The Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters near the town of Matsushiro, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. View of two buildings: exterior of building. Snow covered roof of building. Headquarters and surrounding buildings of the secret underground bunker complex built in the mountains of Matsushiro. View of second building. Entrance to the secret complex.
The Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters for the Japanese government and high command in the town of Matsushiro, near Nagano, Japan. Exterior of two buildings of the secret bunker complex and the hillside. Other houses and huts at lower level. Buildings at different levels. 'Kilroy's Retreat' chalked on door. Exterior of building and hillside in the background.
Kure Naval Base in Honshu. Neat rows of Koriyu type submarines (2-man midget sub) lying on the bottom of the dry dock. There were over 113 subs in this dry dock. Line of submarines from top of the dock.
American sailors disembark from the Japanese Aircraft Carrier 'Ryuho'. The carrier in dry dock No 4 to be converted into scrap. Aircraft carrier and a dry dock crane. Port side and bow of carrier. Japanese antiaircraft gun carrying destroyer 'Yoizuki' moved alongside the aircraft carrier 'Ryuho' for conversion into a repatriation ship with a capacity of 1300. The bow and port side of the destroyer. 'Yoizuki'. Bow and port side of the carrier 'Ryuko'. Super-structure (port-side) of carrier 'Ryuho'. Japanese destroyer 'Natsuzuki' coming into dry dock after an extensive tour of repatriation service and now in for repairs. Building Z of Kure Naval Base Arsenal shows a smokestack and hole near its base. The damaged flue leads from boiler to the smokestack which was caused by a near miss, ending at the crater.
Interior of building Z at Kure Naval Base Arsenal shows one the boilers in plant which had taken a direct hit. This boiler generated steam which operated the heavy rolling mill in the armor plate plant. Two directs hits on end of the building X which is the steel plate-shaping shop at Kure Naval Arsenal. Concrete block served as a foundation of base for a steel frame column of the plant. The steel frame and its concrete base were hurled to the roof by the blast. Crater as seen from the ground. Motor generator almost buried in sand due to detonation of the bomb. Two story reinforced concrete building and its wooden roof served as a steel test laboratory. South-west face of the building with its steel frame windows dangling due to the blast.
Interiors of building located at Kure Naval Base Arsenal, Honshu. Heavy destruction after air raid. Overhead crane with right end fallen down due to a near miss on the steel frame column which supported to crane rail. End of crane collapsed and rests on the floor. Fallen overhead crane in the background and unfinished gun barrels for a second class cruiser. A heavy traveling bridge crane to load and unload coal, received a direct hit in the middle section. The carriage and wheels stick up in mid-air.