Army and Navy of Japan (1938-1939)

Japanese infantry units march during military operations in China.

Japanese officers over a map of military operations.

A Japanese tanker looks through binoculars from the turret of a tank.

An officer observes through a stereoscopic telescope.

Japanese field artillery crews fire at the enemy.

Unit commanders at an observation post.

A shell exploding on a target.

An officer with binoculars.

Japanese field artillery and tanks fire at enemy positions with direct fire.

A Japanese tank firing at a target.

A machine gunner fires.

Japanese infantrymen take up a position in a sorghum field.

Soldiers run to the attack.

The arrival of a government inspectorate at one of the Japanese naval units.

Officers and an admiral accompany the guests.

A Japanese naval officer gives explanations on the deck of a warship, talks about weapons.

Guests on the deck of a warship.

Guests and accompanying military personnel during a visit to one of the memorials.

American aircraft carriers and warships on a campaign.

The deck of one of the ships (top).

The American fleet returns to San Francisco.

Aircraft carriers in single file.

A panorama of the deck of one of the aircraft carriers (top).

An aircraft carrier approaches the Golden Gate Bridge.

One of the ships drops anchor.

American sailors meet their families.

A view of a neighborhood in one of the coastal cities of Japan.

Japanese sailors head for the shore before a sports festival and a mass swim.

A rescue boat goes alongside the sailors.

Participants in the swim along the course.

The first participants in the swim come ashore.

Applauding sailors.

The winners of the swim on the shore.

A unit of Japanese infantry emerges from a trench.

Infantry moving across the field.

Officers at a stereoscopic telescope at a command and observation post.

A field artillery crew fires at a target.

Japanese planes in flight.

A panorama of the area in the Khalkhin Gol River area (top).

Exploding shells in the foreground, a car abandoned in the steppe.

Japanese soldiers lead Mongolian arats into captivity.

Interrogation of prisoners.

Commander of the Japanese forces General Komatsubara meets generals who arrived by plane.

Inspection of trophies taken during the battles.

Soviet artillery guns, tanks and armored cars taken as trophies at the beginning of the offensive on Khalkhin Gol (panorama).

Soldiers of the trophy team keep track of the trophies.

A Japanese tank tows a captured truck, armored car and artillery gun.