of may 1945 germany surrendered unconditionally to.
Vj day and ve day. Vj and ve day were a cause for celebration all over the world as the allies celebrated victories on different fronts. Saturday august 15 2020 marks victory over japan day and 75 years since the end of second world war. Though both days mark moments where the allied forces celebrated the end of the war vj day stands for victory in japan day. The real end of the second world war.
Germany had been defeated by the allied forces but the nazi leader adolf hitler was no longer alive. On may 8th we marked the 75th anniversary of ve day. 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. In europe the allies had fought a bitter war since 1939 which killed.
After the surrender of nazi germany in europe which we. Today saturday 15 august is vj day which stands for victory over japan day and officially marks the end of the second world war. Although ve day victory in europe day arrived just over three months earlier it was not until 15 august 1945 that the second world war finally came to an end with the surrender of japan.