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Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945; note National Diet Building	Accused Japanese war criminals under guard while awaiting transfer to Stanley Prison, Hong Kong, 29 Sep 1945

Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong celebrating the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chongqing, China, Sep 1945	Japanese-American soldiers marching in the V-J Day parade, Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945

Victory celebration in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sep 1945	A Japanese civilian in the ruins of Yokohama, Japan, 1945

A reassembled German V2 ballistic rocket on a stand for Allied testing at former the Krupps proving grounds at Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct 1945.	A reassembled German V2 ballistic rocket on a stand for Allied testing at the former Krupps proving grounds at Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct 1945. Note smoke beginning to escape from the rocket as part of the launch sequence.

Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, late 1945	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, late 1945

Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, late 1945	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, late 1945

At the United States Naval Academy’s centennial exhibition, the captured U-505 and torpedo boat T35 are on display as war trophies, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, Oct 1945	Bridge over the Ota River in Hiroshima, Japan, scorched by the atomic bomb blast, 1945; note permanent shadows on the bridge surface

Destroyed buildings, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1945	Destroyed buildings, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1945

Destroyed buildings, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1945	Destroyed Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945, photo 1 of 7

Destroyed Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945, photo 2 of 7	Destroyed Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945, photo 3 of 7