September 3, Victory Day of Anti-Japanese War

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-9-3 18:40:55

File photo shows the formal surrender ceremony held aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan. The signing of the surrender document officially marked the end of World War II. The Japanese army in China formally surrendered to the Chinese government on September 3, 1945. The day was appointed the national commemoration day of victory over the Japanese invaders.  (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

File photo shows Winston Churchill (L), Harry S. Truman (C) and Joseph Stalin (R) at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945. The Potsdam Declaration, which outlined the terms of surrender for Japan during World War II in Asia, was issued on July 26, 1945. (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

File photo shows surrendered Japanese soldiers. (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

File photo shows New Fourth Army soldiers in the war of resistance against Japan. (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

File photo shows in early 1945 anti-Japanese forces meet at Mangyou in Yunnan province. (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

Photo shows soldiers of the Northeast anti-Japanese coalition forces. (Source: xinhuanet.com/photo)


 

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