The Final Days of WW2 in the Pacific

The links below cover, in chronological order, the final days of WW2 in the Pacific, including the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan:

• The Potsdam Surrender Declaration of July 26, 1945, in which the Allies called upon Japan to unconditionally surrender (The Japanese initially ignored this declaration, resulting in the dropping of two atomic bombs several weeks later)
  
  
• A press release issued by the White House in Washington shortly after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
  
  
• Some leaflets that were dropped over major Japanese cities shortly after the Hiroshima bombing, warning of possible further atomic bomb attacks
  
  
• A series of letters exchanged between the Japanese and U.S. governments just after the second atomic bomb was dropped, resulting in unconditional surrender by the Japanese (includes audio file)
  
  
• Text of address by the Japanese Emperor to the people of Japan, announcing that Japan was surrendering to the Allies
  
  
• The Instrument of Surrender signed by Japan and the Allied Powers aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945 (VJ-Day), marking Japan's formal surrender (includes photos)
  
  
• Text of statement made by General Douglas MacArthur at signing of Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945
  
  
• Text of the radio address given by President Harry Truman immediately after the Instrument of Surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945
  
  
• Enola Gay Headed For Restoration and Display - Several news articles telling about the restoration of the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and giving details about its mission (includes photos, audio and video files at bottom of page, including interviews with the atomic bomb flight crews)
  
  
• Some photos of Tinian, the island where the planes that carried the atomic bombs were based, including photo of the Hiroshima bomb being loaded onto the plane
  
  
• Some videos about the B-29 bomber (the plane that dropped the atomic bombs) and about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs