On August 6, 1945, American aircraft dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
U.S. forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan
The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on 8 August 1945 under the Yalta Agreement. The Soviet Union dispatched more than 1.5 million troops, 500 aircraft, 500 warships, 500 guns and various vehicles, and 260,000 cannons, under the command of Marshal Vasilevsky, commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Army, on August 9 launched a full-line offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in northeast China, at that time, the Japanese Kwantung Army had more than 700,000 people, equipped with 150 combat aircraft, 160 tanks and 5,000 artillery. Under the strong offensive of the Soviet Army, the Kwantung Army collapsed within a few days, and on August 17 it was ordered to stop the resistance. At the same time, Soviet forces launched offensives against northern Korea, southern Sakhalin Islands, and the Kuril Islands. By September 1, all Japanese troops in the above areas had surrendered or been annihilated. The victory of the Soviet army hastened the surrender of the Japanese fascists
The Soviets defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army
At the same time, the people of China and other invaded countries in Asia also launched a large-scale counter-offensive against Japan, and China began the anti-fascist war at the earliest, insisting on fighting against Japan for the longest time, always containing nearly one million troops of the main force of the Japanese army, killing and wounding more than 1.2 million Japanese troops, becoming the main country on the Asian continent against the Japanese aggressors, and effectively supporting the Allied forces in their operations in Europe and the Pacific. China was one of the five major countries in the world that participated in the anti-fascist war, and China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was an important part of the anti-fascist Second World War. During the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chinese soldiers and civilians suffered 35 million casualties, with direct economic losses of more than $100 billion and indirect losses of more than $500 billion. The Japanese army has committed many crimes and is difficult to write. The heroic and indomitable Chinese people made tremendous sacrifices and contributions to the victory of the world anti-fascist war.
The Eighth Route Army, an anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines, launched a counter-offensive
In Korea, the Korean People's Army, under the leadership of Kim Il Sung, launched a great armageddon to liberate the motherland, ending the long colonial rule of Japanese imperialism with the help of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. On September 8, 1945, U.S. troops landed at Inchon, and the Soviets accepted the surrender of Japan in the north and south of Korea, respectively, on the "38th Line" as the boundary. In Vietnam, the Vietnamese people, at the call of the Communist Party of Indochina, launched an armed uprising in Hanoi and other regions on August 16, the "August Revolution" was victorious, and the Japanese emperor Bao Da stepped down. On September 2, Ho Chi Minh advised the Democratic Republic of Vietnam for the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Chinese and British troops entered Vietnam on the orders of the Allied headquarters and accepted the surrender of the Japanese at the north and south of the 16th parallel. Indonesia also broke out the "August Revolution" and declared independence. Japanese imperialism is already embattled and exhausted. On August 15, the Emperor of Japan finally accepted the Potsdam Proclamation and issued an edict of surrender. On September 2, the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender to the Allies was officially held aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. On September 9, the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender in the Chinese theater was held in Nanjing.
The Allies were surrendered by the Japanese
The Chinese theater was signed by the Japanese army for surrender