| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_event 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Victory_in_the_Pacific_Day 
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                                | gptkbp:category | Public holidays World War II events
 
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                                | gptkbp:celebratedIn | gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada
 gptkb:New_Zealand
 gptkb:United_Kingdom
 gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:commemorates | Allied victory over Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:date | August 15, 1945 September 2, 1945
 
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                                | gptkbp:location | worldwide 
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                                | gptkbp:marking | gptkb:end_of_World_War_II 
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                                | gptkbp:mediaCoverage | gptkb:Times_Square_celebrations 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed September 2, 1945 Surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:V-J_Day_in_Times_Square_(photograph_by_Alfred_Eisenstaedt) 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki gptkb:Soviet_declaration_of_war_on_Japan
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedEvent | gptkb:VE_Day gptkb:Surrender_of_Japan
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | End of hostilities in World War II 
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                                | gptkbp:standsFor | gptkb:Victory_over_Japan_Day 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:V-P_Day gptkb:VE_Day
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | VJ Day 
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