Ben Chifley called it a “glorious moment”. On 15 August 1945 half a million people poured on to the streets of Sydney to celebrate the end of six years of war. News spread quickly after Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan had accepted the allies’ demand for unconditional surrender. It was a devastating defeat for the Japanese, whose cities lay in ruins, but in Australia there was relief. “An entire city felt the burdens of six weary, war-laden years roll from its shoulders, and plunged headlong and full-throatedly into celebration,” the Sydney Morning Herald reported. For the 80th anniversary of Victoria...
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