World War II Japanese Flight Wardrobe.
WWII Japanese Pilot Helmet WWII Japanese Pilot Floating Flight Jacket WWII Japanese Pilot Flight Mask WWII Japanese Pilot Flight Boots Source: Imperial War Museum
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The Amazing Clever Japanese Fu-Go Fire Balloon Bombs.
On November 3rd, 1944, Japanese forces launched 9000 balloons carrying 15-kilogram incendiary bombs from Honshu Island east of the Japanese mainland, over the Pacific …
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Japanese World War II Diary Reveals Life Under US Naval Bombardment.
“What follows are excerpts from the diary of Probational Officer Toshihiro Oura, who was posted near the Munda Point airfield on the southwest tip of …
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Japanese War Art
Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Urashima Taro, seated with his fishing rod and the black box behind him that contains his old age. Urashima Taro saved …
Japanese Mini Subs At Pearl Harbor
The Japanese were not the first to build mini submarines, or midget submersibles as the correct term is applied. Many nations had the idea for …
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The Okha, Or “Cherry Blossom” Was The World’s First Guided Missile.
All told, the Okhas hit seven ships and sank to of them. The entire kamikaze program was largely successful, causing 18,000 casualties among US Naval personnel, although by then it was just too little too late.