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First pictures of the Japanese Occupation of Peiping in China

Photograph showing Japanese troops entering Beijing on August 13, 1937, during the Japanese occupation of the city in the Second Sino-Japanese War.…

1945 Pacific Japanese Control

1945 Pacific Japanese Control

Flying Tigers blood chit from ROC National Government, provided courtesy of Robert Baldwin

A blood chit issued from the Aviation Committee, National Government of the Republic of China, to the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers). The…

USS ESSEX based TBMs and SB2Cs dropping bombs on Hokadate, Japan

USS ESSEX based TBMs and SB2Cs dropping bombs on Hokadate, Japan

Robert T. Smith and P-40 Warhawk in Kunming

Flight leader and fighter ace Robert "R.T." Smith standing next to a Curtiss P-40 fighter at Kunming, China. The image shows the "Flying Tiger"…

Poster to recruit immigrants to Manchukuo

Japanese propaganda poster encouraging immigration and settlement in Manchukuo, the Japanese-controlled puppet state established in Manchuria. The…

A 16 year-old girl raped by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre

Photograph depicting a 16 year-old Chinese gil who was raped and infected with a venereal disease by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre

Li Xiuying in hospital, Nanjing Massacre

Photograph of Li Xiuying receiving medical treatment at Drum Tower Hospital, taken by American missionary John Magee. Li Xiuying was a 19-year-old…

1941 Chinese War Declaration vs Japan

Official declaration of war issued by the National Government of the Republic of China in Chongqing against Japan on December 9, 1941, following the…