Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The end of World War II in Asia occurred on 2 September 1945, when armed forces of the Empire of Japan surrendered to the forces of the Allies. The surrender came almost four months after the surrender of the Axis forces in Europe and brought an end to World War II.
The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early Aug. 1945, causing Japan a week later to surrender and sign a peace treaty (by Minister Shigemitsu) with the United States. That ended WWII in the pacific. For Europe, people whom represented the Allied high command approved and accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany
