My Topics: VJ Day, Yeltta Conferense
VJ DAY
VJ means Victory over Japan day. The name came from when Japan surrendered it was choosen by the Allies after they named VE day for the victory in Europre. Ending WWII. Japan surrandered August 15, 1945. On Sept. 2 1945, the signing of of the surrerander document occured. On Sept 2, a formal surrender ceremony took place in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Japan abroaded the battleship USS missouri. In Japan, the day is known as "the day of mourning of war dead and praying for peace." August 15 is Liberation Day in Korea.
Days before VJ day, on August 9th the US dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima. On August 9th the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. The Japanese government communcaited its intentions of surrender on August 10th. but it became official on August 15th.
YALTA CONFERENCE
The Yalta Conference held in the Livadia Palace near Yalta Feb. 4-11 1945. It was the wartime meeting of the heads of governments of the US, Soviet Union, and United Kindom. It was represented by President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. The meeting was mainly focused on the discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. The cold war dividing the conintent, Yalta Yalta became a subject of intense controversy. To some extent, it has remained controversial.
Stalin was in a negotiating position but FDR and Churchill were tried hard to resrict post-war influence in the area of Yalta.
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