SNLF soldiers and IJN admirals in Kure Naval Base, Japan 1941.

Japanese Marines in Kure 1941

Admirals Kyohei Yamamoto and Ibō Takahashi during the invasion of Dutch East Indies  1942

Admirals Kyohei Yamamoto and Ibō Takahashi 

SNLF soldiers posing with a captured British coastal gun after the conquest of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, April 1942. 

Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any resistance...

