Animated map shows arrow pointing to Blue Beach on Angaur Island during World War II. United States soldiers, probably with the 321st regiment, 81st Infantry Division, hunker down on the beach. Burned trees and debris on the ground. A soldier tucks in his shirt. Soldiers advance slowly, with one of them using a flamethrower to burn a Japanese position. A fighter flies over an advancing amphibious tracked vehicle. Aerial view showing landing craft at Red Beach. Demolition teams carry satchel charges to Japanese foxholes. Explosion of satchel charge. Sign hanging reads “CIC” (Combat Intelligence Center). Soldiers waiting for Japanese soldiers to come out of hole. Soldiers shooting at Japanese positions with machine guns and flamethrowers at the same time. Smoke rises from the body of a dead Japanese soldier.
Japanese Navy battleships in column underway at sea after Pearl Harbor attack in World War II. Ships sailing in rough waters. Japanese ships approaching an island in the Pacific. Japanese battleships firing its main batteries. Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. An aerial formation over a Japanese flag.
Japanese dramatized film depicting scenes inside a Type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine as it advances to attack Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Interior of the Japanese two-man midget submarine. Japanese navy officer looks into the periscope of submarine. Crew operates the control wheel while the commanding officer stands behind him. Scene shifts to Japanese Imperial Navy staff in radio room of the submarine's mother ship as they communicate positioning. Staff receive a message and hand it over to the Officer in the radio room. The message reads (translated) that they willl attack at dawn.
Japanese Kaidai submarine cruising on surface in a bay near Dutch East Indies, during World War 2. Crew on deck taking a smoke break. A seaport with loading docks seen from stern of boat. View of Japanese warships from under deck gun of the submarine. Sailor on submarine signals with semaphore flags to Japanese Cruiser and crew members on deck, and clustered around conning tower, wave their hats at the warship. Officer on deck issues commands over boat's intercom. Small sign boards with Japanese writing are hung near work stations. Crew members enter the sub through hatch in the deck. View from conning tower of the sub bow encountering moderate waves as they proceed on surface. The submarine sets course due West. Officers watch through binoculars. View of engine room with crew members at their stations there. Crew members preparing a meal of vegetables, fish and rice. Crew eating meal in mess hall. Officers eating in their mess.
Japanese submarine activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II. View from water of Japanese submarine approaching a Japanese supply port. Sailors cross on plank from submarine to the dockyard. Naval staff lining-up before they board a truck. Torpedoes on freight cars going down the dock. Torpedoes being loaded aboard submarines. Sailors paint the exterior of submarine. Japanese sailors carry supplies into the submarine. Sailors loading rice sacks. Crew members receive instructions from the skipper or captain.
View of Japanese aircraft carrier, Hiryu, near Yokosuka, Japan. Japanese Naval officers in white uniforms stand on flight deck. Shinto priest prays at shrine during the Commisioning ceremony. Naval officers bow to the shrine. Officers receive awards. Japanese flag hoisted at stern of the ship. Naval officers salute the Japanese flag and pose for a photograph on flight deck.
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