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With reference to the newspaper headline given below, what is meant by V-J Day and what made Japan to surrender to the Allies.

With reference to the newspaper headline, what is meant by V-J Day and what made Japan to surrender to the Allies. The Second World War, Total History and Civics Solutions ICSE Class 10.
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V-J Day stands for Victory over Japan Day.
Japan surrendered to the Allies after the USA dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945.