Japan

A moment of jubilation; Aug 1945. Japanese prisoners of war cheer on the deck of an Allied rescue ship after hearing the news of Japan's surrender, marking the end of war. Rather than sinking into sorrow, many Japanese prisoners of war sequestered on ships and in camps celebrated the end of the war, as it meant they would survive and eventually return to their home country.

Imponent! the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Nagato...

Royal Australian Navy personnel inspecting wreckage of Japanese Type A midget submarines recovered from Sydney Harbour, May 1942.

Sept 3, 1945, Japanese Lt. General Yoshio Tachibana signed the formal surrender of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands aboard the USS Dunlap off the coast of Chichijima. Tachibana was later convicted of war crimes related to the abuse and execution of American prisoners of war on Chichijima. He was sentenced to death by hanging and executed in 1947.

A Type 95 Ha-Go light tank knocked out by the Australian Anti-Tank Regiment on Jan 18, 1942. The bodies of the fallen Japanese crew members can be seen on the ground in the foreground.

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Another view of same engagement in Malaya.  9 Japanese tanks destroyed by 2, 2pdr guns at a roadblock in the Battle of Maur.