Japan, Home Front The 'People's Volunteer Corps' , the Home Guard, is disbanded.
[  |  ]
Manchuria The Kwantung Army surrenders at Harbin. Russian airborne forces land at Port Arthur. 'Emperor Kan Teh' of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet ruler in China, is captured by the Russians on Mukden airfield.
[ | ]
Marshall Islands At a ceremony aboard the US destroyer escort Levy (DE-162), the commander of the Mili Atoll garrison in the Marshall Islands surrenders. This is the first voluntary handover of a Japanese-occupied island.
[]
Images from August 22, 1945
Former German Destroyer Z-39
|
 |
|
Negotiating Surrender of Mille Atoll
|
 |
|
US and British Naval Officers Toast End of the War
|
 |
|
Australian Troops Loading Their Gear
|
 |
|
|