#016 The Land of the Rising Sun





– Spring 1956 –






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Extra sheet of the Tōkyō Shinbun from Sunday, May 6, 1956



The Land of the Rising Sun



It was a beautiful, warm spring Sunday at the beginning of May. The sun was already quite strong and ...

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From the War Chronicles of Imperial Japan:




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>> Battle of Guam 17 to 18 July 1943 << [/B]


"Good news from the Zuikaku. The carrier gets the water ingress under control."


"Kusaka – I ask ...

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>> Battle of Guam 17 to 18 July 1943 << [/B]



"Cruiser Natori reports that the enemy is making a battle turnaround."


"They ran into us just ...

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From the War Chronicles of Imperial Japan:




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>> Battle of Guam 17 to 18 July 1943 << [/B]



"Rudder hard port – full speed ahead – one of the cruisers is to reconnoiter what we have in ...

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>> Battle of Guam 17 to 18 July 1943 << [/B]



"Bomber Katsuragi – take the burning carrier – finish him off!"


"Bomber Katsuragi – Bombs ...

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From the War Chronicles of Imperial Japan:




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Extra sheet of the Tōkyō Shinbun from Thursday, June 24, 1943



>> Political earthquake sends shock waves throughout Europe! The Empire has ...

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>> The bombing of Tanganyika 29 to 30 April 1943 << [/B]



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The new colony of Tanganyika came as such a ...

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Extra sheet of the Tōkyō Shinbun from Thursday, April 08, 1943



>> Imperial Japanese Army lands near Singapore – Royal Army launches ...

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Editorial Board of the Tōkyō Shinbun – Monday, January 18, 1943


As suddenly as the strategic situation had changed to Japan's disadvantage ...

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>> Convoy Battle off Tengah Island 4th to 5th January 1943 << [/B]


Kaigun-chūjō Denshichi Ōkawachi had been given command of the 第一南遣艦隊 (Dai ...

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Editorial office of the Tōkyō Shinbun – Monday, November 02, 1942


Osaki Shiko couldn't quite believe the reports from Europe, but now he ...

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>> Battle of the Cruiser off Singapore, 18 October 1942 << [/B]


Kaigun-taisa Sakiyama Shakao immediately ordered full speed ahead. He may ...

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Extra sheet of the Tōkyō Shinbun from Sunday, September 27, 1942



>> Huge naval battle off Penang! <<


>> Imperial Japanese Navy blows ...

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>> Battle of the Strait of Malacca 26 September 1942 << [/B]




"Bomber Akagi – hit – hit!"


"Bomber Akagi – Two bomb hits scored on ...

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>> Battle of the Strait of Malacca 26 September 1942 << [/B]


"Hit – hit – torpedo hit on enemy ship!"


"Damn it, which squadron was that ...

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>> Battle of the Strait of Malacca 26 September 1942 << [/B]


Kaigun-taisa Nagumo Chūichi put down his binoculars and looked at the group of ...

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>> Battle of the Strait of Malacca 26 September 1942 << [/B]


"Kusaka – where do the bombers claim to have hit this fleet carrier?"


"Mr ...

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>> Battle of the Strait of Malacca 26 September 1942 << [/B]


Kaigun-taishō Yamamoto Isoroku didn't waste a second thinking about the ...

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Editorial Board of the Tōkyō Shinbun – Tuesday, September 1, 1942


Osaki Shiko raced into the editorial office with his car! He was already ...

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>> Memorandum of Kaigun-taishō Yamamoto Isoroku on the Fiji Incident July 30/31, 1942 << [/B]


Honored officers and members of the 大本営 (Daihon ...