Overview
US Army and Coast Guardsmen stand to attention as the American flag is raised over Akashima, Japan on April 2, 1945, the little island, only a few miles from Okinawa.
Smoke rises around 20,000 feet above Hiroshima after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city by the United States on August 6, 1945. 'Little Boy' - the first nuclear weapon used in war - was dropped on the city, killing between between 90,000 and 146,000 people.
Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945: Representatives of the Empire of Japan on board USS Missouri (BB-63) during the surrender ceremonies. Standing in front are: Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (wearing top hat) and General Yoshijirō Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff. Behind them are three representatives each of the Foreign Ministry, the Army and the Navy. They include, in middle row, left to right: Lieutenant General Shūichi Miyakazi, Army; Katsuo Okazaki, Foreign Ministry; Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Navy; Toshikazu Kase, Foreign Ministry, and Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Army. In the back row, left to right (not all are visible): Rear Admiral Ichirō Yokoyama, Navy; Saburo Ōta, Foreign Ministry; Katsuo Shiba, Navy, and Kazushi Sugita, Army.