Tragedia

ref. 37038901 — New York 1945 Life. Pictorial wrapperscomplete issue very clean & solidmany black & white photoscontents very clean 26.5 x 35.5 cm. FIRST & ONLY ORIGINAL EDITION . . . THE END OF WORLD WAR 2 IN JAPAN . . THE DROPPING OF THE ATOM BOMBS & JAPAN'S SURRENDER . . THIS ISSUE CONTAINS 12 ARTICLES ON THE PACIFIC WAR . . The articles: 1. THE WAR'S ENDING 1 photo. . 2. ATOM BOMBS OBLITERATE HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI 7 photos. . 3. B-29'S ALMOST FINISH THE JOB Hiroshima before & after 2 photos. . 4. REFUELING AT SEA REVEALED AS NIMITZ' SECRET WEAPON 1 photo. . 4. TRUMAN REPORTS TO NATION MEETS WITH HIS CABINET 5 photos. . 6. RUSSIA JOINS THE U.S.S.R. JOINS THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN 2 photos. . 7. SURRENDER OFFERS TOUCHES OFF VICTORY CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD 6 photos. . 8. U.S. PAID HEAVY PRICE TO WIN PACIFIC WAR 2 photos. . 9.THE JAPANESE EMPEROR IS JAPAN BUT HE HAS BEEN USED BY THE MEN WHO REALLY RUN JAPAN 1 PHOTO. . 9. PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: THE ATOMIC BOMB: ITS FIRST EXPLOSION OPEN'S A NEW ERA 10 PHOTOS. . 10. MANHATTAN PROJECT: ITS SCIENTISTS HAVE HARNESSED NATURE' BASIC FORCE: by Francis Sill Wickware 31 photos. . 11. RADAR ANOTHER OF THE WAR'S GREAT SECRET WEAPONS IS REVEALED 22 photos. . 12. INFLATION IS CHINESE TRAGEDY; Wartime inflation brings hunger and black markets to Kunming 7 photos . 13. SPEAKING OF PICTURES: SOME LEADERS OF THE PACIFIC VICTORY: a double-page group of military leaders in the U.S. Navy U.S. Army & U.S. Air Forces: 50 photographs in all including those famous commanders in China Burma CBI and the pacific: Douglas MacArthur Joseph W. Stilwell Albert Wedemeyer Carl Spaatz Claire Chennault George Stratemeyer Chester Nimitz William F. Halsey John S. McCain James H. Doolittle and many others. . . unknown