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    Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II...
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    holidays on the day each year, also called Victory Over Fascism Day, Liberation Day, or Victory Day. In the UK it is often abbreviated to VE Day, a term which...
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    Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or...
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    was "World War II Memorial Day." The holiday celebrates the conclusion of World War II and is related to Victory over Japan Day in the United Kingdom and...
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    Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of...
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  • V Day or V-Day may refer to: V-Day, or Victory Day, a military designation of days and hours V Day (film), an Irish COVID-19 documentary film V-Day (movement)...
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    embracing and kissing a total stranger—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945. The photograph...
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    Victory Day parade was a military parade held along Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, on 3 September 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan...
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  • Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among...
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    in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day. However, that designation more frequently refers to the date of...
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  • of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the...
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    dancer. She was named Valerie Jill in honour of the day she was born, Victory over Japan Day or V.J. Day. She took ballet lessons at the Sadler's Wells Ballet...
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    countries as Victory Over Japan Day, the day Japan's emperor announced the country's surrender. The United States, however, commemorates this day in September...
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    special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place. Seven of the regular holidays were...
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    bombing. Victory over Japan Day The date of Double Strike, which is the beginning of Mainland Air Strike. The Archipelago Landing Operation is over. "Figures...
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    Forces Day (Chinese: 軍人節) is celebrated in the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan on 3 September, on the same day as their Victory over Japan Day (1945)...
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    American involvement in the war, from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February...
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  • Thailand, when the surrender of Japan officially ended World War II. He arrived in Thailand shortly after Victory over Japan Day and organized the Bangkok OSS...
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    of Gangut, 1714; 23 August – victory over Germany in the Battle of Kursk, 1943; 3 September – the day of victory over Japan and the end of World War II...
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    Sakishima. Napier was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed. After supporting...
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    parade to 24 June (anniversary of the Moscow Victory Day Parade of 1945), 2 September (Victory over Japan Day), or 7 November in replacement of the Memorial...
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    (North Korea) Independence Day (India) Independence Day (Republic of the Congo) National Day (Liechtenstein) Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom) National...
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    Phu and Navy Day August 19, August Revolution Day and People's Public Security Day September 2, Independence Day and Victory Over Japan Day October 10,...
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    Year's Day itself. From 2008 to 2013 it was shifted back by one day to begin on Chinese New Year's Eve. In 2014, New Year's Eve became a working day again...
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    States) National Day (Vietnam) Sedantag (German Empire, defunct) Victory over Japan Day (United States) September 3 China's victory over Japan commemoration...
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  • entirety of American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. It filled ground-attack, air-to-air, and even tactical bombing...
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  • place over 2 weeks after the Surrender of Japan to the United States and allied forces on 2 September. The parade honored the Soviet victories over the...
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  • recombination Visual J Sharp, or Visual J#, a programming language Victory over Japan Day, V-J Day Vojska Jugoslavije, the military of Serbia and Montenegro from...
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    celebrations. 14 and 15 August are commemorated as Victory over Japan Day in many Allied countries. Japan's sudden surrender after the unexpected use of atomic...
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    After the Handover of Hong Kong in 1997, Liberation Day was once replaced by Victory over Japan Day, which was also celebrated on August 30. On September...
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