The Japanese occupation of Manchuria. An animated map showing East Asia- Japan, the Korean peninsula, China, and Manchuria. The Japanese flag flies in Hsinking, Manchuria (present-day Changchun, China). A truck driving on a road in Hsinking. A building under construction. Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking. A Japanese Kwantung Army official (probably Hideki Tojo) stands outside the headquarters. Exterior of headquarter. Helicopter parked on field. Military personnel stand near the helicopter.
The invasion of the Philippines by Japanese troops during World War II. Maps of Manila Bay, the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor and Caballo islands. Mountains in the foreground. A wrecked U.S. ambulance in Corregidor Island. A U.S. medical aid station. Medics treat wounded soldiers inside a tent. U.S. prisoners of war in Corregidor take salt tablets and eat at a field kitchen. A prisoner of war sweeps the ground. A wounded Filipino soldier walking with crutches. Prisoners of war are served with plates of rice. A heap of medical supplies. A man reads The Tribune newspaper. Headlines of the newspaper reads: 'Homma is head of Japan forces'. Soldiers seated inside a tent look at a map.
Overseas activities of United States Coast Guard in World War 2. February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima in Pacific Theater. Naval guns and aircraft bombard Iwo Jima. Mountain in the background. Aircraft in flight. Marines and Coast Guardsmen aboard landing craft. Marines landing on Iwo Jima under heavy Japanese fire. Destroyed landing ships litter water's edge. Marines hunkered down and treating wounded, under fire. LSTs and other ships at established beachhead. Vehicles drive onto beach. April 1, 1945, Marines attack Okinawa. Navy warships bombard Okinawa with heavy guns and continuous rocket fire. Beachhead is established against light resistance. Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack American invasion ships. Several ships are hit and sunk. Surviving sailors are helped aboard rescue boats. Antiaircraft fire from American ships fills sky with smoke and flak. A kamikaze aircraft crashes in the sea. Sky filled with American bombers. Aerial view of Atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki Japan on August 9, 1945. Raising American Flag on Japan homeland.
Gun camera footage of U.S. Army Air Force 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group aircraft. Footage from aircrafts of Lt. Towner on August 1 and Lt. Taylor on August 5, 1945. Shows ground, ship, and railroad targets in Kyushu Japan being struck. Incoming anti-aircraft fire is seen. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Division 4th Marines combat with enemy in Okinawa. Marine with M1 rifle jumping over trench. Mangled body of Japanese soldier lying in trench. Marines advance cautiously with weapons ready. (World War II period).
Korean propaganda film depicting suffering of the Korean people under Japanese occupation prior to and through World War 2. Korean citizens answering questions of Japanese civilian officials during period of Japanese occupation before World War 2. Japanese warship carrying Nakajima E4N bi-wing scout plane. Steel truss bridge being bombed. Koreans being forcibly recruited to fight for Japan. Koreans being tortured and imprisoned at hands of Japanese. Aircraft dropping bombs on ground targets. Slate announces August 9, 1945, marking the Soviet invasion of Japanese occupied areas, including North Korea, in World War II. Destroyers dropping depth charges. Battleships firing heavy guns. Soviet infantry rushing from a ship to engage Japanese forces. Soviet soldier offloading an M1910 Maxim Sokolov Machine gun onto a pier. Amphibious assault by Soviet forces. Artillery barrages. Explosions and smoke. Soviet infantry attacking industrial facilities and planting the Red flag on a hilltop in a rural area. Japanese troops surrendering to Soviet soldiers. Fallen Japanese gunner in gun position with shell in his hands. Numerous other fallen Japanese soldiers. Captured Japanese weapons and war materiel, including many swords. Japanese prisoners of war seated in an open area. Various destroyed Korean buildings and temples. Denuded trees in war zone. August 15th, 1945, shows Japanese citizens listening to a loudspeaker broadcast by Emperor Hirohito, announcing the surrender of Japan, and end of World War II. Shackles are removed from Korean prisoners. Koreans celebrate in the streets. The Korean flag flies from houses in a village. Korean people march, sing, and cheer everywhere in the country. A seated band of musicians plays. Scene shifts to the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, where Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu in formal attire sits to sign documents of surrender. General Douglas MacArthur, and other senior allied officers, stand nearby as Soviet Lieutenant General Kuzma Nikolaevish Derevyanko sits to sign for the USSR. Japanese civilians living in Korea, during the Japanese occupation, are seen moving with their belongings, to be relocated back in Japan.
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