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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Victory_in_the_Pacific_Day
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gptkbp:category
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Public holidays
World War II events
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gptkbp:celebratedIn
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commemorates
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Allied victory over Japan
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gptkbp:date
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August 15, 1945
September 2, 1945
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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VJ Day
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gptkbp:location
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worldwide
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gptkbp:marking
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gptkb:end_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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gptkb:Times_Square_celebrations
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed September 2, 1945
Surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:V-J_Day_in_Times_Square_(photograph_by_Alfred_Eisenstaedt)
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkb:Soviet_declaration_of_war_on_Japan
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:VE_Day
gptkb:Surrender_of_Japan
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gptkbp:significance
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End of hostilities in World War II
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gptkbp:standsFor
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gptkb:Victory_over_Japan_Day
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:V-P_Day
gptkb:VE_Day
gptkb:Allied_forces_(WWII)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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