Occupied Japan

The Russians begin occupying the Kurile Islands.

Images from August 26, 1945

Morotai Channel, Netherlands East Indies. 26 August 1945. Major General Harry H. Johnson (right), Commander of the 93rd Division and all US installations on Morotai, examining a Japanese Officer's sword.

Examining a Japanese Officer's Sword

Morotai Channel, Netherland East Indies. 26 August 1945. Three US Navy PT Boats of the 11th Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron rendezvous with two Japanese Navy Barges, as previously arranged by radio for surrender

Surrender in the Dutch East Indies

PT Boat Squadron 11 boats, 26 August 1945, Morotai Channel

PT Boat Squadron 11

Dutch girls waiting to place flowers at a monument commemorating Canadian soldiers who were killed in action in the liberation of the Netherlands, Moerstraaten, Netherlands, 26 August 1945

Dutch Girls at a Commemorating Ceremony