Australian minister has marked Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day to remind the public of the date on which victory in the pacific ended the second world war.
VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day, also referred to as VJ (Victory over Japan) Day, is celebrated on Aug. 15 to commemorate Japan’s acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender on Aug. 14, 1945.
“For Australians, it meant that the Second World War was finally over,” reads an introduction on the website of Australian War Memorial. “In August 1945 Australian governments gazetted a public holiday as VP Day, and most newspapers reported it as such.”…