Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. Indian ship 'HMIS SUTLEJ' during an operation in sea. Sailors aboard the ship. Sailors on the Japanese submarine I-155 built in Kure in 1929. Cannon on the submarine. Preparations on ship prior to sinking of the submarine. Submarine fired upon from the ship sailing close to it. Explosion on submarine and the sinking submarine. (Detail: shows the effect of 4" shells on the sub and 20mm Oerlikon shells. After 238 rounds of 4" shells and 4 depth charges, and after 4 hours of firing and closing the range from 4,000 yards to 200 yards, the sub was sunk).
Allied military forces in Japan after World War II. The Commanding General of British Occupation Forces in Japan reviews a parade of Cameron Highlanders in kilts. The troops march on streets of a Japanese town with houses along them. Reviewing officers include Major General D.J. Cowan (Commander of British and Indian Forces in Japan), Brigadier General R.S. McNaught (DSO Commander of British Brigade), Lieutenant John Slim (Aide-de-Campe to General Cowan), Lieutenant Colonel J. Harrington, Lieutenant Colonel Alasdair Mac Lean (Commanding General of Queen's Own Highlanders in Japan). The band of the 8th Gurkha Rifles Infantry of India marches past the reviewing stand.
Allied military forces in Japan after World War II. British battleship 'HMS Anson' anchored in breakwater of Kobe Harbor in Japan. The boilers, control room and hull of the ship.
Allied military forces in Japan after World War II. Marching troops of Commonwealth forces in front of Imperial Palace Plaza, Tokyo Japan. Troops of Cameroon Highlanders, British Indian Army troops following their band in red coats, Australian Army, Canadian Army troops following their band parade one after the other. Indian Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Indian Air Force and Australian Army band during the march past.
British forces in Japan celebrating British Empire Day after conclusion of World War II. Marching troops of Commonwealth forces at British Empire Day ceremony in Tokyo. Marching troops and bands of Cameroon Highlanders, Indian Troops, Royal Air Force from England, troops from New Zealand, Australian troops. Commander in Chief Lieutenant General John Northcutt and other officers review the marching troops.
U.S. War Department information film "Overseas Mission" describes relief and rebuilding works in Germany and Japan by United States Army, after World War II. Battle between the Allied forces and the Nazi armies, soldiers and artillery fire during battle in German cities and towns. General Eisenhower signs accepting surrender of Germany. General MacArthur signs accepting surrender of Japan to mark the end of World War II. Soldiers carry casualties on litters. Treaty of Versailles after World War I. Newspaper lines read Nazi rearmament of Germany. Allied tanks and troops march in Germany. Marching Allied forces in Japan. Destroyed buildings and factories in cities of Japan and Germany. Nuremberg trials and arrests of Nazi generals. Allied forces dismantle German factories and industrial plants capable of making war materiel. A U.S. Army officer pushes handle to detonate explosives destroying a German factory. Nazi flags, German ammunitions and German factories are destroyed. Nazi troops and civilians saluting Hitler. Allied army engineers make roads and bridges, medics checking patients to prevent epidemics. Borders guarded, Nazi Germans tried. Prisoners of Nazi and Japanese released, dispensary checkup their health. Japanese prisoners released, board a bus. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Re-establishment of press, churches, courts and schools. Japanese children at school. Election in the occupied countries to run democratic government. Map showing opposite positions of occupied countries. Rations for occupation forces and civilians transported in trucks. Officers hiring labor to carry out relief works.
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