WW2 Japanese Patriotic Postcards

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Translations by Tom Helm of the Northern California Japanese Sword Club

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Yuyake no Kaijo wo yuku sensuikan
Iizuka Reiji egaku

Submarines underway at sunset upon the open ocean
Picture by Iizuka Reiji

 

 
postcard-02 Nampasen wo tasukeru kuchikukan
Iizuka Reiji egaku

Destroyer coming to the aid of a shipwreck
Picture by Iizuka Reiji


 
postcard-03 (Beikoku Kaigun Daienshu)
Bei kantai mosha no sokan

(Large scale US naval exercises)
The Spectacle of Heavy Fire from a US Squadron


 
postcard-04 Tekikan wo nerau Gyorai Hassha-kan
Iizuka Reiji egaku

Taking aim on an enemy ship with torpedo tubes
Picture by Iizuka egaku


 
postcard-05 Choton no Shingun

Marching out at the break of dawn


 
postcard-06 Torpedo Destroyers
Saishin-kei Kuchikukan dotochu no koshin

The latest class of Destroyers forging ahead thru heavy seas


 
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postcard-09 Unsosen wo mamoru kuchikukan Matsuzoe
Takeshi egaku

Destroyers escorting (protecting) Troop ships picture by Matsuzoe
Takeshi

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postcard-10 Teikoku kaigun no Shunobu (Showa 11nen 7gatsu 9nichi genzai)

Nagano Osamu Kakka Kaigun Daijin Kaigun Taisho

Fujita Hisanori kakka Gochinjufu Shirei-chokan Kaigun Taisho

Fushimi no miya Hiroyasu Odenka Gunreibu-Socho

Yonai Mitsumasa kakka Yokosuka chinjufu shirei-chokan Kaigun Chusho

Matsushita Hajime kakka Sasebo chinjufu shirei-chokan kaigun chusho

Our Imperial Navy Leadership (brain trust)
His Excellency Nagano Osamu Secretary of the Navy, Admiral

His Excellency Fujita Hisanori Commander-in-chief Naval Forces, Admiral

His Highness Fushimi no miya Hiroyasu Secretary General Naval General
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His excellency Yonai Mitsumasa
Commander-in-chief Yokosuka Naval Station, Vice Admiral

His Excellency Matsushita Hajime
Commander-in-chief Sasebo Naval Station, Vice Admiral


 
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postcard-13 Sensuikan wo daiteyasumaseru Sensuibokan Iizuka Reiji egaku

Submarines harboring safely with a Submarine Tender


 
postcard-14 Suiraisentai yami ni jojite tekino shuryokukan wo osou
Suzuki Gyosui egaku

Destroyer squadron taking advantage of the nighttime attack an enemy capitol ship
Picture by Suzuki Gyosai

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postcard-15 15 Teki no shuryokukan ni gyorai wo hanatsu raigekiki
Suzuki Gyorai egaku

Torpedo planes releasing their weapons on an enemy capitol ship
Picture by Suzuki Gyorai

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postcard-17 Teki no sensuikan wo gekichin-suru kuchikukan
Matsuzoe Takeshi egaku

Destroyers sinking an enemy submarine
Picture by Matsuzoe Takeshi

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postcard-18 Gaikoku no Minato ni haitta Renshukan no hosho
Ito Kikuzo egaku

Sentry on a training ship entering a foreign harbor
Picture by Ito Kikuzo

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Ryojun Senseki Nogi Taisho Togo Taisho kaiken kinen

Port Arthur war record - commemorating the meeting of Admiral Togo and General Nogi

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postcard-22 Waga kantai no soshiki (Showa 11 nen do)
Our fleet organisation (11th year of Showa )

Dai ichi kantai ( First Fleet)
Dai ichi sentai (First Squadron) Nagato and Fuso
Dai san sentai (Third Squadron) Kirishima and Haruna
Dai hachi sentai (Eight Squadron) Shintsu, Nagaba and Sendai
Dai ichi suirai sentai (First Destroyer Squadron)
Abuguma to Kuchiku-tai 3 (and Destroyer group 3)
Dai ichi sensui sentai (First Submarine Squadron)
Jingai to sensuitai 3 (and Submarine group 3)
Dai ichi koku sentai (First Air Fleet)
Hosho, Ryujo to kuchikutai 1 (and Destroyer group 1)

Dai ni Kantai (Second Fleet)
Dai go sentai (Fifth Squadron)
Myoko, Haguro and Nachi
Dai nana sentai (Seventh Squadron) Kinugasa and Aoba
Dai ni suirai sentai (Second Destroyer Squadron)
Naka to Kuchikutai 4 (and Destroyer Flotilla 4)
Dai ni Sensui sentai (Second Submarine Squadron)
Kinu to Sensuitai 2 ( and Second Submarine group)
Dai ni Kokukantai (Second Air Fleet)
Kaga to Kuchikutai 1 (and Destroyer Flotilla 1)

Dai San kantai (Third Fleet)
Dai ju sentai (10th Squadron)
Izuma and Kuma
Dai juichi sentai (11th Squadron)
Ataka to juni kan (and 12 other ships)
Dai go suirai sentai (Fifth Destroyer Squadron)
Yubari to kuchikutai 2 (and Second Destroyer Flotilla)
Dai san kokusentai (Third Air Fleet)
Kamoi to kuchikutai 1 (and First Destroyer Flotilla)

Renshu kantai (Training Fleet)
Iwate and Yagumo

Shashin wa ue kara (photos from the top down)

Rengo Kantai ken Dai ichi Kantai Shireichokan
(Commander-in-Chief Combined Fleet and First Fleet)
Admiral Takahashi Sankichi

Dai ni Kantai Shireichokan
(Commander-in-Chief Second Fleet)
Vice-Admiral Kato Takayoshi

Dai san Kantai Shireichokan
(Commander-in-Chief Third Fleet)
Vice-Admiral Kawa Koshiro

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