Victory Over Japan Day(UK), History, significance, celebration

15th August a memorable and special historical day. it contains a number of important events as like as Victory over Japan Day. this day is also known as "VJ day" or  "Victory in the Pacific Day" or VJ day UK". As the name suggests Victory over Japan, on 15 August 1945, Japan surrendered in front of allied power-that is Britain, the US and other countries and finally, home front ww2( world war 2) was ended after huge devastation with a lot of lives casualties.

Japan's Emperor Hirohito was heard on the radio for the first time ever when he announced the surrender of japan and want to end the war. The name, Victory over Japan Day or VJ day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe.

People were very happy that the war had finally ended, but there was also lots of sorrow. Millions of people had been killed during the war so many people were facing the disaster of losing loved ones.

VJ day Significance & VJ day Celebrations

When the war comes to end finally then people celebrated Victory over Japan day with full of happiness. Prime Minister Clement Atlee announced two days of a national holiday to celebrate VJ Day on 15 and 16 August. Millions of people from the allied countries took part in the huge celebration of events like parades and street parties. 

In London, Historic buildings all over London were floodlit, soldiers climbed traffic lights and twisted newspapers in the air, while office workers and other government servants threw lots of paper out of their windows. people crowded onto the streets of every town and city shouting, singing, dancing, lighting bonfires and letting off fireworks.

But there is no celebration in Japan. because the hits by the most crucial and destructive atomic bomb ever on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. the emperor Hirohito blamed the most crucial bomb's role in surrendering Japan's.

When did Japan surrender? The official surrender documents weren't signed until 2nd September aboard the USS Missouri battleship in Tokyo Bay.

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Victory Over Japan day History

At midnight, the British Prime Minister Clement Atlee approved the news in a broadcast saying, “The last of our enemies is laid low (Japan)."

Victory over Japan would come at a heavy price, An estimated around 71,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth and allied countries died in the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese custody. Japan treated prisoners of war very brutally which is against humanity, including American and British soldiers who had surrendered to them.

The Allied power had delivered Japan a demand to immediate surrender on 28th July 1945. But this was ignored and after than more aggressive behaviour shown by Japan caused the disaster. the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima on 6th August and Nagasaki on 9th August, the day that Soviet forces invaded Manchuria. Approximately 214,000 people were killed in the explosions and Japan was forced to admit defeat and then surrendered.

The British Prime Minister expressed gratitude to Britain’s allies, in Australia and New Zealand, India, Burma, all countries occupation of japan and to the USSR. But special thanks went to the United States without whose immense efforts the war in the East and in the Pacific ocean would still have many years to run.

The War gives lots of causalities especially human causality, your loved one's causality. the war gives no rightful justice to anyone. continuing war is not bravery, it is full of idiotic to continuing this disaster. the great example we saw in the form of ww1 and ww2, so remembering these devastating war gives a lesson for do not repeat this type of disaster. The Victory over japan day's intention was the same when it was formed.

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