After the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the declaration of war by the U.S.S.R. on Japan in early August 1945, Japan was effectively defeated. Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan would surrender on Aug 14th, 1945. The Japanese would sign the formal treaty on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept 2, 1945. World War Two was finally over.
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