VJ Day: Victory and Remembrance
Theworldhadbeenatwarforsixlongyears.
世界戰爭已經持續了長達六年。
Onthe15 August 1945, VictoryoverJapanDay-orVJDay-thegunsfinallyfellsilent.
1945 年 8 月 15 日，即抗日戰爭勝利紀念日，槍聲終於沉寂了。
Theworldhadbeenatwarforsixlongyears.
世界戰爭已經持續了長達六年。
Thefightingstoppedandpeopleacrosstheworldbreathedasighofrelief.
戰鬥停止了，全世界的人們都鬆了一口氣。
WorldWarIIwasover.
第二次世界大戰結束了。
VJDaystandsforVictoryoverJapanDay.
VJ Day 代表對日戰爭勝利紀念日。
It'sthenamegiventothedayinAugust 1945whenJapansurrendered, bringingtheSecondWorldWartoacompleteend.
這是 1945 年 8 月日本投降的那一天的名稱，第二次世界大戰由此徹底結束。
Earlierthatyear, on8 May, Germanyhadsurrendered-thiswasVEDay (Victory in Europe Day).
那年早些時候，5 月 8 日，德國投降——這一天是歐洲勝利日 (VE Day)。
ButwhilethewarwasoverinEurope, ithadstillbeenraginginAsiaandthePacific.
但儘管歐洲的戰爭已經結束，亞洲和太平洋地區的戰爭仍在激烈進行中。
Manysoldiers, sailorsandairmenfromtheAllies-whichincludedtheUK, USAandUSSR-werestillfightingagainstJapan.
許多盟軍（包括英國、美國和蘇聯）的士兵、水兵和飛行員仍在與日本作戰。
VJDaycamethreemonthslater, endingthewareverywhere.
三個月後，日本戰爭勝利紀念日到來，各地戰爭結束。
Anestimated 71,000 soldiersfromBritainandCommonwealthcountriesdiedfightingJapan, includingmorethan 12,000 prisonersofwarwhodiedinJapanesecaptivity.
據估計，英國和英聯邦國家的 71,000 名士兵在與日本的戰鬥中犧牲，其中包括 12,000 多名在日本戰俘營中死亡的戰俘。
Inthe1930s, Japanhadbeenexpandingitsempire, invadingChinaandotherpartsofAsia.
1930年代，日本不斷擴張其帝國，入侵中國和亞洲其他地區。
By 1940ithadbecomeallieswithNaziGermanyandItaly, togetherknownastheAxisPowers.
到 1940 年，它與納粹德國和義大利結盟，統稱為軸心國。
Then, inDecember 1941, JapanattackedaUSNavybaseatPearlHarbour, inHawaii, bringingtheUnitedStatesintothewar.
隨後，1941 年 12 月，日本襲擊了位於夏威夷珍珠港的美國海軍基地，美國因此捲入戰爭。
Aroundthesametime, JapanattackedpartsoftheBritishEmpire-includingHongKong, Malaya, Singapore, andBurma.
大約在同一時間，日本襲擊了大英帝國的部分地區，包括香港、馬來亞、新加坡和緬甸。
Suddenly, BritainanditsEmpirewerefightingnotjustinEuropeagainstNaziGermany-butinAsiatoo.
突然之間，英國及其帝國不僅在歐洲與納粹德國作戰，而且還在亞洲作戰。
TroopsfromAustralia, India, CanadaandAfricancoloniesjoinedthefightinjungles, onislands, andacrossvastmountains.
來自澳洲、印度、加拿大和非洲殖民地的軍隊在叢林、島嶼和廣闊的山脈中投入戰鬥。
ThewarintheEastwasbrutal.
東方的戰爭十分殘酷。
Soldiersfacedextremeheat, tropicaldiseases, anddangerousterrain.
士兵們面臨著極端高溫、熱帶疾病和危險的地形。
Manywerecapturedandbecameprisonersofwar (POWs).
許多人被俘虜並成為戰俘。
Lifeinprisoncampswasoftenterrible:prisonersweregivenlittlefood, madetoworkinharshconditions, andsufferedillnessandinjury.
戰俘營裡的生活通常非常可怕：囚犯們食物匱乏，被迫在惡劣的條件下工作，並且遭受疾病和傷害。
Somenevermadeithome.
有些人再也沒有回家。
EvenafterGermany'sdefeatinMay 1945, Japankeptfighting.
即使在 1945 年 5 月德國戰敗後，日本仍繼續戰鬥。
TheAlliespreparedforapossibleinvasionofJapanitself-butthiscouldhavecostmanylives.
盟軍為可能入侵日本做好了準備——但這可能會造成大量傷亡。
Then, inAugust 1945, theUnitedStatesdecidedtousethemostpowerfulweapontheworldhadeverseen:Atomicbombs.
然後，在1945年8月，美國決定使用世界上最強大的武器：原子彈。
ThefirstbombwasdroppedontheJapanesecityofHiroshima, followedthreedayslaterbyasecond, onthecityofNagasaki.
第一顆原子彈投在日本廣島市，三天後第二顆原子彈投在日本長崎市。
Thedevastationwasinstantandenormous.
破壞是瞬間發生的，而且十分嚴重。
Tensofthousandsofpeoplewerekilledimmediately, andmanymorediedlaterfrominjuriesandradiationcausedbytheexplosions.
數萬人立即死亡，隨後更多的人因爆炸造成的傷害和輻射而死亡。
The world had been at war for six long years.
On the 15 August 1945, Victory over Japan Day - or VJ Day - the guns finally fell silent.
The world had been at war for six long years.
The fighting stopped and people across the world breathed a sigh of relief.
World War II was over.
VJ Day stands for Victory over Japan Day.
It's the name given to the day in August 1945 when Japan surrendered, bringing the Second World War to a complete end.
Earlier that year, on 8 May, Germany had surrendered - this was VE Day (Victory in Europe Day).
But while the war was over in Europe, it had still been raging in Asia and the Pacific.
Many soldiers, sailors and airmen from the Allies - which included the UK, USA and USSR - were still fighting against Japan.
VJ Day came three months later, ending the war everywhere.
An estimated 71,000 soldiers from Britain and Commonwealth countries died fighting Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity.
In the 1930s, Japan had been expanding its empire, invading China and other parts of Asia.
By 1940 it had become allies with Nazi Germany and Italy, together known as the Axis Powers.
Then, in December 1941, Japan attacked a US Navy base at Pearl Harbour, in Hawaii, bringing the United States into the war.
Around the same time, Japan attacked parts of the British Empire - including Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma.
Suddenly, Britain and its Empire were fighting not just in Europe against Nazi Germany - but in Asia too.
Troops from Australia, India, Canada and African colonies joined the fight in jungles, on islands, and across vast mountains.
The war in the East was brutal.
Soldiers faced extreme heat, tropical diseases, and dangerous terrain.
Many were captured and became prisoners of war (POWs).
Life in prison camps was often terrible: prisoners were given little food, made to work in harsh conditions, and suffered illness and injury.
Some never made it home.
Even after Germany's defeat in May 1945, Japan kept fighting.
The Allies prepared for a possible invasion of Japan itself - but this could have cost many lives.
Then, in August 1945, the United States decided to use the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen: Atomic bombs.
The first bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by a second, on the city of Nagasaki.
The devastation was instant and enormous.
Tens of thousands of people were killed immediately, and many more died later from injuries and radiation caused by the explosions.
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