Burma
Mountbatten broadcasts surrender instructions to the Japanese forces.
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All operations cease. The Japanese Kwangtung Army has lost 700,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners. However, Russian operations still go on in Sakhalin and the Kurils.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
The Japanese delegation returns to Tokyo with the Allies dispositions for the occupation and for the signature of the surrender.
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Manchuria
The Russians capture Harbin and Mukden.
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Norway, Home Front
The trial of Quisling for high treason opens at Oslo. Quisling who claimed to be the 'savior' of Norway is sentenced to death on September 10 and is executed by a firing squad on October 24.
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A naval task force under the command of Rear-Adm Oscar C. Badger is formed to assume the responsibility for the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval base, Japan.
[ | ]United States, Home Front
The War Production Board lifts restrictions on production of consumer goods.
[ | ]Images from August 20, 1945
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