V-J Day

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commemoration historical event public holiday victory day

V-J Day marks the Allied victory over Japan in World War II and the effective end of the war following Japan’s surrender in August 1945.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Victory over Japan Day 4
Japanese surrender in World War II 3
V-J Day canonical 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commemoration ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
victory day ⓘ
alsoKnownAs V-J Day ⓘ
surface form: VJ Day

V-J Day ⓘ
surface form: Victory in Japan Day

V-J Day ⓘ
surface form: Victory over Japan Day
commemorates Allied victory in the Pacific ⓘ
end of World War II in Asia ⓘ
end of hostilities with Japan ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateObserved 1945-08-14 ⓘ
1945-08-15 ⓘ
1945-09-02 ⓘ
endTime 1945-09-02 ⓘ
follows Victory in Europe Day ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
hasTheme military victory ⓘ
peace ⓘ
remembrance of war casualties ⓘ
hasToDoWith Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Allied victory over Japan ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Japanese surrender ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
end of World War II ⓘ
hasTypeOfCelebration moments of silence ⓘ
parades ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
locationOfCelebration Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
surface form: Honolulu

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Sydney ⓘ
Times Square ⓘ
surface form: Times Square, New York City
mediaCoverageBy newspapers ⓘ
newsreels ⓘ
radio ⓘ
notablePhotographer Alfred Eisenstaedt ⓘ
notableWorkDepicting V-J Day in Times Square ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
significantEvent announcement of Japanese surrender ⓘ
signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
surrender of Japan ⓘ
startTime 1945-08-14 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Instrument of Surrender → relatedEvent → V-J Day ⓘ
Victory in Europe Day → relatedTo → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory over Japan Day
V-J Day → alsoKnownAs → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory over Japan Day
V-J Day → alsoKnownAs → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: VJ Day
V-J Day → alsoKnownAs → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory in Japan Day
Indonesian declaration of independence → precededBy → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
Japanese colonial empire → significantEvent → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II surrender of Japan
USAMGIK → establishedAsConsequenceOf → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surrender of Japan in World War II
V-J Day in Times Square → subjectEvent → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory over Japan Day celebrations
V-J Day in Times Square → alsoKnownAs → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: V-J Day Kiss
Chief of the Army General Staff (Japan) → dissolvedFollowing → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
World War II veterans → commemoratedOn → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory over Japan Day
Japanese occupation of Hainan → endedBy → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
The Kiss → eventDepicted → V-J Day ⓘ
World War II monuments → associatedWith → V-J Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victory over Japan Day