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... HOW LONDON CELEBRATED THE NEWS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER OFFER TWO PICTURES TAKEN ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, JUST AFTER THE (PREMATURE) ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST WAS OVER. The upper picture was taken in front of Buckingham Palace in the early afternoon the lower picture was taken in Piccadilly Circus at 9 o'clock the same evening It was at midday on Friday, August 10, that the first ...