WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura signing the surrender document aboard HMS Glory off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945; Vice Admiral Junichi Kusaka and Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee were also present	TBM-3E Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-132 prepares for catapult launch from USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) for a mission over Kyushu, Japan, 8 Sept 1945

The Japanese instrument of surrender signed in Nanjing, China on 9 Sep 1945	Dr. Nagai of Nagasaki Hospital inspecting damage caused by the atomic bomb, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945; Nagai would die of radiation poisoning a few days after this photo was taken

Koryu Type D submarines in an assembly shed at the Mitsubishi shipyard, Nagasaki, Japan, 17 Sep 1945	A safe admist bomb damaged landscape,Tokyo or Yokohama, Japan, fall 1945

Captured Japanese aircraft with Chinese markings, circa 1945	Captured Ki-36 aircraft with Chinese markings, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, circa Oct 1945; note damage on building wall

Ensign Dix (far left) and others at New Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945	Enterprise en route to New York, early Oct 1945

Japanes mother and child, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945	Japanese boy on stilts, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945

Japanese troops removing concrete fortifications in Shanghai, China, late 1945, photo 1 of 2	Japanese troops removing concrete fortifications in Shanghai, China, late 1945, photo 2 of 2

New Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945	Policeman, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945

Ruins of Tokyo or Yokohama, Japan, fall 1945	Street scene, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945

Traffic policemen, Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945	US sailors and Japanese civilians in Tokyo, Japan, fall 1945