Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (9 Viewers)

[Zippythehog]

Army Chaplain conducts a service from a FE2B 'Pusher' No.2 ASD France 1918 from the net.
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There's a bully pulpit!

 

[Shinpachi]

Preparation for a new war - Occupation of southern French Indochina.
On July 29, 1941, a large number of Japanese vessels anchored at Saint-Jacques. This was Japan's invasion of southern French Indochina, which was named Operation Fu-go, but was carried out as "peaceful occupation" based on an agreement with the Vichy regime. However, Japan's advance into this region raised great threats for the allied countries due to its close proximity to America's Philippines and British Malaya/Singapore. The allies were to impose economic blockades against Japan soon. This operation was decided after the failure of Dutch-Japan economic negotiations for oil resources, intending to take advantage with German superiority in the European front and to secure time for the construction of air bases in FIC to prepare for the coming southern operation. On August 12, the Imperial GHQ instructed the 25th Army in FIC to construct the bases and begin training in the tropics.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

 

[Shinpachi]

Oil supply negotiation in DEI started in September 1940 but did not reach agreement due to pressure from US and UK.
Japan requisitioned an oil company in Saigon FIC immediately the war broke out on December 8, 1941.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

 

[Viking1066]

11th Sentai personal eating lunch Nomonhan 1939 courtesy of the net. Lessons not learned.

 

[Viking1066]

Tachikawa Ki-9s 'Akatombos' Kumagawa Flying School courtesy of the net. This is my next project, a Divine Wind version.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Don't forget the barrel in the back seat

 

[Viking1066]

I was looking at some on Evilbay with that in mind.

 

[Shinpachi]

Imperial Guard Division trains bicycle motocross in FIC.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[WARSPITER]

Imperial Guard Division trains bicycle motocross in FIC.

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Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

Must all be officers otherwise they would know those things go faster if you get on and pedal.

 

[Shinpachi]

Must all be officers otherwise they would know those things go faster if you get on and pedal.

Good idea

オリンピック種目「BMXレーシング」「BMXフリースタイル・パーク」ってどんな競技？ | More CADENCE - 自転車トラック競技/ロードレース/競輪ニュース

「BMX・・・あ〜あれでしょ？なんかぴょんぴょん跳ぶ自転車競技」 そう思ってはいないだろうか。間違ってはいない

morecadence.jp

 

[WARSPITER]

Good idea

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オリンピック種目「BMXレーシング」「BMXフリースタイル・パーク」ってどんな競技？ | More CADENCE - 自転車トラック競技/ロードレース/競輪ニュース

「BMX・・・あ〜あれでしょ？なんかぴょんぴょん跳ぶ自転車競技」 そう思ってはいないだろうか。間違ってはいない

morecadence.jp

Secret training facility of the Baked Bean brigade. Two cans every morning for that extra lift.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N2 type 97 model 3 'BI-323' IJN Soryu October 1941 DAAK.

 

[Shinpachi]

Training days for the Japanese soldiers in FIC.
Local residents are curious on the road while French soldiers sing La Marseillaise with a glass of wine in the barrack.

Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

 

[Wurger]

 

[MiTasol]

Imperial Guard Division trains bicycle motocross in FIC.

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Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

The Brits and Aussies laughed at the Japanese for using bicycles instead of trucks in Malaya for the first few hours.

Then they discovered that the Japanese and their bicycles could walk across the remains of blown up bridges or ford the rivers with their bicycles and keep advancing or bypass the roads using walking tracks and come in from behind and that wiped the laughs off their faces pretty quickly.

 

[special ed]

The same way as the NVA in Viet Nam.

 

[Viking1066]

Tachikawa Ki-55 and two Ki-48s Otani, Hokkaido courtesy of the net. 44th Sentai aircraft for the Ida and 3rd Sentai for the Ki-48.