User blog:ARTaylor/70 Years of the End of World War II

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the official end of World War II. It was on this date in 1945 that the Empire of Japan, the last of the Axis Powers to continue fighting, formally surrendered to the United States of America, China, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, and New Zealand. With Germany and Italy already defeated, the Second World War came to a close and the globe could enjoy a brief time of peace before the Cold War was underway.