大東亜戦争 Dai Tō-A Sensō (The Great East Asia War)-----Day By Day

[dramos]

Christmas came early! This thread will be a great read!

[SHINDENKAI]

昭和十六年　十二月十六日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 16th, 1941

戰艦大和竣工 Completion of IJN Battleship Yamato

Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Yamato completed at the Kure Naval Factory.

Yamato' s sea trial (Possibly taken during late 1941)

ボルネオ上陸 Landing of Borneo Island

Imperial Japanese armed forces landed on British controlled Borneo Island.

Japanese occupation of British Borneo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Gunny Hartmann]

昭和十六年　十二月十六日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 16th, 1941

戰艦大和竣工 Completion of IJN Battleship Yamato

Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Yamato completed at the Kure Naval Factory.

Yamato' s sea trial (Possibly taken during late 1941)

ボルネオ上陸 Landing of Borneo Island

Imperial Japanese armed forces landed on British controlled Borneo Island.

Japanese occupation of British Borneo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That was one hell of a ship!...

[Alan M]

That was one hell of a ship!...

I agree , fantastic design the way she cuts through the water !

[Scout]

That was one hell of a ship!...

This.

An ignominious end to such a huge battleship.

I always thought it would have been nice, had it been captured intact in Tokyo Bay and have been preserved for posterity, but then thats not the way the cookie crumbles.....

[SHINDENKAI]

昭和十六年　十二月二十日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 20th, 1941

The impact of Dai Tō-A Sensō led the soaring of stock market.

[SHINDENKAI]

昭和十六年　十二月二十一日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 21th, 1941

日泰攻守同盟条約 Japan-Thailand Attack/Defence Alliance Treaty

Imperial Japan signed a Military Alliance Treaty with Thailand.

[SHINDENKAI]

昭和十六年　十二月二十二日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 22th, 1941

ウェーク島上陸　Landing of Wake Island

The Imperial Japanese Naval Landing Forces (Three Companies) landed on U.S. Naval Base at Wake Island.

[SHINDENKAI]

昭和十六年　十二月二十三日　Shouwa 16 (1941) December 23rd, 1941

日本軍ウェーク島完全占領　Imperial Japan Forces Captured Wake Island

U.S. Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Forces. Wake Island was renamed 大鳥島 (Ootori Shima) Big Bird Island, by Imperial Japan.

[Thanatos]

Fabulous mate.
I've just noticed your thread Taka. It's now on my watch list.
Again congrat's cobber on an excellent thread.

Best wishes
Dave