Japan in 1945

Hiroshima; August 6, 1945

Osaka 1945

Tokyo after 3/10/1945 bombing

Tokyo, Spring 1945

Refuges after bombing of Yokohama 5/29/1945

After bombing of Kobe May 1945

After B-29 bombing, Tokyo

Nagasaki destroyed by atomic bomb

Japanese soldiers surrendering in Okinawa1

MacArthur arrives in Manila to discuss Japanese surrender procedure, 8/19/1945

The Japanese delegation arrives.


Meeting in Manila

Formal surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, 9/2/1945


MacArthur signs

Japanese Foreign Minister signs on behalf of the Emperor

A Japanese general signs

The surrender document

The Japanese delegation before leaving the USS Missouri

Victims of the atomic bomb

Trying to find missing families

Osaka Castle

MacArthur and the Emperor