Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (21 Viewers)

[cammerjeff]

Also it looks like a Hucks Starter truck in the center!

 

[Shinpachi]

Near Kulim, Malaya on December 26, 1941

Singapore in February 1942

Source: War History of Japan (1967)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

IJN landing force during drill at the Cam Ranh Bay, FIC, on September 22, 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)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Aichi E13A1s 'X-8' aboard 'Kimikawa Maru and 'Kamikawa Maru' 1942 courtesy of the net.

 

[Shinpachi]

Drill for the Malaya invasion goes on 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)

 

[Shinpachi]

BTW, here is humorous illustration by Kunihiko Hisa(1944-) in 1982.

Source: Manga Creator Visits JSDF (1982)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Kunihiko Hisa's humor.

Source: Manga Creator Visits JSDF (1982)

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks a little hard to understand without expert's explanation.
Sorry. No more

Source: Manga Creator Visits JSDF (1982)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

IJA aircraft Mitsubishi Ki-21s Mitsubishi Ki-30s Nakajima Ki-27s 1939 from HENOM.

 

[Shinpachi]

IJA 5th Div. takes action for Malaya 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)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

1. 5th Div. encounters hard resistance of British Army at Kampar.
2. Imperial Guard Div. occupies Ipoh on Dec. 28 (Photo: Ipoh station).
3. IJA railroad unit repairs the destroyed line between Singora and Kuala Lumpur by January 21, 1942 (Photo at Ipoh).

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]

 

[Viking1066]

IJN Kagas 92 B5N2 airmen December 6, 1941. 15 of them would perish at Pearl Harbor MIHIM.

 

[Snautzer01]

I like those clippings Shinpachi do post more if you find them

 

[SaparotRob]

Those clippings are great.