Newsweek – August 20, 1945 – V-J!!!

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Read the news before it became history! This is the August 20, 1945, issue of Newsweek. Its cover features a photo of a Japanese soldier – now a prisoner – behind barbed wire. The headline is simple, yet powerful – “V-J” (Victory Over Japan). World War II had finally ended! Like other issues of Newsweek, in addition to the cover article (which covers multiple pages and issues), the magazine contains articles and features about national and international events, including “Europe: The Problems of Peace” (Victory in Europe occurred on May 8, 1945), “War Production Pulls Up Short; Critical Conversion Period Ahead,” and more about the pending post-war world). There is also a three-panel, black & white Superman comic strip about atomic energy that censors stopped from being printed (afraid that the secret of the atomic bomb would be revealed). This issue has 96 pages and measures approximately 8.25 x 10.75 inches. World War II (September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many engaging in total war on an unprecedented scale. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the deaths of 60 to 75 million people, a majority of whom were civilians. Millions died as a result of massacres, starvation, disease, and genocides including the Holocaust. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese le

• Publisher: Newsweek
• Year: 1945
• Condition: Very Good

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