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Originally Posted by Raptor1
Actually, the very last action of WWII, the Soviet occupation of the Kurils, ended today on September 1st. The Japanese surrender was announced on August 15th but Soviet troops in Manchuria continued to advance for quite some time after that.
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Some consider Operation Vistula (April 1947) and the subsiquent guerrilla fighting the last action of WWII.
http://www.polandinexile.com/vistula.html
Also September 18, 1931 could be considered the real start of WWII when a couple of renigade Japanese Colonels invaded China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident