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Aerial view of Yokohama, Japan during bombing, Jun-Jul 1945	American analysis of bombing damage upon the areas of Tokyo, Japan east of the Sumida River, 1945	American analysis of bombing damage upon Tokyo, Japan, 1945	American B-29 bombers attacking Kure, Japan, late Jun or early Jul 1945

As seen from the repair ship USS Ajax, repairs underway to the forward flight deck of USS Bennington following damage during Typhoon Connie, San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines, mid-Jul 1945.	Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3	Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3	Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3

Chart created aboard the USS Hornet (Essex-class) showing the state of the weather in the Philippine Sea at 1500/I on 4 Jun 1945 and showing Typhoon Connie’s track between 1 and 6 Jun 1945.	Forward flight deck of USS Ticonderoga with two Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats spotted and a cruiser, either USS Pasadena or USS Springfield, off the port bow, Jul 1945 as they steamed from Leyte toward Japan.	Ground crewmen arming an FG-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 312, the “Checkerboarders,” at Kadena airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945	Japanese 15cm cannon in a cave at Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Map of final American operations on Luzon, Philippine Islands, 3 Feb-20 Jul 1945	Map showing the extent of destruction by bombing on Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya in Japan, 1945	Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945	Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945

Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945	Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945	P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116.	Strike photo taken by US carrier planes during an air attack on Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul 1945. Note anti-aircraft bursts and screening smoke in addition to bomb impacts.