The Tokyo Imperial Palace after World War II. View of a tower on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Japanese soldiers with a small boy as they walk past a gateway. (World War II period).
The U.S. Navy task force underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The U.S. Navy planes take off from an carrier aircraft. U.S. sailors on the deck. The airplanes take off from the deck one after the other. A signal man gives a signal. Insignia of the United States on the airplanes. The airplanes in flight. The aircraft carrier underway. The airplanes in flight over the Tokyo Bay. The airplanes drop bombs on the Tokyo area. Explosions on the ground. Smoke rises due to explosions. Rockets are dropped at the Japanese War Installation on the field. The installation being shelled. Aerial view of the bombed area. An airplane in flight and drop bombs. The Japanese planes parked on the ground and are destroyed. The planes burn on the ground. An airplane in flight.
Damage caused due to bombing raids on Tokyo. Burned houses, ruined buildings,burned trees and massive devastation in Tokyo soon after the end of World War 2. Totally demolished Shiba district. Skeleton of a large building in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Rubble and ruins everywhere.
Shows Japanese citizens waiting for a street car or trolley, and men hauling log on cart. Scenes of destruction and poverty in Japan after the end of World War II. Damaged laundry in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Destroyed Japanese washing machine.
Statue of Kannon, the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with mercy. Zōjōji temple (4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan) and its vegetable garden show extensive damage from air raid bombings during World War 2. Rubble is scattered all over the temple grounds. A bell in Zōjōji temple. Building housing the bell shows damage. The Shiba Tōshō-gū (4 Chome-8-10 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), enshrining the first Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, located beside the Zōjōji temple shows similar damage.
Demolished homes in Shiba district. Demolished Shiba district. Rubble on the ground from bomb damage and destruction. A woman cooks in a shanty dwelling during time of poverty.