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Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and James Byrnes during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 23 Jul 1945	Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 23 Jul 1945

Camouflaged Japanese destroyers along the shoreline of Kurahashi Jima, Japan, 24 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Ticonderoga aircraft	Carriers Amagi (near bomb splashes) and Katsuragi (center-right, heavily camouflaged) under attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945

Hyuga under air attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945	Ise under air attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945

Japanese tanker under air attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945	Lord Louis Mountbatten arriving at Berlin-Gatow airfield, Germany for the Potsdam Conference, 24 Jul 1945

Louis Mountbatten reading a dispatch, Berlin-Gatow airfield, Berlin, Germany, 24 Jul 1945	Meeting of Allied foreign ministers, Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, 24 Jul 1945, photo 1 of 3; note James Byrnes of US, Anthony Eden of UK, and Vyacheslav Molotov of USSR

Meeting of Allied foreign ministers, Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, 24 Jul 1945, photo 2 of 3; note James Byrnes of US, Anthony Eden of UK, and Vyacheslav Molotov of USSR	Meeting of Allied foreign ministers, Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, 24 Jul 1945, photo 3 of 3; note James Byrnes of US, Anthony Eden of UK, and Vyacheslav Molotov of USSR

Polish Marshal Michal Rola-Zymierski leaving Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, 24 Jul 1945	Tone under air attack near Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Shangri-La aircraft

US Assistant Secretary of State William Clayton arriving for the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 24 Jul 1945	Vyacheslav Molotov shaking hands with James Byrnes, Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany, 24 Jul 1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers near Mount Fuji, Japan, circa Jul 1945	Harry Truman diary entry, 25 Jul 1945, page 1 of 2

Harry Truman diary entry, 25 Jul 1945, page 2 of 2	Letter from US War Department to Carl Spaatz, ordering the use of atomic weapons, 25 Jul 1945