Posts tagged: Japanese
Falling Japanese bomber G4M (Betty), hit by an attack on the escort carrier USS Kitkun Bay CVE-7 near the Mariana Islands.
Captured Americans and their Filipino allies escorted by Japanese. They go to the 97-kilometer route on rough roads with gravel coated in thick dust. The march was named “Bataansky death march” because of the fact that thousands of prisoners died from hunger, thirst, wounds or were killed by guards without any reason.
Japanese snipers were destroyed in the Battle of Leyte island. Philippines.
The Battle of Leyte (20 October - 31 December 1944) - the first battle of the Philippine operations of U.S. forces and their allies.