Japan and the USA in World War II (1940-1945)

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American warships on a cruise during the fighting in the Pacific Ocean in 1942-1944. Fighters on the deck.

Propellers turning.

A signalman on an aircraft carrier gives commands with flags.

American aircraft in flight.

Approaching a target.

View of a Japanese warship (from above).

Firing from an onboard anti-aircraft mount.

A shot down American aircraft falls into the water.

Japanese anti-aircraft gunners fire at American aircraft.

Bombing of a Japanese naval convoy, US Air Force aircraft attacking Japanese ships.

A signalman on the deck of an American aircraft carrier.

Emergency landing of aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Sailors of a sunken ship on wreckage on the surface of the water.

Battles between the Japanese and American fleets and aircraft in the Pacific Ocean, firing at air targets.

Downed aircraft fall into the water.

Sailors of an American aircraft carrier extinguish a fire on the flight deck.

Panorama of the jungle in the Solomon Islands.

Japanese troops moving through the jungle during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942-1943. Japanese soldiers in leaf camouflage make their way through the undergrowth.

Japanese soldiers in ambush.

A unit of the American Marines during a march in the jungle.

Marines comb the jungle.

An American military airfield in the jungle.

Bombers take off from the airfield.

American planes attack Japanese ships, burning ships on the surface of the ocean.

Navigator of an American bomber in the cockpit.

American planes attack ground targets.

Japanese plane in the sights, the plane is hit.

A Japanese motorcade arrives at the port of Tokyo to pick up the urn with the ashes of a fallen hero.

The ceremony of delivering the urn with ashes.

Faces of marching Japanese soldiers.

Parade at the stadium in Tokyo.

Japanese Minister of War Tojo giving a speech.

Soldiers take up arms "on guard".

Soldiers' faces.

View of the stadium field during a ceremonial formation.

Marching Japanese soldiers, spectators in the stands greet soldiers marching in the pouring rain (panorama).

Faces and legs of marching soldiers.

American aircraft carriers and warships on a campaign in 1944. Duty crews at American anti-aircraft mounts.

An observer looks through binoculars.

Night seascapes, ships in the ocean.

A sailor gives a signal with a lantern with a rifle.

Exchange of information between ships with the help of a rifle.

Naval artillery fires, shells explode on the coast.

Corpses of Japanese soldiers at coastal battery positions after shelling from American ships.

Corpses of American Marines in the surf, wrecked landing craft.

American troops conduct combat operations in Japanese fortified trenches, use flamethrowers.

Combat operations on one of the islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Shelling of Japanese strongholds in caves.

A local woman jumps into an abyss to escape the Japanese.

Medical aid provided to local residents and Japanese prisoners.

A view of a burnt village.

A Japanese plane flies high in the sky above the masts of an American warship.

The face of an American antiaircraft gunner aiming his gun at a target.

An attacking Japanese plane.

A deck antiaircraft mount fires at Japanese planes.

A kamikaze plane attacks an aircraft carrier, an explosion on board an aircraft carrier.

Japanese kamikaze pilots attack American ships, firing at air targets.

A Japanese plane crashes with a torn-off plane.

Antiaircraft gun barrels during firing.

A Japanese plane is hit.

A burning Japanese plane crashes into the ocean.

A Japanese torpedo bomber attacks an American ship.

Putting out fires on the deck, providing first aid to the wounded.

Japanese planes attack American ships.

A Japanese plane crashes into the water after being hit by an antiaircraft shell.

American warships and transports repel Japanese air attacks, downed planes fall, barrage fire is laid, fragments of air battles (alternation).

Fire on an American aircraft carrier after a bomb hit the flight deck.

Attack on an aircraft carrier.

Burning aircraft carrier.

American and Japanese troops fight on Okinawa in February-March 1945. Panorama of a destroyed settlement on Okinawa after the end of hostilities.

Squadrons of American bombers fly.

Dropping bombs on Japanese cities.

View of a settlement bombed from the air.

Panorama of an American military airfield (top).

Bombers at an airfield with engines running before taking off to bomb Tokyo in March-August 1945. A technician writes with chalk on the body of a bomb.

Bombers taking off on a combat mission.

Bombers in flight.

Navigator in the cockpit.

View of Mount Fuji (top).

Face of an American pilot.

Bombers approaching a target.

Japanese fighter attacking bombers, American gunner at machine gun.

Panorama of part of Tokyo (top).

Dropping bombs from high altitude.

Bombs exploding on target (top).

Wake-up call at a Japanese children's military camp.

Children wash and brush their teeth.

Younger campers set off on a hike.

Children's brass band plays, camp chief greets campers as they pass.

Campers of a children's military camp march across the parade ground in front of the chief.

Girls holding bamboo sticks during bayonet fighting practice.

Soldier instructors conduct a lesson.

A drill lesson for girls from a women's military camp, the girls march in formation with bamboo sticks over their shoulders.

Girls with rifles over their shoulders run in formation to a tactical lesson.

Japanese girls at a marksmanship lesson.

Manufacturing uniforms at a garment factory, workers at sewing machines.

Female aviation technicians perform maintenance on combat aircraft.

Preparing aircraft for takeoff.

Teenagers at machines in a factory shop.

American warships on a campaign.

Japanese aircraft attack American ships, crews repel air attacks, fire at aircraft (alternation).

A unit of Japanese kamikaze pilots during a ritual held before takeoff.

The pilots walk to the combat vehicles.

The aviation technicians wave goodbye.

A kamikaze pilot in the cockpit before takeoff.

The aircraft are taxiing for takeoff.

Comrades wave to departing pilots.

Kamikaze attack on American ships.

Burning US ships.

Putting out a fire on the deck of one of the ships.

American anti-aircraft gunners repelling kamikaze attacks, burning planes crashing.

Emergency landings of American planes on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

Aircraft catching fire after landing.

A pilot is pulled from the cockpit of a burning plane.

Funeral ceremony at sea.

Naval battle before the American landing.

American Marines landing ashore from a landing ship.

A ritual before Japanese paratroopers take off on a mission, paratroopers standing in formation and drinking a cup of sake.

Paratroopers boarding an airplane.

The airplane takes off.

A mass drop of Japanese airborne troops.

General MacArthur D., accompanied by officers and Marines, goes ashore during the landing of American troops in the Philippines.

MacArthur and his entourage pass by an artillery gun firing position.

American artillery in the battle for the Philippines.

Street fighting in the Philippines.

Flamethrowers burn Japanese soldiers out of basements and houses.

Corpses of Japanese soldiers.

Panorama of part of Manila.

Soldiers in formation during an award ceremony.

General MacArthur presents awards to the Philippine military.

Raising the US flag.

A Japanese army unit moves on bicycles.

Japanese engineer and sapper units during military operations in Burma in March 1944. Soldiers with bicycles cross a water obstacle on a bridge built by sappers.

An American bomber drops bombs.

A black column of smoke from a fire after an American bombing, views of the area.

Japanese artillery fires at the enemy.

A destroyed enemy motorcade.

Burning oil storage facilities.

Japanese troops move along the roads.

Japanese infantry attacks the enemy in the jungle.

Japanese soldiers pose, standing on a broken armored cap of a gun in one of the captured fortified areas.

Wreckage of a British plane.

British units surrender to the Japanese in India.

Negotiations between the Japanese and British military about surrender.

Japanese tanks enter the city.

Captured British and Indian colonial troops in a square (panorama, top).

Acceptance of the surrender of British troops.

Parade in Tokyo to celebrate the victories of the Japanese army in Burma and India.

Japanese soldiers building fortifications.

Delivery of ammunition by pack animals, infantry advancing in the jungle.

Movement of trucks with Japanese infantry and armored vehicles along the roads.

View of a column of pack animals loaded with ammunition.

Transporting artillery in hilly terrain.

Japanese infantry moving through thickets in the jungle.

Carrying boxes of ammunition.

A column of British prisoners of war moving along the road under escort.

Japanese soldiers during military operations on the Pacific coast.

Broken artillery pieces in a fortified area captured by the Japanese.

Negotiations for the surrender of British troops.

Faces of British soldiers.

Japanese buglers sounding a signal.

A Japanese general, sitting in the saddle, reviews the parade.

A Japanese color guard rides in a car during a parade.

Japanese aircraft fly by.

Japanese armored vehicles and artillery during a parade.

Japanese soldiers lower the American flag.

Map of Japanese expansion in the Pacific Ocean (animated).

Japanese soldiers on the deck of a ship during political information.

The face of an officer of the information group.

A Japanese aircraft is rolled out onto the flight deck.

Aircraft with running engines on the flight deck of a Japanese aircraft carrier.

A signalman with flags.

Japanese torpedo bombers and bombers take off from the flight deck.

Japanese aircraft in flight.

Dropping bombs on a target.

Deck artillery fires.

Bombs fall on American warships.

American ships engulfed in flames and sinking.

Seeing off the Japanese delegation led by Saburo Kurusu at the train station before leaving for Berlin to sign the Tripartite (Berlin) Pact in September 1940. Children wave flags.

The car of the Japanese delegation drives through the streets of Berlin.

Hitler enters the hall, greets the heads of the Italian and Japanese delegations.

German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop signs the Tripartite Pact on September 27, 1940. Kurusu signs the text of the pact.

Faces of the Italian delegates.

Ribbentrop and Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka drive through the streets of Berlin in a car in March 1941. The Brandenburg Gate, decorated with the national flags of Japan and Nazi Germany.

Matsuoka and Ribbentrop get out of the car, climb the steps to the entrance to the Reich Chancellery.

Matsuoka greets Hitler and Goering.

Hitler, Matsuoka and their entourage come out onto the balcony and greet the Berliners gathered below.

The Berliners greet Hitler and Matsuoka on the square, Matsuoka returns the greetings from the balcony.

Japanese tanks and cavalry during another parade.

Japanese warships on a mission.

View of one of the aircraft carriers (above).

Matsuoka during a visit to the USA. A Japanese aircraft carrier on a mission.

A bomber takes off from the flight deck.

Japanese planes head for Pearl Harbor.

A church service in one of the units on the Pearl Harbor beach.

Japanese planes dive on a target.

American sailors scattering.

One of the planes drops bombs.

Japanese aircraft bomb the US Navy base and ships in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Views of the bay with burning ships.

Panorama of half-submerged and burning American ships.

Panorama of the burning Pearl Harbor.

Damage to American ships after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.

Ships of the Japanese fleet on a combat mission.

Signalman with flags on the topmast.

Soldiers descend the anchor chain.

Japanese armored vehicles on the march on the Malay Peninsula.

Japanese bombers are flying.

Dropping bombs on a target.

Movement of Japanese troops along the roads of Malaysia in December 1941, crossing a water obstacle.

Malayan landscape.

View of one of the cars of a Japanese military echelon.

Locomotive crew in the driver's cab.

Car on the platform.

Firewood in the locomotive tender.

Japanese tanks on the roads of Malaysia.

View of a railway bridge with a destroyed span.

Arrival of a train at the station.

British citizens on the platform before the evacuation (panorama, from above).

Boarding of evacuees on a passenger ship.

Passengers on board a ship (panorama).

A queue of volunteers at a Japanese recruiting station.

Preparing an airplane for takeoff.

Japanese soldiers in formation on the deck of a transport ship.

The Japanese flag on the mast.

A Japanese submarine is leaving for a campaign.

A view of part of the submarine on the surface.

Members of the crew of a Japanese submarine eating.

The submarine commander looks through the periscope.

The ship in the eyepiece of the periscope.

Loading a torpedo tube.

An American ship hit by a torpedo.

Views of the oil field with damaged equipment.

Assessing the damage.

Fires in cities captured by the Japanese, a column of cars drives along the city streets.

Airplanes in flight.