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Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945

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	Atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on a transport carriage, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs on Japan, circa Jul-Aug 1945	Commander A. Francis Birch (painting L-11) and Norman Ramsey with 'Little Boy', Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1945

Dr. Norman Ramsey signing 'Fat Man' bomb while an electrian's mate applied plastic paint, in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Graphic chart of Allied advance in France, from Fiscal Years 1944-1945 Biennial Report of Army Chief from Staff General George Marshall to the US Secretary of War, Aug 1945

Japanese prisoners of war on Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Kakazu Gorge, Okinawa, Japan, photo taken after the Okinawa Campaign

LeMay bombing leaflet; over 5 million of them were delivered to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 33 other Japanese cities by 1 Aug 1945, encouraging Japanese citizens to flee from cities for safety	Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 5

Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 5	Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 3 of 5

Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 4 of 5	Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5