Original WW2 era family snapshot photograph of children's street party in suburban area to celebrate Victory over Japan Day ( day). There was to be a bonfire lit afterwards with effigies of Hitler and Mussolini on the top. The 15 August is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official US commemoration is 2 September. This street party took place 2 days later on a Friday, dated August 17th 1945,
ictory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day[1]) 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 – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to 2 September 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II. 15 August is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official US commemoration is 2 September.[2] The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. On 2 September 1945, formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. In Japan, 15 August usually is known as the "memorial day for the end of the war" (Source: Wikipedia) See also Alamy ref: D: 2JBCJ7T for an image of effigies of Hitler and Mussolini about to be torched on a bonfire, whilst the street party takes place in the background.
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Location: UK
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