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Victory over Japan day (VJ Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered and effectively brought WWII to an end.
Compared to VE Day, VJ Day is a time when the Royal Navy, working closely with the US, Navy ‘come into their own’. In particular, the Royal Navy was the only British force that contributed to operations aimed directly against the Japanese mainland.
Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages as we share key moments in history that led to VJ Day.
The 75th anniversary will provide our nation, and our friends around the world, with an opportunity to reflect on the enormous sacrifice, courage, and determination of people from all walks of life who saw us through this dark and terrifying period.
Between now and VJ Day on August 15, follow the key historical moments for the Royal Navy.
HMS Vestal is the only British warship to be lost to a kamikaze. She was also the last Royal Navy warship lost in action in World War 2.
Victory Crosses was awarded to two Royal Navy Submariners. They were the last Submariners to win Britain’s highest decoration in World War 2
On this day in 1945, Robert Hampton Gray earned the last VC of WW2 – and the last, to date, of any member of the Fleet Air Arm or Royal Navy.
