End of World War II in Asia

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  • November 28, 1943 - Tehran Conference - Soviet Union agrees to invade Japan "after the defeat of Germany" - commence stockpiling resources in the Far East.
  • February 4, 1945 - Yalta Conference - Soviet Union agrees to invade Japan within 3 months of German surrender.
  • May 8, 1945 - Germany surrenders - Manchurian invasion date: August 8, 1945.
  • July 16, 1945 - Potsdam Conference.
  • July 26, 1945 - Potsdam Declaration to Japan demanding unconditional surrender.
  • August 3, 1945 - Soviet General Vasilevskii reported to Stalin that Soviet forces ready for invasion from August 7.
  • 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 - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria.
  • August 9, 1945 - Second (larger) Atomic Bomb, Fat Man, is dropped on Nagasaki, also from a B-29, (named Bockscar) flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney
  • August 14, 1945 - Soviet Armies envelop and paralyse Japanese Kwangtung Army in Manchuria.
  • August 14, 1945 - Emperor Hirohito's decree to surrender announced over radio.
  • August 14, 1945 - 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 17, 1945 - Japanese IGHQ issues formal cease-fire in Manchuria.
  • August 18, 1945 - Soviet Army invades Sakhalin
  • August 19, 1945 - Kwangtung Army HQ transmit capitulation order to Japanese troops in Manchuria.
  • August 25, 1945 - Japanese surrender in South Sakhalin
  • 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 United Kingdom reoccupies Hong Kong.
  • September 2, 1945 - Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay; U.S. President Harry S. 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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