Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

Wurger · Jul 4, 2018

Agreed.

Shinpachi · Jul 4, 2018

HMS Aurora.
Later ROC Navy Chung King.
Captured by the communists in 1949.
The Japanese had few chances to commit the new PLA Navy as IJN's main battlefields were in the Pacific during the ww2.

Source: HMS Aurora (12) - Wikipedia

Wurger · Jul 4, 2018

Great shot.

I like the Arethusa-class cruisers. My favourite is HMS Penelope.

Smokey Stover · Jul 4, 2018

Shinpachi · Jul 4, 2018

Gift of Hitler - a U-511.
Renamed as Ro-500.

Source: 日本海軍潜水艦 - 徒然なる戰藻錄

Shinpachi · Jul 5, 2018

Gift to Hitler - Japanese kimono.
This was presented by Tokyo City in 1936 when Berlin Olympic was held.
Tokyo Olympic was to be held in 1940 but cancelled because of ww2.

Hitler(center), Japanese Ambassador Musyanokoji(right) and City Councillor Sato(left)

Source:
28 | 2月 | 2014 | 窓外の黒化粧
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/waruneko00326-002/imgs/7/e/7e091550.jpg

Smokey Stover · Jul 5, 2018

Luftwaffe bombers 1944. [KG 100 under air attack 1944.] Source: Daydream Notes.

Shinpachi · Jul 5, 2018

The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Berlin Friedrichstraße Station on July 20, 1936

Source: ベルリンオリンピック：（毎日レガシーフォトアーカイブ） - 毎日新聞

Japan vs Italy 0-8

Game was over.

Source: ベルリン大会 | 早稲田大学ア式蹴球部

Smokey Stover · Jul 5, 2018

Shinpachi said:
Sorry for a trivia again.
Mongol Invasion of Japan (1281).
Most of them were Koreans as Mongol China had few warships.

Weren't the Mongols defeated by a huge Typhoon or Tornado and had nearly all their vessels sunk or destroyed? If my history is correct this was where the term "kamikaze" comes from? Meaning "Divine wind"..... But plz correct me if im wrong

Shinpachi · Jul 5, 2018

Smokey Stover said:
Weren't the Mongols defeated by a huge Typhoon or Tornado and had nearly all their vessels sunk or destroyed? If my history is correct this was where the term "kamikaze" comes from? Meaning "Divine wind"..... But plz correct me if im wrong

You are correct, Smokey Stover