The Victory of the Anti-Japanese War Aggression

The fourteen years following the outbreak of the September 18 Incident in 1931 was the period of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War. In 1945, the Anti-Japanese War entered its final stage. On July 26, China, the United States, and Britain issued the Potsdam Proclamation, urging Japan to surrender. In early August, the Soviet Red Army entered northeast China and stormed the Japanese Kwantung Army. On August 9, Mao Zedong issued a statement entitled “The Last Battle against the Japanese”, calling on the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and other people's armies to carry out a broad attack on all invaders and their lackeys who were unwilling to surrender under all possible conditions. On August 14, the Japanese government sent a note to China, the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union, expressing its acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation. On August 15, Emperor Hirohito announced his acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation in the form of a broadcast of the “Final Edict of War”. On September 2, representatives of the Japanese emperor, government, and military signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 1.28 million Japanese invaders surrendered to China at this point, the Chinese people's Anti-Japanese War came to a victorious end. September 3 became the anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's Anti-Japanese War. On October 25, 1945, the Chinese government held a surrender ceremony in Taiwan. According to the Potsdam Proclamation, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, which had been occupied by Japan for 50 years, were recovered by China. This became an important mark for the complete victory of the Chinese people in the Anti-Japanese War.

The Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War were the great battles between justice and wickedness, brightness and darkness, progress and reaction. In this tragic war, the Chinese people's Anti-Japanese War began the earliest and lasted the longest. In the face of the invaders, the Chinese sons and daughters fought unyieldingly and passionately, defeating the Japanese militarist invaders completely, defending the civilizational achievements of the Chinese nation over 5,000 years of development, defending the cause of human peace, and casting a spectacle in the history of warfare and a feat of the Chinese nation. The victory of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War was the first complete victory of China against a foreign invasion in modern times. This great victory completely shattered the Japanese militarism's attempt to colonize and enslave China and washed away the national shame of China's repeated defeats against foreign invasion in modern times. This great victory re-established China's status as a great power in the world and earned the Chinese people the respect of the peace-loving people of the world. This great victory opened up a bright future for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and this great victory has opened up a bright prospect for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and opened a new journey of nirvana and rebirth of the ancient Chinese phoenix. China's Anti-Japanese War was an important part of the World Anti-Fascist War. In this war, the Chinese people have supported the main battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War in the East with great national sacrifices and made a significant contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.

As U.S. President Roosevelt said: “If there were no China, and if China was defeated, you can easily imagine how many divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army would be deployed to other fronts. The consequences would be unthinkable.” At the same time, the victory of the Chinese people in the Anti-Japanese War is inseparable from the extensive support of the international community, and the Chinese people will always remember the contribution of people from all countries to the China’s victory in the Anti-Japanese War.