Japan surrendered shortly after the second atomic bomb was unleashed on the island nation and on September 2, the surrender was formally signed and accepted, officially ending the conflict.
The war in the Pacific continued, but the Allies made significant progress there through battles at Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and Okinawa, and Japan started to retreat from China. By mid-August, it was all over. Japan surrendered shortly after the second atomic bomb was unleashed on the island nation and on September 2, the surrender was formally signed and accepted, officially ending the conflict. Estimates put the death toll at 62 and 78 million, including 24 million from the Soviet Union, and 6 million Jews—60% of all the Jewish population in Europe.