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Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, mid-1945	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, mid-1945	Aerial view of barren Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	Aerial view of barren Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2

Andrey Vyshinsky, Averell Harriman, Vyacheslav Molotov, Anthony Eden, Edward Stettinius, Alexander Cadogan, and Alger Hiss during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, Jul-Aug 1945	Annotated photo of the payload components of a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb, circa Aug 1945.	Atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on a transport carriage, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Australian soldiers posing with a captured Japanese Type 92 tankette and wrecked No. 42 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircraft, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs on Japan, circa Jul-Aug 1945	B-29 Superfortress “Sweet Thing” of the 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group based at Tinian, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1945 (ser# 44-70108).	B-32 Dominator bomber in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947	B-32-1-CF Dominator aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

Bombing leaflet dropped on Japanese cities 72 hours before a bombing strike encouraging citizens to flee. Over 5 million of them were delivered to 35 Japanese cities by 1 Aug 1945.	British Royal Navy T-class destroyer, probably HMS Terpsichore (D48), sailing alongside USS Wasp (Essex-class) of US Navy Task Group 38.3 off Japan Aug 1945; note USS Randolph in background	Captured U-977 at Mar del Plata, Argentina, mid-1945	Chinese junior officers being reviewed, Chatham Gunnery School, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3

Chinese junior officers being reviewed, Chatham Gunnery School, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3	Chinese junior officers being reviewed, Chatham Gunnery School, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3	Chinese junior officers marching, Chatham Gunnery School, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1945	Chinese junior officers receiving gun director instructions at the Chatham Gunnery School, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1945