VJ Day - The End of WWII in the Pacific

Download or read book VJ Day - The End of WWII in the Pacific written by Kim Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After six years and one day, it was finally over. The Japanese formally signed the surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. It ended a global war that had cost millions of lives and caused untold devastation. VJ Day is the story of the end of World War Two - particularly the end of the War in the Pacific. Discover how the Allied forces halted the Japanese advance and then closed in on the home islands. Once victory was assured, America and the world celebrated - in New York, San Francisco, Boston, London, Paris and Sydney.