Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, Sakamaki Kazuo, November 8, 1918 – November 29, 1999) was a Japanese naval officer who became the first prisoner of war of World War II to be captured by …

During World War II, at the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world, [3] and Japan's naval air service was …

Imperial Japanese Army uniforms tended to reflect the uniforms of those countries who were the principal advisors to the Imperial Japanese Army at the time. The first type of uniform was …

Aug 14, 2020 · As World War II ended, the huge U.S. and Allied fleets gathered in Tokyo Bay in the days leading up to the surrender ceremony, a carefully orchestrated event that would be …

The Imperial japanese navy (Nihhon Kaigun) was constructed in steps from after the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, until the formidable fighting force it was in 1941. It took four years of …

He dragged the dazed, 127-pound Japanese sailor to shore with the help of Corporal Akui. The Americans shackled his hands and feet, rolled him in an army blanket, and tied him up. Taken …

An examination of mysteries, puzzles, and obscure stories surrounding Japanese naval vessels in World War II, with rare translated details.

Jan 19, 2019 · A few years ago I started accumulating Imperial Japanese Navy tallies. They always pose a challenge because I don't read Japanese. Before 1945, Japanese tallies read …

May 13, 2015 · Naval Photographic Center film #15969. National Archives description: 1) MCU Japanese sub underway at sea.2) CU Japanese sailors on deck of sub, smoking.3)...

Sep 29, 2017 · Each of the book's seventeen chapters cover a major battle or is an analysis of Japanese naval doctrine. Each chapter opens with the briefest of summaries of the historical …