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

The former German destroyer Z-39 underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 22 August 1945. The U.S. Navy designated the destoyer DD-939

Former German Destroyer Z-39

Negotiating Surrender of Mille Atoll, 22 August 1945

Negotiating Surrender of Mille Atoll

Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, Third Fleet, and other senior U.S. and British Navy officers toast the end of World War II, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), 22 August 1945. Those present are (left to right): Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN; Captain J.P.L. Reid, RN; Vice Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings, RN; Admiral Halsey; Vice Admiral John S. McCain, USN, and Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker, USN. (Credit: U.S. Navy)

US and British Naval Officers Toast End of the War

Australian troops of 37/52nd infantry battalion loading their gear from a launch into a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing PB2B-1 Catalina aircraft from No. 6 Squadron at Nantambu, New Britain, 22 August 1945. The battalion was airlifted back to the RNZAF base at Jacquinot Bay.

Australian Troops Loading Their Gear