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Signatures of technicians on the tail of the 'Fat Man' bomb while the bomb was in Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Soviet 76mm Divisional Gun (ZiS-3) firing on Japanese positions near Hailar, Xing'an Province, northeastern China, Aug 1945

Soviet artillery firing on Japanese positions, northeastern China, Aug 1945	Soviet tank crews resting, northeastern China, Aug 1945

Soviet tanks in Changchun, northeastern China, Aug 1945	Soviet troops in northeastern China, Aug 1945

Starboard side view of a Ki-115 Tsurugi aircraft, circa 1940s	Structures on either side of Kencho Dori in ruins, Okayama, Japan, Aug 1945; the area in lower right corner of the photograph was the Okayama Women's Commercial School (now the Prefectural Library), and the surviving major structures in the background were the Tenmaya department store (left), Chugoku Bank building (center), and the Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital (right)

TBM-3 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from USS Hancock flies over ships of Task Force 58 around Okinawa, Mar-Aug 1945	TBM-3 Avenger with Torpedo Squadron 87 landing aboard USS Ticonderoga, Jun-Aug 1945.

TBM-3E Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-86 flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class), late Aug 1945	Technician filling external crevices of 'Fat Man' bomb with putty in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945

Three of Sanborn's enlisted crew members, circa 1945	Town of Ie viewed from Iegusugu Pinnacle, with Red 3 and Red 4 beaches beyond, Ie Shima, Japan, 1945

Two men at the Operation Trinity crater, circa Aug 1945	Two-seat variant of the Do-335 Pfeil (arrow) known as the Ameisenbär (anteater) on a German airfield after capture by the United States Army, mid-1945.

United States Navy Third Fleet outside Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug 1945 soon after the Japanese surrender. Visible are at least five fleet carriers, three light carriers, three battleships, and numerous escorts.	US Navy Cmdr Marshal Austin welcoming submariners Lt Cmdr Philip Eckert and Lt (jg) William Wingate, both of USS Gar, to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, Aug 1945

US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3	US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3