Talk:Victory over Japan Day

No mention of RI?

As far as I know Rhode Island is the only place in the United States that still celebrates this as an official holiday (with the day off from work/state offices closed and everything). What's up with that? 131.128.96.47 19:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

VJ is coming up

Maybe this article could get expanded a bit, and nominated as the featured article on the 14th...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twobitsprite (talk • contribs) 01:20, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

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Name?

I've got a problem with the name of this article. Of course VJ stands for Victory over Japan, but in the US at least, it's nearly universally called "V-J Day", and was from the beginning. Maybe it's different elsewhere? The date is also somewhat ambiguous:

"As President of the United States, I proclaim Sunday, September the second, 1945, to be V-J Day--the day of formal surrender by Japan. It is not yet the day for the formal proclamation of the end of the war nor of the cessation of hostilities. But it is a day which we Americans shall always remember as a day of retribution--as we remember that other day, the day of infamy."[1]

—wwoods 06:32, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Besides, the title is suggesting a US (so non-neutral) point of view. In Europe (or the Netherlands at least) it is sometimes called VJ day, but usually we speak of the surrender of Japan or the end of WW II. The date is set pretty firm on August 15 however. I think that in this case the losing party is setting the time table, so today it is.

For what it's worth, the official name in Australia is Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day. --Nick Dowling 09:53, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Controversy?

"Nevertheless, the use of "VP Day" is a subject of controversy in Australia and is seen by some as an instance of political correctness." Since when? WookMuff 08:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I cannot speak to the when, but as to the why - "VP Day" is seen as whitewashing by the Japanese. Raul654 08:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

in australia? and i really honestly doubt the japanese could complain about whitewashing WookMuff 08:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

You misunderstand me. The Japanese are the ones promoting the use of "VP day" over "VJ day". People, especially American/British/Australian veterans, don't like this, because it {looks like/is} whitewashing of history by the Japanese (who have a history of this sort of thing). Raul654 09:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

As mentioned in the article, its always been VP day here, both according to the War Memorial and my own memory (though the war memorial is more reliable as i am 27). I haven't heard anyone complain about it, and my friend whose grandfather was a POW in WWII has complained about everything else related to the japanese! WookMuff 09:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

VJ Day Kiss

I remember reading an article in the Daily Telegraph not too long ago about the identity of the VJ day kissers. They do not match the candidates given in the article, anyway here are some links. [2][3] As always, Google for more. - Hahnchen 14:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I seem to recall that the photograph was actually taken on V-E day in May and simply published as an end-of-war celebratory thing. Notice that the man is wearing blues instead of summer whites? Kensai Max 16:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Happy VJ day!

Hope you're having a good one! Mewchu11 01:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC) (Who actually IS from Rhode Island)

=this artikel is vandelised+

Im going to delete the alien vandalisem in this artekel

Hirohito??

Being that this is the Wikipedia for English speaking people, shouldn't the article refer to the Emperor of Japan at the time of their capitulation in 1945 as Hirohito since only the Japanese use his post-mortem ceremonial title of 'Showa'? CanadianMist 14:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I think you're right, so I'm being bold and changing the article. — PyTom 03:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Surrender of Japan

From my understanding, the surrender of Japan came the day following the second dropping of the Atomic Bomb. The article says that the surrender was initially on August 15. However, that would make the 2nd bomb dropped on the 14th, and the 1st on the 11th. I'm pretty sure the surrender happend on the 10th, as the 1st drop was on the 6th, 3 days later the 2nd bomb dropped and the surrender came the day following the second drop. Am i incorrect? It's what I have heared everywhere else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.146.58 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 30 May 2007

You're essentially correct. The Japanese government made the decision to surrender on the 10th. There were a few days of negotiations with the Allies over the terms, and the announcement was made on the 15th. See Surrender of Japan for more details.

—wwoods 15:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Hah. When I read the timeline in this article, I too was supprised to see the big gap between the 2nd atomic bomb and the announcement on the 15th. However after reading the Surrender of Japan article I see that yes, on the 10th the Emperor had made his mind up, but it's clear that nothing was clear until Aug 14 - when after yet again listening to the still divided "big six", he flat out asked them to prepare his speech and do as he asked. CraigWyllie 18:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you aware the Nipon Navy test fired it's Uranium Atomic bomb off the coast of Konan(jp)/Hungnam(kr) North Korea 12 August, 1945; the soviets did not detonate their espionaged Abomb device until 23 Sept 1949 (four years later,) this even after they confiscated all the Japanese abomb industrial materials/project from Korea in 1945. It might be surprising that the materials the US used in the Nagasaki Plutonium bomb were from the captured German Uboat 234 that was destined to supplement the Japanese Abomb projects (that the US had NO idea were even in existance.) http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/jp-hung.htm http://home1.gte.net/lbalders/nuclear.htm http://39th.org/39TH/hc/hc_japan_a_bomb.html Bhug (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC).

George Mendonça

George Mendonça the sailor in the picture was portuguese.

POW massacres and Japanese suicides

Quote: " On August 15 & 16 some Japanese soldiers, devastated by the surrender, committed suicide; over 100 American prisoners of war were also executed. In addition, many Australian and English prisoners of war were illegally executed in Borneo, at both Ranau and Sandakan, by the Imperial Japanese Army"

While above statements are highly likely to be true, they are at the same time serious accusations. I put a "citation needed" tag in the article. Given that Japanese Imperal Forces conducted atrocities on a regular basis, I think it is reasonable to leave it in the article with the tag. However, if it cannot be referenced, it should be removed.

HagenUK (talk) 07:51, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Only in America?

May I ask why this article seems to suggest that this is only a US event? VJ day was, as usual, celebrated over here in the 51st state, with veteran memorials held in most major towns and cities and the event being reported in the press. Unless there's a very specific reason for having the opening few words, I'd like to see "In the United States..." removed. Any comments? Regards Psychostevouk (talk) 07:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Surrender-time concern

The Canberra Times of August 14, 1945 refers to VP Day This line cannot be correct at all, if the surrender was declared on 15th August 1945 in Japan. Australia is a little ahead of Japan time-zone wise. Could somebody look into it, please? Perhaps the surrender time could be quoted in GMT or UTC, to prevent ambiguities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.28.42.106 (talk) 04:44, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

USSR attack

This article said August 15 would be the end of WW2. I think it misleading, since it gives an impression there was no fight after that. It could be right for US army, but not for the others. In reality USSR attacked islands near to Hokkaido next week and has occupied, so August 15 was no end of fights. Should it be also noted in timeline? Thought? --Aphaia (talk) 07:22, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Opening sentence

I don't think the opening sentence of the article reads well, consider rewording for grammar structure.--Billymac00 (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism report

Looks like somebody defaced this page. Pasted below is information pasted from the first paragraph. There is no WWIIII and the dates has been changed.

"Victory over Japan Day (also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, vagina Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War IIII, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. The term has been applied to both the day on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made in the afternoon of August 98, 2069, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, to August 394, 1234, (when it was announced in the United States, Western Europe, the Americas, the Pacific Islands, and Australia/New Zealand), as well as to September 2, 2011, when the signing of the surrender document occurred."

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.127.33.147 (talk) 03:17, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks like it's now been fixed. DMacks (talk) 03:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Another famous photo - Australia's "Dancing Man"

Like America's Kiss in Times Square photo, Australia has it's own end of the war photo dubbed the "Dancing Man", it shows a well dressed man leaping about in a Sydney street with other revellers, streamers and the like. After a few seconds of bounding about, he takes a bow and wanders off.

Peter Luck some 20 years ago had a documentary series on Australian TV and interviewed the camera-man who had filmed the footage of the dancing man. The camera-man recounted that by the time movie cameras had arrived, people were starting to disperse, so the camera-man asked a passing man to leap about which was filmed from the front of a tram and the legend of the dancing man was born.

To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the end of the war, a circulating $1 coin was struck with a representation of the dancing man. At the time a search was made to find the dancing man's identity, however, as some of the possible identities were by then dead, doubt surrounds the naming of one person who was at that time still alive.

Surely a famous image of the end of the war that resulted in a circulating $1 coin should be included on the Article page.

Thanks, Timelord2067 (talk) 01:52, 15 August 2011 (UTC)