Events In History
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15 August 1945The war is over! VJ DayJapan's surrender following the atomic bombing ofHiroshima and Nagasaki ended the Second World War. More than 200,000 New Zealanders had served during the war and more than 11,500 had died. Read more...
Articles
VE and VJ days
After over five years of rationing and anxiety about loved ones overseas, New Zealanders greeted the coming of peace in Europe in May 1945, and then victory over Japan in August, with understandable relief and enthusiasm.
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Page 3 – VJ Day
VJ Day, like VE Day, showed public regulation at work. Again the preparation had been considerable, and this time celebrations went more smoothly
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Main image: VJ Day street celebrations in Wellington
Young people singing in the streets of Wellington, VJ Day, 1945
