Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Shinpachi]

Fighting Italian Navy and Air Force in the Mediterranean in May 1941.

 

[Shinpachi]

Military exercise by IJA/IJN in the summer of 1940.
As the war with Chiang Kai-shek was reaching a climax, their fighting spirits were at the highest level.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Excellent info!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com
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[Gnomey]

Nice shots shinpachi!

 

[somewonone]

Is there a way I can view this thread simply, I mean I want to view all the photos without having to click and load 141 pages.

 

[michaelmaltby]

you could try the 'IV Drip" method - it's slow but steady

 

[Shinpachi]

Chinese weapons captured by Japanese for 2 years. IJA was rich in China.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots shinpachi!

 

[vikingBerserker]

and great info!

 

[Shinpachi]

"Palestine" in Shanghai introduced to Japanese in February, 1940.
6,500 refugees from Europe are under protection of Japanese authorities.

 

[Shinpachi]

600,000 anti-Soviet Cossack refugees under protection of Manchukuo in February, 1939.
They were called "White Russians" as not communists by the Japanese.
Not a few emigrated to Japan.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Crews of USS Astoria welcomed by Tokyo citizens in April, 1939.

Wikipedia says -
Special duty (of USS Astoria): Hiroshi Saito's ashes
At the beginning of 1939, Fleet Problem XX concentrated the fleet in the West Indies, and at its conclusion Astoria, Richmond Kelly Turner commanding, made a hasty departure from Culebra Island on 3 March 1939 and headed for Chesapeake Bay. After taking on a capacity load of stores and fuel at Norfolk, Virginia, the heavy cruiser proceeded north to Annapolis, Maryland, where she embarked the remains of the former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, the late Hiroshi Saito, for the voyage to Japan, a gesture that expressed America's gratitude to the Japanese for returning the body of the late United States Ambassador to Japan, Edgar Bancroft, in the cruiser Tama in 1926. Astoria sailed from Annapolis on 18 March 1939, accompanied by Naokichi Kitazawa, Second Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Washington.

Source: USS Astoria (CA-34) - Wikipedia

 

[Snautzer01]

1945 USAAF Photographer Lt. Benn Reyes & Japanese WWII 8x11 inch AP Wire Photo | eBay

 

[Shinpachi]

Yes, it's Sanseido's Daily Concise English (English-Japanese/Japanese-English) Dictionary.
I miss it too.

Source: https://aucfree.com/items/t689680716#

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[MiTasol]

Yes, it's Sanseido's Daily Concise English (English-Japanese/Japanese-English) Dictionary.
I miss it too.

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Source: https://aucfree.com/items/t689680716#

I had the Chinese - English - Chinese version some thirty years ago. I never needed it but I was amazed at how many words that were in there that I never expected and the very simple and yet highly explanatory diagrams it contained.
Words like aileron I did not expect and finding elevator included translations for not only building elevators and ship elevators but also aircraft elevators (the control surfaces) really impressed me.

 

[vikingBerserker]

This is really fascinating, thank you to everybody contributing to this thread!

 

[Shinpachi]

Red Russia under the Great Purge introduced to the Japanese people in July, 1938.

One of many homeless kids in Moscow.

Soviet's threats in the Far East

Genrikh Lyushkov exiles to Japan as the highest-ranking defector of the Soviet secret police.
He advised Japanese authorities that Japan would need 4,000 tanks to attack Soviet Union.

Genrikh Lyushkov: Genrikh Lyushkov - Wikipedia

Soviet people under Stalin's control