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Historical Photos of the Empire of Japan from 1868-1947.

Photos of the Empire of Japan from 1868-1947.

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[OC] Shanghai SNLF 10th Battalion Commander Haji Kitaro (right) and his adjutant outside of the Sihang Warehouse after his unit captured the building, circa November 1937

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2024/11/01
08:08 UTC
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Japanese soldiers pose with trophies captured in the battles at Khalkhin Gol. One of the Japanese holds a Soviet 7.62 mm Degtyarev tank machine gun, model 1929, DT-29 (Degtyarev tank).1939

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2024/11/01
05:39 UTC
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Japanese soldiers pose with captured Chinese flags in Nanjing.17.12.1937

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2024/11/01
00:03 UTC
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A Soviet officer talks to Japanese prisoners of war in Manchuria.30.08.1945

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2024/10/31
10:55 UTC
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Red Army colonel examines a Japanese 20mm Type 97 anti-tank rifle where it reportedly disabled a number of the lightly armoured vehicles used by the Soviets at that time.21-30.08.1939

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2024/10/31
09:28 UTC
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A column of Japanese soldiers passes Japanese Type 94 tankette also known as TK, an abbreviation of Tokushu Keninsha, literally "special tractor" loaded onto a railway platform in Tianjin.November 1937

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2024/10/31
00:33 UTC
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Soviet soldiers examine Japanese soldiers' mess kits and helmets captured at Khalkhin Gol, stacked in piles.1939

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2024/10/31
00:05 UTC
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Technicians are servicing the engine of an A6M3 Zero (Model 32) fighter of the 1st Kokutai (Regiment) at one of the Japanese airfields in the Solomon Islands.1942

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2024/10/30
09:40 UTC
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Japanese students, American servicemen and a Japanese soldier walk down a Tokyo street after Japan's surrender.1945

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2024/10/30
09:11 UTC
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Japanese barbers shave the heads of Soviet prisoners captured at Khalkhin Gol.1939

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2024/10/29
23:39 UTC
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A Japanese Type 95 machine gun crew mans a river bank during fighting in eastern China.1941

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2024/10/29
09:32 UTC
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Soviet aviators pose on a captured Japanese Type 95 Kurogane all-terrain command vehicle at an airfield in Mongolia. The photo was taken after the end of hostilities at Khalkhin Gol.1939

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2024/10/29
08:20 UTC
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Japanese Olympic bronze medal pole vaulter Sueo Ōe (left) at a track meet in 1930. He joined the army in 1939 and was killed in action on Christmas Eve 1941, during the Japanese invasion of Luzon, Philippines.

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2024/10/29
00:15 UTC
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A Japanese Army fighter, the Nakajima Ki-84 "Frank" of the 22nd Sentai (Regiment), takes off from Hankou Airfield in China. Japanese called the fighter "Hayate" ("Hurricane").The Allies called it "Frank".1944

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2024/10/28
23:01 UTC
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Japanese Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoe receives a visit from the Hitler Youth in Japan.

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2024/10/28
11:28 UTC
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Japanese marines watch the shelling of Manila. The operation to capture the American colony of the Philippines was launched by Japanese troops on December 8, 1941. On January 2, 1942, the Japanese captured the capital of the Philippines, Manila.

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2024/10/28
10:20 UTC
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Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō undergoing a roll test after repairs were completed. On November 5, 1943, the carrier was damaged by a torpedo from the American submarine USS Halibut (SSGN-587). She was under repair until April 1944.

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2024/10/28
09:22 UTC
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Sad photo of the unfinished battleship Tosa being towed from Nagasaki to Kure for use as a target ship in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty. August 1, 1922.

Washington Naval conference ruled Japan had to scrap the just started Tosa class BB's and it was all done except for Kaga. The Earthquake of that year destroyed Akagi's sister ship Amagi so the Kaga was reprieved before being scrapped. A true battleship she did not have the Battlecruiser lines of the Akagi and was 3 to 2 knots slower.

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2024/10/26
15:33 UTC
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Yukikaze (Kagero-class) fully disarmed after returning IJA troops back to Japan, 1945-1947. Possibly in Kure. (From Shizuo Fukui's Photo History of all Japanese Navy Ships, Vol. 2, Bestsellers, 1994).

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2024/10/25
15:54 UTC
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USS St. Lo explodes after being hit by a Kamikaze attack squadron's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter during the Battle of Samar, 25 October, 1944

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2024/10/25
08:48 UTC
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Japanese sailors coming ashore in Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece. There ship was one of four destroyers were sent to the Mediterranean for basing out of Malta, and performed escort duties for troop transports and anti-submarine operations. May 1917.

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2024/10/24
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(A6M2 Model 21 fighters prepare for takeoff from a Japanese aircraft carrier. This Photo was most likely taken on board Shōkaku as she prepared to launch aircraft in the morning of October 26, 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

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2024/10/23
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Kanao Inouye aka the 'Kamloops Kid'. A Canadian citizen of Japanese descent, convicted of high treason and war crimes for his actions as a IJA prison guard in Hong Kong. Hanged in 1947.

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2024/10/23
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Arashi (Kagero-class destroyer) steaming at full speed, December of 1940.

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2024/10/21
17:10 UTC
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Jeff Donahoo's data base on IJN officers

Not a picture post, but may be interesting for those who are interesting in IJN history.

On my web site https://rikukaigun.org/ I'm publishing Jeff Donahoo's data base on IJN officers.

As Jeff gathered a lot of data, I'm posting it in parts. You're welcome to see all published parts here: https://rikukaigun.org/JeffD/0-Introduction.html

Comments, additions and corrections are always welcome.

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2024/10/20
19:41 UTC
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The forward 356mm turret and "pagoda" superstructure of Yamashiro, 1943-1944.

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2024/10/20
16:10 UTC
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"Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima during the Battle of the Yellow Sea." Colored woodblock print by Kobayashi Teikō, 1896.

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2024/10/19
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The Japanese battleships Yamato (left) and Musashi moored in Truk Lagoon, sometime between February and May 1943.[2048x1164]

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2024/10/18
15:25 UTC
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"The Great Naval Battle off the Yalu River." By Kobayashi Toshimitsu, 1894.

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2024/10/17
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