Ww2 japanese soldier china Black & White Stock Photos
RM2B0155R–China: Japanese troops waiting for a troop train to depart. Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945). The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945.
RMKWC3C8–Japanese soldier holds the severed head of a Chinese man and a sword. The Japanese Army brutally occupied large areas of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945. (BSLOC 2015 13 40)
RMDEE8NR–Japanese soldier in winter clothing serving in China 1930s-1940s
RM2HX5DF3–Japanese units Advance toward Kwangsi Province - Japanese units march toward Kwangsi Province, as soon as landed on the shore near here, suddenly in the face of the enemy's fire, recently. November 15, 1939. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RMKWC54K–Japanese soldier holds the severed head of a Chinese man and a sword. The Japanese Army brutally occupied large areas of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945. (BSLOC 2015 13 40)
RMDRHT5Y–U.S. Fighter plane in China
RM2HX66NT–U.S. Airforce In China -- A flight of 'Flying Tiger' pursuit planes is lined up at a secret airfield 'somewhere in China' before taking off on a mission against the Japanese. The U.S. Army Air Forces, led by Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault of 'Flying Tiger' fame, have kept up their scoring record of eight Jap planes downed for each American loss. February 15, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).
RME1CW20–Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes, ca. 1942. The shark-face fighters of the 'Flying Tigers' had a
RM2HX66K8–Old Glory And Chinese Flag Go Up -- The stars and stripes and the Chinese flag are raised over the area near Luichow after its evacuation by the Japanese. The ***** saluting was not identified. July 27, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2HX5DEW–China Front... Japanese Gun Crops.... Active firing upon the enemy at Hsiaoshna, Chekiang Province, one of the most vital points of the Chiang Kai-shek's army, took a place by an unnamed gun unit of the Japanese troops. April 18, 1941. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RM2J43HW0–Where Four British Soldiers Perished In China -- Two Royal Ulster riflemen examining the damage after a Jap shell had burst on their Barracks West of Shanghai. Four men of the Royal Ulster rifle brigade were killed and three wounded when Japanese artillery shells struck British defence lines on the Western border of Shanghai today. November 23, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2HX5DGE–Shanghai... Clearing up.... (Hupei Province) - A Certain unit of the Japanese troops, crossed over Han-shui, pursuing hotly of the remnants of the Chiang Kai-shek's army. June 04, 1940. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RM2HX5DDM–*****... A Japanese insurgent is seen as pursuing the Chinese remnants under the tropical trees. Bishop Scharmach's reminiscences, 'This Crowd Beats Us All' is published by the Catholic Press Newspaper Co. Ltd. February 25, 1939. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RM2HX5DFJ–War Materials also Occupied by the Japanese - A lot of war materials, to be sent to Chiang Kai-shek's army, was captured by the Japanese troops when units of the Japanese troops entered the town, along the Ninpo-Hangchow Railway. April 25, 1941. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RM2B01563–China: Smiling Japanese troops, 1937. Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945). The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945.
RM2HX5DDP–Rough Going for Japs in border fighting -- Japanese troops load field pieces in a truck on the Manchukuo-outer Mongolia border in the Lake Bor Region, where desperate fighting between Soviet-Mongolian troops and Japanese forces was been taking place. Official dispatches say that Japanese have crossed the boundary invading either Mongol or Siberian Territory. June 27, 1939. (Photo by Acme Photos).
RMDEE8NK–Japanese soldier in winter clothing serving in China 1930s-1940s
RM2HX5DE0–Unnamed place in Manchukuo border... Ever Watchful Westward... with larger and larger Outer Mongolian forces a massing on the western border of Manchukuo, Japanese and Manchukuo border guards are keeping a sharp lookout for frontier incursions. The terrain in the fighting area is so level, however, that the watchers must dig themselves holes in the ground and camouflage them with undergrowth from elsewhere, so they will not be too visible to possible raiders. July 04, 1939. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
RM2HX5DGC–First Picture, Soviet-Mongolians, Japs Battle : Here's the first Picture to reach the United States showing Japanese Troops in action against Soviet Mongolian Troops in the Despate Outer Mongolian border area near Lake Bor (Buir Nor) fighting, which started on May 11, has raged bitterly with estimates of numbers killed running into thousands. Large Scale air battles are described in this vicinity. June 27, 1939. (Photo by Acme Photo).
RM2HX66N5–Chinese Troops Are Their Quarry -- With their grim faces set, and fixed-bayonet rifles at the ready, these Japanese Marines wearing their steel helmets charge along a railway track outside Shanghai, in pursuit of fleeing Chinese soldiers. December 7, 1937.
RM2HX66M9–Hands Across The Entanglements -- Stretching out their hands gingerly over barbed wire barrier, Japanese soldiers and British troops shake hands to make a picture in conflict with stories of British-Jap Antipathy in Shanghai. The Tommies are of the Garrison in Shanghai. June 12, 1937. (Photo by ACME).
RM2HX66KP–Graveside Services For British Soldiers -- A minister reads the last rites just before the four coffins of members of the Ulster Rifles, British regiment on defense duty in Shanghai, were lowered November 1. The four men were killed by Japanese artillery fire. November 19, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2J43HTK–Under The Protection Of 'Tommy' -- Photo just received shows a British tommy on Keswick Road, Shanghai, disciplining the queue of between fifteen and twenty thousand Chinese who cross daily into the conquered areas for firewood and food, and return by four p.m. (Japanese curfow). March 21, 1938. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).
RM2J43HWB–British Troops Arrive At Shanghai To Relieve Defence Forces -- Men of the first battalion, Durham light infantry, are seen marching on to the race course here on arrival from Hong Kong. They relieved the royal Ulster rifles from British defence duty here during the Sino-Japanese War. December 14, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2J43HXC–British Troops In International Settlement -- British troops in the International settlement in Shanghai, seen from above, while they are lined up and ready to go into the defence linese faching the Chinese and the Japanese. It was men like these who lost their lives recently while on duty at their posts in the settlement. November 15, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2B0155M–China: Japanese troops on a troop train in north China. Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945). The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945.
RM2HX66P3–Junkpile Of Wrecked Jap Planes On Iwo -- This Junkpile of wrecked Japanese planes alongside Motoyamo Airstrip No.1 on Iwo Jima represents Havoo wrought by pre-invasion aerial bombings and naval shelling from U.S. forces. This picture was made by Joe Rosenthal Associated Press Staff Photographer on assignment with the wartime still picture pool. March 15, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RMDEE8W3–Japanese soldier in uniform serving in China 1930s-1940s
RM2B01560–China: Execution of Chinese collaborators by Nationalist troops, Shanghai, 1937. Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945). The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945.
RM2HX66MY–Object Of Search - Hidden Explosive -- Japanese soldiers conducting a vigorous search of Chinese farmers at the settlement border line. Weary, laden down with the burdens that they carry, farmers struggle into Shanghai from the outlying districts with produce to sell in a short-rationed city. Then, on arrival at the International Settlement border line they are stopped by Japanese and their bags prodded and gashed by bayonets. Reason - in the areas from which the farmers come hand-grenades and b
RM2B01F51–Burma/Myanmar: Chinese child soldier on the China-Burma-India Theatre at Myitkyina, May 1944. This Chinese child soldier, age 10, with heavy pack, was a member of an army division boarding a plane returning them to China, following the capture of Myitkyina airfield, Burma, under the allied command of US Major General Frank Merrill. Chinese and allied troops had earlier crossed through the treacherous jungle of the Kumon Bum Mountains before attacking Japanese troops to the south. Exhaustion and disease led to the early evacuation of many Chinese and allied troops before the coming assault.
RM2J43HTP–British Tommies In Shanghai Streets Again -- British Tommies with rifles and Bayonets in Shanghai street, ready for trouble should it arise. Early in May when Japanese troops Invaded the Shanghai International settlement again because of a bomb thrown on the nanking road British troops were again called to keep order. After lengthy negotiations between the Japanese and the settlement authorities, the Japanese withdrew. June 7, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RM2B00Y54–China: A Chinese KMT soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes, painted with the shark-face emblem of the `Flying Tigers,' SW China, 1942. Flying Tigers was the popular name of the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. The pilots were United States Army (USAAF), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, recruited under Presidential sanction and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault; the ground crew and headquarters staff were likewise mostly recruited from the U.S. military, along with some civilians.
RM2HX66M6–Welch Fusiliers Leave Shanghai -- The Welch Fusiliers marching into Hongkew which is virtually Japanese controlled now. The Welch Fusiliers, who have done splendid work in protecting British residents and interests in Shanghai during the war, have now left the city for Hong Kong on the troopship Dunera. A large crowd of onlookers watched the spectacle of the first Foreign troops crossing into Hongkew since the start of the hostilites. Japanese Marines on guard at the bridge stood smartly to atte
RM2B01CD1–Vietnam: Japanese troops entering Saigon, French Indochina, 1941. In September 1940, during World War II, the newly created regime of Vichy France granted Japan's demands for military access to Tonkin with the invasion of French Indochina (or Vietnam Expedition). This allowed Japan better access to China in the Second Sino-Japanese War against the forces of Chiang Kai-shek, but it was also part of Japan's strategy for dominion over the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
RM2HX5DE8–Jap. Engineers place explosives on a bridge at Longhai Rlwy. June 10, 1938. (Photo by Press Union Photo).
RM2B01R1J–Taiwan/China: Xu Yue (26 December 1896 - 3 May 1998), Chinese Nationalist general, c. 1940s. Xue Yue was a Chinese Nationalist military general, nicknamed by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers as the 'Patton of Asia'. When Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949, Xue was put in charge of defending Hainan Island. The victorious Red Army was too much for the demoralised Nationalist forces. Xue left for Taiwan after the defense of Hainan Island collapsed. He served as a nominal adviser to the chief of staff in name only. He lived until 1998 to the age of 101.
RM2HX5DF9–When Victorious Nipponese Marched into Nanking : Japan gains another objective - Nanking, Victorious Nipponese troops march through the Chunghwamen Gate, Nanking, after hammering with heavy guns at the city for weeks. Ruins of the ancient gate can be seen in the background. April 01, 1938. (Photo by Acme Photos).
RM2B030P2–Chinese troops of the National Revolutionary Army fire on Japanese positions during the Battle of Changde, the strategic city in the heart of China’s rice-growing area. Although the Japanese army initially successfully captured the city, the Chinese 57th Division was able to pin them down long enough for reinforcements to arrive and encircle the Japanese. The Chinese Army then cut off the Japanese supply lines, forcing them into retreat. Changde, Hunan, Republic of China. November 1943.
RM2B03030–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RM2B031M7–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily a
RM2B030NB–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RMDEE8T5–Japanese soldier in winter clothing serving in China 1930s-1940s
RM2B030PR–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RMDD1GEK–Japanese soldier in winter clothing serving in China 1930s-1940s
RM2B030TT–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RM2B030NK–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RM2B031AA–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RM2B030NR–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RMDK402J–Japanese soldier serving in Manchuria wearing cold weather clothing
RM2B030N8–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RME2DNNW–Japanese infantry board a train in Manchuria
RM2B030NJ–The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily an
RM2B01AMR–Burma/Myanmar/USA: Frank Merrill (4 December 1903 - 11 December 1955) of 'Merrill's Marauders' fame, Allied officer in the China-Burma-India Theatre, World War II (1903-1955), c. 1944. Frank Dow Merrill is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrill's Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command. It was a special forces unit modelled on the Chindits' long range penetration groups trained to operate from bases deep behind Japanese lines.
RM2B030NH–Fuso (a classical name for Japan) was the lead ship of the two Fuso-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1914 and commissioned in 1915, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Fuso was modernized in 1930–35 and again in 1937–41, with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. With only 14-inch guns, she was outclassed by other Japanese battleships at the beginning of World War II, and played auxili
RMDH883D–JAPANESE OFFICERS SURRENDER THEIR SWORDS TO BRITISH SOLDIERS AT THE END OF WW2
RM2B030NM–The 11th East Africa Infantry Division was composed of soldiers from the modern-day nations of Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The division fought with the British Fourteenth Army in Burma (Myanmar) during the Burma Campaign. In the later part of 1944, the division pursued the Japanese retreating from Imphal in Northeast India down the Kabaw Valley in Burma and established bridgeheads over the Chindwin River.
RMDD1GDH–A Japanese soldier of the 1930s in full uniform
RM2B030R0–The bombing of the Chongqing was part of a terror bombing operation conducted by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. A conservative estimate places the number of bombing runs at more than 5,000, with more than 11,500 bombs dropped, mainly incendiary bombs. The targets were usually residential areas, business areas, schools, hospitals and other non-military targets. These bombings were aimed at demoralising the Chinese government, which had moved the capital to Chongqing because it was more inaccessible to Japanese ground forces, or as part of the
RM2B030TG–Ramree Island (also spelt Yangbye Island or Yanbye Island) is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. The area of the island is about 1,350 square kilometres (520 sq mi) and the main populated center is Ramree. During World War II the Battle of Ramree Island was fought during January and February 1945, as part of the British 14th Army 1944/45 offensive on the Southern Front of the Burma Campaign. At the close of the battle, Japanese soldiers were forced into the marshes surrounding the island, and saltwater crocodiles are said to have eaten many of them.
RM2B030R3–Ramree Island (also spelt Yangbye Island or Yanbye Island) is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. The area of the island is about 1,350 square kilometres (520 sq mi) and the main populated center is Ramree. During World War II the Battle of Ramree Island was fought during January and February 1945, as part of the British 14th Army 1944/45 offensive on the Southern Front of the Burma Campaign. At the close of the battle, Japanese soldiers were forced into the marshes surrounding the island, and saltwater crocodiles are said to have eaten many of them.
RM2B030R8–China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the name used by the United States Army for its forces operating in conjunction with British and Chinese Allied air and land forces in China, Burma, and India during World War II. Well-known US units in this theater included the Flying Tigers, transport and bomber units flying the Hump, the 1st Air Commando Group, the engineers who built Ledo Road, and the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), otherwise known as Merrill's Marauders.
RME2DNE4–Japanese soldiers pared in armored cars during WW11
RM2B031MH–A major battleground, Burma was devastated during World War II. By March 1942, within months after they entered the war, Japanese troops had advanced on Rangoon and the British administration had collapsed. A Burmese Executive Administration headed by Ba Maw was established by the Japanese in August 1942. Wingate's British Chindits were formed into long-range penetration groups trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines. A similar American unit, Merrill's Marauders, followed the Chindits into the Burmese jungle in 1943. Beginning in late 1944, allied troops launched a series of offensives
RMDEE8NF–Japanese soldiers in uniform 1930s-1940s
RM2B031M8–A major battleground, Burma was devastated during World War II. By March 1942, within months after they entered the war, Japanese troops had advanced on Rangoon and the British administration had collapsed. A Burmese Executive Administration headed by Ba Maw was established by the Japanese in August 1942. Wingate's British Chindits were formed into long-range penetration groups trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines. A similar American unit, Merrill's Marauders, followed the Chindits into the Burmese jungle in 1943. Beginning in late 1944, allied troops launched a series of offensives
RMDEE8NB–Japanese soldiers in uniform 1930s-1940s
RM2B0332Y–The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. It was the last campaign of the Second World War, and the largest of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War which resumed hostilities between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan after almost six years of peace. Temporary Soviet gains on the continent were Manchukuo, Inner Mongolia and northern Korea. The Soviet entry into the war and the defeat of the Kwantung Army was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision to surrender.
RMDEE8TM–Japanese soldiers in uniform 1930s-1940s
RMDEE8NM–Japanese soldiers in uniform 1930s-1940s
RMDD1GE2–A Japanese sailor of the 1930s 1940s in white summer uniform
RMDD1GE0–A Japanese officer in best uniform with sword 1930s 1940s
RMCBAFKA–A Great War period Japanese cavalryman on his mount.
RME2DNDP–Japanese marines in action in China just prior to WW11.
RFC32X3B–Japanese Arisaka rifles with regimental colors
RMDD1G6J–A Japanese sailor of the 1930s 1940s in white summer uniform
RMDD1GME–A Japanes sailor and his wife 1930s 1940s
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