How come (ref post on other thread) the us remember VJ day on 2nd september AND WE BRITS REMEMBER IT AS 15TH AUGUST
15 August 1945 is the day Japan announced it's surrender. The instrument of surrender was not signed until 2 September 1945 so both dates still apply July 26, 1945: Potsdam Declaration is issued. Truman tells Japan, "Surrender or suffer prompt and utter destruction." July 29: Japan rejects the Potsdam Declaration. August 2: Potsdam conference ends. August 6: An atomic bomb, "Little Boy" is dropped on Hiroshima. August 8: USSR declares war on Japan. August 9: Another atomic bomb, "Fat Man" is dropped on Nagasaki. August 15: Japan surrenders. Date is remembered as "V-J Day" or "V-P Day" and described as such in newspapers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. September 2: Official surrender ceremony; President Truman declares September 2nd officially "V-J Day".
