https://www.alojapan.com/1270085/taiwans-lai-accused-of-ignoring-japanese-invasion-of-china-with-ve-day-speech/ Taiwan’s Lai accused of ignoring Japanese invasion of China with VE Day speech #AcademiaHistorica #beijing #ChenKuanTing #China #DemocraticProgressiveParty #HuangKweiBo #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Kuomintang #LaiChingTe #moscow #news #RepublicOfChina #Taiwan #VEDay #VJDay #WilliamLai Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, in a controversial move that is being interpreted…

On 80th anniversary of VE Day, these photos show everyday life in 1945 Britain https://www.byteseu.com/991606/ #CELEBRATIONS #GettyImages #GreatBritain #london #TheSecondWorldWar #UnitedKingdom #VEDay #VJDay

On 80th anniversary of VE Day, these photos show everyday life in 1945 Britain https://www.byteseu.com/991606/ #CELEBRATIONS #GettyImages #GreatBritain #london #TheSecondWorldWar #UnitedKingdom #VEDay #VJDay

https://www.europesays.com/2059866/ On 80th anniversary of VE Day, these photos show everyday life in 1945 Britain #celebrations #GettyImages #GreatBritain #London #TheSecondWorldWar #UnitedKingdom #VEDay #VJDay

https://www.europesays.com/2059866/ On 80th anniversary of VE Day, these photos show everyday life in 1945 Britain #celebrations #GettyImages #GreatBritain #London #TheSecondWorldWar #UnitedKingdom #VEDay #VJDay

https://www.europesays.com/2024923/ When are the VE Day celebrations as Charles and Camilla plan tea party #BritishRoyalFamily #celebrations #charles #CharlesIII #KingCharles #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #VEDay #VJDay #WinstonChurchill

On #vjday https://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/135245169214/just-back-from-the-unmissable-changi-museum-where

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Word of the Japanese surrender to the Allies in #WorldWarII reached the US on 14 August 1945 and the UK on 15 August.

Yesterday, in the National Arboretum in Washington, I saw this #bonsai tree. The Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora 'Miyajima') survived the #atombomb at #Hiroshima. The Yamaki family, which had tended the tree since the 17th century, donated it to the United States as part of a bicentennial gift from the people of #Japan in 1976.