End of World War II in the Pacific
- August 6, 1945 – First Atomic Bomb, Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay flown by Col. Paul Tibbets.
- August 8, 1945 – U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria.
- August 9, 1945 – Second Atomic Bomb, Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki, also from a B-29 named Bockscar flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney — Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies.
- August 14, 1945 – Japanese accept unconditional surrender; Gen. MacArthur is appointed to head the occupation forces in Japan.
- August 16, 1945 – Gen. Wainwright, a POW since May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria.
- August 27, 1945 – B-29s drop supplies to Allied POWs in China.
- August 29, 1945 – The Soviets shoot down a B-29 dropping supplies to POWs in Korea; U.S. Troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan.
- August 30, 1945 – The British reoccupy Hong Kong.
- September 2, 1945 – Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as 1,000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; President Truman declares VJ Day.
- September 3, 1945 – The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrenders to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio.
- September 4, 1945 – Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender.
- September 5, 1945 – British land in Singapore.
- September 8, 1945 – MacArthur enters Tokyo.
- September 9, 1945 – Japanese in Korea surrender.
- September 13, 1945 – Japanese in Burma surrender.
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