The Men Who Dropped the Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The successful test of an atomic bomb (Trinity test) in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The Potsdam Declaration, which called for Japan's unconditional surrender, was issued by the Allies.

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. & The United States dropped the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

Emperor Hirohito's radio address announcing Japan's surrender to the Allies.

The formal signing of the Instrument of Surrender