80 years ago, on #ThisDayinHistory, an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the world. Since then, both August 14 and August 15, as well as September 2, when Japan formally surrendered, have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day” in different parts of the world. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s surrender in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close