August 1945 in Asia

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during the final days of World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the first and only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. In the final year of World War II, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. This undertaking was preceded by a conventional bombing and firebombing campaign that devastated 64 Japanese cities, including an operation on Tokyo. The war in Europe concluded when Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, and the Allies turned their full attention to the Pacific War. By July 1945, the Allies' Manhattan Project had produced two types of atomic bombs: "Little Boy", an enriched uranium gun-type fission weapon, and "Fat Man", a plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapon. The 509th Composite Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces was trained and equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and deployed to Tinian in the Mariana Islands. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored the ultimatum. Japan announced its surrender to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Manchuria. The Japanese government signed an instrument of surrender on 2 September, ending the war.

end of World War II, 2 September 1945

1945 invasion; part of the Soviet–Japanese War of World War II

invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo by the Soviet Union near the end of WWII

radio broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender in World War II

1945 uprising led by Viet Minh

1945 last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II

1945 document declaring Indonesian independence from the Netherlands

part of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War

coup d'état

1945 World War II battle

1945 Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island

1945 Russian-Japanese WWII battle

1945 battle during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces

1945 Simultaneous bombings of Japan by the Allies during World War II

coup d'état attempt in Japan

death of and subsequent theories about Subhas Chandra Bose

plans made to invade Hokkaido in August 1945

1945 Chinese counter offensive

part of Burma Campaign during World War 2

The formal end of the Nguyễn Dynasty's reign.

Soviet military operation

1945 amphibious assault in northern Korea

1945 Soviet-Japanese battle in Manchuria

1945 last bombing mission in World War II

British resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1945