1,647 items in this album on 83 pages.
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| Japanese Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai reading a memo in the prime minister's seat in the Parliament chamber, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Feb 1940 | Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai speaking to children of his home town who had recently lost their fathers in service during the war, Japan, 29 Mar 1940 |
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| Settsu as radio-controlled target vessel, Kure, Japan, 7 Apr 1940 | Osami Nagano (front row, center), Nobutake Kondo (front row, third from left) at a luncheon at the Tokyo Naval Club, Tokyo, Japan, 6 May 1940 |
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| Emperor Showa of Japan greeting Emperor Kangde of puppet state of Manchukuo, Tokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan, 26 Jun 1940 | Fumimaro Konoe at a press conference at the Peerage Club House in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan upon being asked to form a new government, 17 Jul 1940 |
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| Fumimaro Konoe, Yosuke Matsuoka, Zengo Yoshida, and Hideki Tojo at the Ogikubo Talk at Konoe's residence of Tekigaiso in Tokyo, Japan, 19 Jul 1940 | Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and his second cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office building, Tokyo, Japan, 22 Jul 1940 |
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| Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe in his sedan, Japan, circa 1940s | Mitsumasa Yonai and Paul Wenneker, Japan, 1940s |
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| Type 97 Te-Ke tankette, circa early 1940s | Newly-commissioned Japanese Navy Ensign Junichi Sasai, Japan, May 1941 |
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| Light cruiser Kashii at Yokohama, Japan, July 15, 1941 | Carrier Shokaku at Yokosuka, Japan, 23 Aug 1941 |
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| Battleship Yamato fitting out, Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Sep 1941; note supply ship Mamiya in background and light carrier Hosho at extreme right | Zuikaku on the day of her commissioning, Kobe, Japan, 25 Sep 1941 |
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| Fumimaro Konoe in a car, Japan, fall 1941 | Japanese Navy Lieutenant Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, Japan, Oct 1941 |
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| Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and his cabinet ministers, Tokyo, Japan, 18 Oct 1941, photo 1 of 2 | Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and his cabinet ministers, Tokyo, Japan, 18 Oct 1941, photo 2 of 2 |
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