Japanese paratroopers boarding a Mitsubishi Ki-57 (military type 100) - the Allied had the code name "Topsy" - transport aircraft at an airfield. The target of the airdrop was the city of Palembang and the oil fields on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies); 1942.

Paratroopers boarding aircraft

Japanese soldiers escort prisoners of war, captured  from  Allied armies and brought to Japan.


Allied POWs in Japan

Japanese kamikaze pilots are preparing for departure. Hatimaks are put on the pilot's head in the foreground - a bandage, symbolizing the inflexibility of intentions and maintaining morale; 1945.