This is a newspaper of August 15, 1945
Front page headlines
It's five big black characters
"Japan surrendered!"
Hundreds of millions of Chinese understand
Behind these five words
be
How much life and death, gathering and scattering, laughing and tears
Hundreds of millions of Chinese remember
“8·15”！
This day
Condensed what kind of sinking and rising, fighting and victory
August 15, 1945
Japan Announces Acceptance of Potsdam Proclamation
unconditional surrender
August 15th of this year
It marks the 74th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender
Emperor Hirohito broadcasts the Armistice Edict
From August 15 to September 3, 1945
And even the months that followed
The whole country rejoiced
Gongs and drums sounded in unison, and people shouted
The streets everywhere are full of people
Laughing, yelling, cheering
The citizens of Nanjing celebrate the victory
The people of Hankou, Hubei Province, celebrated the victory of the War of Resistance
This was a military and civilian rally in Yan'an to celebrate the victory of the War of Resistance. Xinhua News Agency
But we know
Such a victory
It grew out of 14 years of suffering
From the 918 Incident, the July 7 Incident
By the Chinese the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan
In such a timescale
It is full of sorrow for the destruction of the country and the death of the family
It is full of struggles that see death as a homecoming
We know that too
There are too many people who fail to see it
The defense of Nanjing from the "last moment of battle"
To the "taierzhuang bloody battle of filling the sea of fire with his life"
From the flat type of "after the bullet is fired, the bayonet charge" is a big victory
To the hundred regiments of "destroying sophisticated equipment with flesh and blood"
……
Countless soldiers have followed in the footsteps of their predecessors and sacrificed their lives for the country
Yang Jingyu
Left right
Zhao Dengyu
Tong Lin Pavilion
There are many more victims
It was an unarmed civilian
Wars, famines, plagues...
In those dark days
The shadow of death hung over the ancient earth
The Japanese bomb hit an air raid shelter in Chongqing, killing and suffocating about 700 people.
Xinhua News Agency
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese media publicly reported the Nanjing Massacre, which was a confession from the invaders.
The two Japanese officers in the picture are the devils who slaughtered my compatriots, and in the killing competition, Lieutenant Yan Noda (right) killed 105 people, and Lieutenant Toshiaki Xiangi killed 106 people to win. Xinhua News Agency
"Blood" is "bloody sacrifice"
But it is more "bloody" and "fleshy"
Thousands of ordinary people
At a time of national crisis
A new Great Wall was built with flesh and blood
The picture shows the Chinese defenders fighting in the Sihang warehouse in Shanghai (file photo).
On November 9, 1937, the Chinese Songhu defenders were forced to withdraw from Shanghai, which was occupied by Japanese invading forces, despite being attacked on their backs.
The Japanese attack on Shanghai lasted 3 months, mobilized 300,000 troops, suffered more than 60,000 casualties, and suffered heavy blows.
Japan's arrogant plan to destroy China in 3 months went bankrupt.
Xinhua News Agency
In the Battle of Pingxingguan, the machine gun position of a certain unit of the 115th Division.
Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Su Jing)
The militia in Pingshan County, Hebei Province, laid mines to cooperate with the main force in combat.
Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Shi Shaohua)
Chinese people won the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
It's modern times
China's first complete victory against foreign invasion
This great victory
Completely shattered
The Japanese militarist colonial attempt to enslave China
Washed up
In modern times, China has resisted foreign aggression
The national humiliation of repeated defeats
This was the Japanese captured by the Chinese Expeditionary Force during its second expedition in 1944. Xinhua News Agency
The Japanese invading forces surrendered their weapons and surrendered. Xinhua News Agency
The picture shows the Japanese army raising its hand and surrendering when the Eighth Route Army conquered Zou County in Shandong. Xinhua News Agency
And the great War of Resistance Against Japan
Not only for the independence of the nation
It is also for the world to guard peace
Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
It is an important part of the world anti-fascist war
Start earliest and last the longest
Chinese people made great sacrifices
It supported the main battlefield in the east of the world anti-fascist war
Let history tell the future!
Today, "8.15" has become a symbol
It declares the victory of the righteous and the defeat of the aggressor
It also reminds the initiators of the war to face up to history
Deep reflection on the crime of aggression
We remember history
Not to perpetuate hatred
I only hope to create the future
sincere
World peace!