As the ceremonies for the formal surrender of Japan concluded 9/2/45, MacArthur told Halsey ‘Start ’em now’ which was the order for the final display of airpower. Hundreds of carrier-based planes and B-29 bombers filled the sky over Tokyo Bay to punctuate the day’s events.

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“The whole world looks at you as a force capable of destroying the paving hordes of German invaders – Stalin” Soviet poster during WW2, 1942

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Central African dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa & his wife Catherine during his coronation as ‘Emperor of Central Africa,’ 1977. The ceremony was so extravagant that it cost a 3rd of the country’s entire annual budget to carry out. None of the world leaders invited to the event attended (1920×1080)

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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Queen Elena outside their house in Alexandria (Egypt) where they lived in exile, 1947

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