Soviet and Polish forces liberate Warsaw during World War II.
About 85% of the city was destroyed at that point.
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American forces made a second attack on Japan during World War II and dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Potsdam Declaration is signed.
After six years at war, Japan surrendered, marking the end of World War II.
Sweet rationing during World War II finally came to an end in Britain.
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.