Tag: Imperial Japanese Navy

• Former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo Attempts Suicide. September 11, 1945.

  

  Image: General Hideki Tojo lies semiconscious, limp in a chair with a gaping bullet wound just below the heart after a botched attempt to kill himself as American soldiers surround his house. September 11, 1945. On September 11, 1945, former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo attempted suicide as American soldiers arrived at his home…

  September 12, 2024

  1940s, event & history, Execution, Hideki Tojo, History Daily, Imperial Japan, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese Prime Minister, Suicide Attempt, United States, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial

  1940s, event & history, Execution, Hideki Tojo, History Daily, Imperial Japanese Navy, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese Prime Minister, Suicide Attempt, United States, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial

• A Japanese Floatplane From the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Submarine I-25 Drops Bombs on an Oregon State Forest to Start a Forest Fire to Divert American War Resources. September 9, 1942.

  Image: Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” seaplane. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 9, 1942, a Japanese floatplane from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s submarine I-25 drops incendiary bombs on an Oregon state forest to start a massive forest fire to divert American war resources. This was the first air attack…

  September 9, 2023

  1940s, American History, History Daily, Imperial Japanese Navy, World War II

  1940s, American History, History Daily, Imperial Japanese Navy, World War II