Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Wildcat]

HMAS Australia under attack by Betty bombers during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

A view of the bridge on HMAS Australia taken later in the war. The CO, Captain Dechaineux, seen in the centre with sunglasses on, was later killed during a Kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf.

 

[Shinpachi]

From Japanese point of view, Aussies did not have to come out from their own territory
Thanks for sharing, Andy

 

[Wurger]

Nice shots.

 

[Shinpachi]

Inside a Nakajima C6N.

Sgt. Shiro Takahashi - Radioman

Capt. Satoshi Enomoto's selfie.
He looks very optimistic about his patrol mission but is a survivor of the Battle of Midway.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Excellent shots!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wildcat]

7th Australian Division troops assault on Japanese defences on Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Ranges of New Guinea Dec 43-Jan44.

 

[Wildcat]

Shaggy Ridge continued...

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Good Lord. What an exhausting place to fight!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Shinpachi]

War record painting "Kota Baru" by Ken-ichi Nakamura in 1942.

 

[Shinpachi]

There were many Japanese war painters like the war correspondents/photographers attached to the army and the navy during the war. Their works still tell us not only the atmosphere of the battle fields but social conditions of those days.

This painter, Tsuguharu Fujita aka Léonard Foujita, was so energetic and cooperative with the military that he had been substantially deported from Japan after the war was over.

"Saipan" by Fujita in 1945.

"Attu" by Fujita in 1943.

 

[Shinpachi]

Syusei Kobayakawa portrayed symbolized heros.

Original site: 小早川秋聲・戦争画『國之楯』を観た 日記 : 新・サンデーＫＵぼちぼち絵日記

 

[fubar57]

Very nice Shinpachi, top 2 using colors to reflect the mood. I'm not sure what the style used for the bottom 2 is called but I've always liked it in Japanese art

 

[Old Wizard]

Good stuff Shinpachi.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Geo, Old Wizard and MM.

Very nice Shinpachi, top 2 using colors to reflect the mood. I'm not sure what the style used for the bottom 2 is called but I've always liked it in Japanese art

Yes, it's the Ukiyo-e style.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!