End of World War II in the Pacific
- End of World War II in the Pacific
*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 Atomic Bomb, Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki, also from a B-29 named Bockscar flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney -- Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies.
*August 14 1945 - Japanese accept unconditional surrender; 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 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 as 1,000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; 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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