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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
And now it's time for me to ask the same question I ask every year, and see if anybody remembers:
VJ day marked the end of the fighting, but when did the war officially end?
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VJ day did not really mark the end of the fighting; VJ day marks the day Japan announced it's surrender, organized resistance continued until August 23rd (IIRC) against the Soviets in Manchuria and the Kuril Islands. The last action was taken by September 1st with the Soviets occupying the Kurils and the actual surrender was signed on September 2nd.
So, officially: September 2nd, 1945.