VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:monument
|
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Victory_over_Japan_Day
gptkb:V-J_Day |
| gptkbp:announced |
August 15, 1945
|
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:public_holiday
military commemoration |
| gptkbp:commemorates |
gptkb:surrender_of_Japan
|
| gptkbp:dateObserved |
August 15
September 2 |
| gptkbp:firstObserved |
1945
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day)
|
| gptkbp:marking |
gptkb:end_of_World_War_II
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
celebrations in Times Square
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
gptkb:V-J_Day_in_Times_Square_(photograph)
|
| gptkbp:observedBy |
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:officialSurrenderDate |
September 2, 1945
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender
gptkb:World_War_II |
| gptkbp:significance |
end of hostilities in the Pacific Theater
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Victory_in_the_Pacific_Day_celebrations
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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