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Second Sino-Japanese War
Sherman tanks in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Second Sino-Japanese War concluded in 1945 as part of Japan's overall surrender in World War II. Following the devastating atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan, the Japanese government agreed to the terms of the Potsdam Declaration on August 14, 1945. Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender to the Japanese people on August 15, and the formal surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. This marked the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.1234