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Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945	Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945

Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945	American aircraft carrier under construction, 12 Aug 1945

Illustration a typical defense system on the face of Iegusugu Pinnacle, Okinawa, Japan; seen in CINCPAC-CINCPOA Weekly Intelligence, Vol 2, No 5, 13 Aug 1945	Song Ziwen arriving in Moscow, Russia, circa 13-14 Aug 1945

Vyacheslav Molotov welcoming a Chinese diplomat to the Soviet Union, Moscow, Russia, circa 13-14 Aug 1945; note Song Ziwen in background	Vyacheslav Molotov welcoming Song Ziwen to the Soviet Union, Moscow, Russia, circa 13-14 Aug 1945

Choir rehersal at Naval Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, at the time it was announced that Japan had accepted the Allies' surrender terms, 14 Aug 1945	Emperor Showa (Hirohito) recording the surrender speech, Tokyo, Japan, 14 Aug 1945

Harry Truman announcing Japan's surrender at the White House, Washington, DC, United States, 14 Aug 1945	Japanese top level meeting before Emperor Showa, 14 Aug 1945; the Japanese surrender was decided as an outcome of this meeting

Prayers of gratitude during a choir rehersal at Naval Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States after it was announced that Japan had accepted the Allied surrender terms, 14 Aug 1945	Reconnaissance photo showing B-29 bomb damage to the Marifu rail yards (now Iwakuni Station) outside Hiroshima, Japan, 14 Aug 1945. This was the last bombing strike on this scale of the war.

Suicide note of Army Minister Korechika Anami, dated the evening of 14 Aug 1945	The famous kiss at Times Square, New York, New York, United States, 14 Aug 1945

US Navy African-American enlisted sailors aboard USS Ticonderoga celebrating upon hearing the news of Japanese surrender, 14 Aug 1945	View of Osaka, Japan, 14 Aug 1945

Vyacheslav Molotov signing the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, Moscow, Russia, 14 Aug 1945; note Song Ziwen and Joseph Stalin in background	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing, mid-Aug 1945