U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. CVLs (Light Aircraft Carriers) and CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway. USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and burning. Japanese plane passes through flak. Princeton burns fiercely following attack by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Dive Bomber. The aircraft had dropped a bomb which struck the carrier between the elevators, crashing through the flight deck and hangar, and then exploding. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter parked on deck of carrier. Explosion on the after-deck of Princeton. Additional explosion on the USS Princeton. Japanese Zeke (Zero) dives on USS Langley (CVL-27), burns in flames, and crashes.
A 1945 film titled 'The Enemy Japan Dream of Empire' details Japanese conquests starting with China during Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. United States Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew speaks about the ruthless nature of Japanese. Wall maps in the background. Aerial formation of Japanese bombers over a Chinese city, possibly Shanghai, during Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II), 1937. Smoke billows up from bomb bursts. Dead bodies of civilians on bombed streets. View of damaged Palace Hotel in Shanghai. Japanese infantry and horse-drawn munitions carts advance into the city. Car pulls up in front of building in Japan and a guard opens door. Japanese military leaders exit car. View of many tall banners with Japanese rising sun symbol hanging from ceiling. Japanese statesmen and army Generals confer in Japan.
Panoramic views of Japanese cities before World War II. A Japanese boy at home. A volcanic eruption is shown in progress. Japanese firefighters on a ridge survey a massive wildfire burning forest area. Damage after earthquakes and floods. View of a flooded Japanese town. 33rd Prime Minister of Japan, Senjuro Hayashi, exits a car and is surrounded by other officials. A crowd assembled on the street. Japanese modern buildings seen across water view in Tokyo. The Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The exteriors of several downtown buildings in Tokyo before World War II.
City of Osaka, Japan soon after World War II. Bomb damaged areas, railroad yards, and the Osaka Canal. Aerial view of Osaka Castle (1-1 Osakajo, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 540-0002, Japan) and grounds of Osaka Castle Park.
Pre-invasion practice by United States troops on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands for invasion of Philippines in World War II. U.S. soldiers unload LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Tracked) at Teters, Guadalcanal. 155mm shells are carried forward and stock-piled on beach. Soldiers form in line and unload rations.
Wounded U.S. soldiers in Marigny, France during World War II. U.S. medics attend to a wounded soldier. The wounded soldier's arm is bandaged by the medics. The medics carry the wounded soldier on a litter to an aid station in Marigny. The wounded soldier smiles.
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