V-J Day, which stands for Victory over Japan Day, marked the end of World War II. At 7 p.m. on August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had agreed to surrender. Japan had been trying to end the war, and surrender rumors had raced through the United States for the four days before August 14.
September 2, 1945, has since been declared the official V-J Day. On that day, representatives of Japan signed the terms of surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
See also World War II (Victory in the Pacific) .
