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A Japanese pilot marking a victory on his A6M Zero fighter, 14 Feb 1942; note his unit's mascot, a monkey, on the aircraft.

#Imperial Japanese Navy #imperial japan #world war 2 #pacific war

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A Japanese soldier returning to his family and farm after the war.

#world war 2 #imperial japan

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City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) /// dir. Chuan Lu

#City of Life and Death #second sino japanese war #Rape of Nanking #chuan lu

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Toshiro Mifune as War Minister Korechika Anami,

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Training to defend the homeland. 1945.

#world war 2 #imperial japan #pacific war

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Japanese soldier training women to defend the homeland with bamboo spears. 1945.

#world war 2 #imperial japan #pacific war

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#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #second sino japanese war

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Japanese soldiers during Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.

#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #invasion of taiwan #first sino-japanese war

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An IJA officer in samurai armor, likely a family heirloom.

#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #samurai

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#Imperial Japanese Navy #imperial japan #Special Naval Landing Forces #rikusentai

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#imperial japan #Imperial Japanese Navy #Special Naval Landing Forces #Rikusentai

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A Japanese soldier in action during the invasion of Indochina, September 1940

#imperial japan #world war 2 #pacific war #imperial japanese navy #special naval landing forces

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IJA infantry. China, 1940

#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #second sino japanese war

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“War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.” -  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#Shigeru Mizuki #onward towards our noble deaths

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1943, somewhere in the Pacific

#imperial japan #imperial japanese navy #special naval landing forces #rikusentai #pacific war

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Japanese soldiers in Manchuria, 1932. Note the captured Chinese Dadao sword.

#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #second sino-japanese war

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#imperial japan #imperial japanese army #not sure where/when