Canada, Home Front

Meat rationing is reintroduced to assure adequate exports to the UK and Europe.

China

The million-strong Japanese forces in China, Formosa and northern Vietnam surrender at Nanking, thus ending the conflict that has killed at least 10,400,000 since July 7, 1937.

Indian Ocean

In Operation ZIPPER Indian forces land on the west coast of Malaya.

Manchuria

594,000 Japanese troops, including 148 generals, are now in Russian hands.

Occupied Korea

Japanese force surrender at Seoul. Japanese administrators are to remain in office.

United States, Home Front

In Operation MAGIC CARPET 1,307,859 US servicement return home from the Pacific aboard a fleet that eventually totals 369 warships. This operation will end in March 1946. The first day of the operation is marred by typhoon 'Louisa', which batters the Okinawa area.

Images from September 9, 1945

Yasuji Okamura surrendering to He Yingqin, Nanjing, China, 9 September 1945

Surrender in Nanjing

Occupation and Surrender of Southern Korea, 8-9 September 1945

Surrender in Southern Korea

The horror of World War 2 ended, the first post-war race meeting in Europe was in Paris, the efforts of the ‘AGACI’ an independent club for racing drivers and it’s president Maurice Mestivier in running the event on September 9 in the context of the times is amazing

First Post-war Race