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World War Two ends, September 2, 1945

The Second World War ended today in 1945 with the formal surrender of the Japanese Empire. The war that had lasted, according to most Western historians, six years and one day had finally come to an end. It was then, and remains today, the mostly costly and deadliest war in history -- History with an opinion, the past with an attitude, from Matt Dattilo.
Read entire article at Matt’s Today in History