World War II Timeline

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"August 14, 1945

Victory in Japan (V-J) Day

Japan agrees to surrender. The war is over. Estimates of civilian and military deaths is 35 – 60 million."

While August 14 is the official date of Japanese surrender, it should be noted that many garrisons did not surrender for days, and even weeks, afterwards. The final garrison to surrender was at Saigon, Vietnam on November 30, 1945.