The surrender of Japan was announced in Japan (USA, Europe, etc.) on 14 (15) August 1945 and effectively ended WW2. The paperwork was done two weeks later on 2 September. All three dates are sometimes known as VJ Day. In the UK the official date is 15 August. The title was chosen by analogy to VE Day for Victory in Europe.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
50th anniversary of VJ Day
Commemorated ati
Dwight D Eisenhower - Kingston
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander, allied forces Europe, Genera...
Last V2 rocket in Kingston upon Thames
The plaque says that 8 people were killed but has the names of only five: fou...
WW2 - Westminster
15 August is the official VJ Day in the UK so erecting this plaque on Wednesd...
Other Subjects
Terry Smith
Chairman of the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign. Spent 3 years and millions of dollars to get the Keith Park statue erected. In 2011 this earned him, a Brit, the title normally given to a NZ cit...
Gresley Society Trust
From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...
Leonard Huxley
Writer. His works include biographies of his father Thomas Henry Huxley and Charles Darwin. Father of Aldous and Julian Huxley, the unidentified child in the photograph is presumably one of his sons.
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.
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