Day was observed in Nepal on Friday with solemn ceremonies at the British Embassy in Kathmandu and British Gurkhas Nepal camps, joining commemorations held in the UK and across the world.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Like Del’s Lemonade or the Gaspee parade, Victory Day is one of the Ocean State’s unique summertime traditions. Monday is Rhode Island’s 77th annual Victory Day, making the state once again the only place in America that honors the end of World War II with a legal holiday.

Victory over Japan Day is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

August 15 stands as a day marked by transformative moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of the most significant events occurre

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On August 15, 1945, the world celebrated victory over Japan and the end of World War II after two atomic bombs were dropped on its cities. Japan surrendered on August 14, but the celebrations were worldwide the next day.

A 100-year-old World War Two veteran said VJ Day did not seem to be of any "great consequence" at the time, even though he was serving in the Pacific. Richard Clegg, from Bozeat, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was on board HMS Victorious on 15 August 1945 when Japan surrendered.

The UK Armed Forces marked the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ Day) with a solemn and reflective service held at the National Memorial Arboretum.

A military parade to honour the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day took place on Saturday, and here are the best pictures from the day. The event, marking the end of the Second World War, was held in Southampton on Saturday, August 16, and began in Watts Park before concluding in Palmerston Park.

King Charles III has honoured those whose "service and sacrifice" helped to bring an end to World War Two in a personal message marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. In an audio message recorded earlier this month, the King vowed that those who fought and died in the Pacific and Far East "shall never be forgotten".

Britain's King Charles on Friday released a message commemorating the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marks the Allied victory over Japan and the end of World War Two, reflecting on current conflicts and warning that the cost of war reaches far beyond battlefields.

The 80th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day and the formal end of World War II marked by council. Whilst VE Day marked the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, many thousands of armed forces personnel from across the Commonwealth and Allied nations were still involved in bitter fighting in the Far East.

This year, on August 15 we Remembered the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day, marking the end of the Second World War in 1945, when Japan surrendered, and the conflict finally came to an end. For Britain and the Commonwealth,