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RM2M9BCJ1–Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet during WW2, based in Sydney, Australia
RM2ADJ7JR–1930s USN PACIFIC FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIERS SARATOGA AND LEXINGTON SEEN FROM FLIGHT DECK OF CARRIER RANGER BEFORE WORLD WAR II - n143 HAR001 HARS CARRIERS USN FLIGHT DECK PACIFIC OCEAN SARATOGA SEEN BIPLANES BLACK AND WHITE HAR001 OLD FASHIONED RANGER
RM2ANW6RB–KAMIKAZE PILOTS Vintage 1940’s WW2 Image of a group of Japanese Kamikaze suicide pilots posing for a signed group photo to immortalise them before their final suicide flights as guided flying missiles in the Pacific War against the American Fleet. Japanese 'Kamikaze' or suicide pilots were used to attack Pearl Harbor World War II Second World War WWII JAPAN
RM2K1YTY8–Pearl Harbor Japanese attack, Pearl Harbor taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. USS WEST VIRGINIA aflame with frantic and dramatic efforts to extinguish the flames. WW2 Japan America 7th December 1941 The start of war in the Pacific
RM2A3RNP1–Admiral Chester William Nimiz, commander-in-chief of the American Pacific Fleet and the organizer of the naval victory.
RM2B01DE9–USA/Japan: USS Pennsylvania, USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland and USS Columbia enter Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, January 1945. The battleship USS Pennsylvania leads USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland, and USS Columbia into Lingayen Gulf before the landing on Luzon, Philippines in January 1945. Battleships and other big gun naval vessels that served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II were used primarily for offshore bombardment of enemy positions and as anti-aircraft screens for aircraft carriers.
RM2AWM1YX–OKINAWA1945 WW2 USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) flight deck, with her crew fighting fires caused by two Japanese Kamikaze hits. Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa and his wingman, flying Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen (Allied code name 'Zeke') fighters armed with 550-pound armor-piercing bombs struck Bunker Hill at 1005 Hours on May 11, 1945. Aided by low clouds and the fleet secured from General Quarters, the suicide pilots surprised the Americans, crashing into planes fully fueled and armed for takeoff. The explosions caused gasoline fires to start on the flight deck and in the hangar. Okinawa Pacific Ocean World War II
RF2E2GYCN–Admiral Chester William Nimiz, commander-in-chief of the American Pacific Fleet and the organizer of the naval victory.
RMBNM20K–WILLIAM HALSEY JNR (1882-1959) US Naval officer and Commander of the US Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan
RMFP8CX9–Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, pinning the Navy Cross on Doris 'Dorie' Miller, Steward's Mate 1/c, at a ceremony on board a U.S. Navy warship in Pearl Harbor, on May 27, 1942. Miller got the Navy Cross for his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and was the first black American to receive the award. Official US Navy Photo.
RMWHA1WY–WW2: The navy has just revealed that the Japanese super-battleship, Yamato, used fuel oil extracted from soy-beans in its last engagement. The huge dreadnaught is shown fleeing from aerial bombs and torpedoes of the US Pacific fleet on April 7th, 1945, the day it was sunk.
RM2B01C2Y–USA/Japan: Commemorative poster celebrating the US victory over Imperial Japan at Midway, 4-7 June 1942. Illustration by Larry Wolfe (public domain), 2011. The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
RM2RH1RPN–Pacific War, 1941-1945. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet from August 11 1941 until his death in “Operation Vengeance” on April 18 1943.
RMW7PXFW–Eastern Island showing the WW2 airstrip which was used to launch the initial attack on the Japanese fleet for the Battle of Midway, Midway, Central Pacific.
RFHMBC3X–Navy fighters during the attack on the Japanese fleet off Midway, June 4th to 6th 1942. In the center is visible a burning Japanese ship. (Navy)
RM2HEDW3A–PEARL HARBOR ATTACK Japanese aerial bombing attack on Pearl Harbor 7th December 1941 USS Arizona Battleship BB-39 battleship on fire and sinking
RMA1WCWN–WW2 Submarine USS Pampanito & Alcatraz Island,Both Tourist Attractions In San Francisco Bay In The USA.
RMCENFY8–Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma as head of Allied forces South East Asia Command SEAC
RF2A0X8N7–Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 23rd 2019: Views of the USS Bowfin Submarine at the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites Visitor Centre.
RM2B01TAT–USA: Admiral William Frederick 'Bull' Halsey (30 October 1882 - 16 August 1959), 1945. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. (commonly referred to as 'Bill' or 'Bull' Halsey) was a U.S. Naval officer. He commanded the South Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan. Later he was commander of the Third Fleet through the duration of hostilities.
RMPCGC9T–PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2017) Adm. Scott Swift, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, right, and Pearl Harbor survivor Delton 'Wally' Walling, left, talk following the conclusion of the floral tribute aboard the USS Arizona Memorial during the 76th Anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The 76th commemoration, co-hosted by the U.S. Military, the National Park Service and the State of Hawaii, provided veterans, family members, service members and the community a chance to honor the sacrifices made by those who were present Dec. 7, 1941, as well as through
RM2AMF2FY–American fighters during the attack on the Japanese fleet off Midway, in June of 1942. At center a burning Japanese ship is visible. The Japanese airc
RMHEWT36–USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a fleet attack submarine that fought in the Pacific during WWII, and helped to make famous the term, “Silent Service.” Bowfin was launched on 7 December 1942, exactly one year to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger, so it is fitting that she is permanently homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
RM2E2GY4D–The most modern units of the American fleet participate in Pacific operations. The cruiser 'Philadelphia', preceding the cruiser' Augusta', on reconna
RM2TDA26A–TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 September 1945 - US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz signs the Instrument of Surrender of Japan as United States Representative a
RMDC0MND–1900s 1918 FORMIDABLE DREADNOUGHT OF USA NAVY THE USS PENNSYLVANIA FLAGSHIP ATLANTIC FLEET WWI AND PACIFIC WWII
RM2RBTDGB–Japan, September 23, 1942 A periscope photograph of a Japanese freighter going under after it was torpedoed by a US Pacific Fleet submarine in Japanese homeland waters.
RMGAFK72–Air Leasing Ltd's Supermarine Seafire LFIIIc PP972 at the 2016 Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day,Somerset.
RM2T7KYCC–The end of the 'Empress of Britain', a liner of the Canadian Pacific Fleet after it was attacked by German dive bombers during the Second World War on the 26th October 1940. about 70 miles northwest of Ireland it was spotted by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C Condor long-range bomber, which strafed the ship three times and struck her twice with 250 kg (550 lb) bombs. Six hundred of the 5643 people on board were rescued.
RM2RH1TRG–Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941. A photo captured by a low-flying Japanese plane captures United States Navy vessels in the “Battleship Row” during the early stages of the attack, Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941.
RMEG4625–Eastern Island showing the WW2 airstrip which was used to launch the initial attack on the Japanese fleet the Battle Midway Midway Central Pacific.
RMT15CBH–The Supermarine Seafire, a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for, and and taking off from, an aircraft carrier. From 1942 onwards, the first operationally-viable Seafire F Mk III variant were delivered.It provided air cover during the Allied landings in North Africa in 1942; in July 1943, for the Allied invasion of Sicily and the subsequent Allied invasion of Italy and in 1944, during the Normandy landings. During the latter half of 1944, the Seafire became a part of the aerial component of the British Pacific Fleet, where it quickly proved to be a capable interceptor.
RMA1WCXJ–WW2 Submarine USS Pampanito & Alcatraz Island,Both Tourist Attractions In San Francisco Bay In The USA.
RMDA7DT1–Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera and Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of US Pacific Fleet, throw flowers into the wishing well aboard the USS Arizona Memorial to honor those that lost their lives during the attack of Pearl Harbor July 2, 2013 in Pearl Harbor, HI.
RME1CTBR–U.S. invasion Fleet along the coast of Leyte Island in the Philippines on D-Day, Oct. 20, 1944. World War 2, Pacific Ocean.
RM2B01TAX–USA: Admiral William Frederick 'Bull' Halsey (30 October 1882 - 16 August 1959), 1947. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. (commonly referred to as 'Bill' or 'Bull' Halsey) was a U.S. Naval officer. He commanded the South Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan. Later he was commander of the Third Fleet through the duration of hostilities.
RMKWCMTK–President Harry Truman awarding Admiral Chester Nimitz a Gold Star at the White House. Nimitz was Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War 2. At far left is Adm. Ernest King; Mrs. Catherine Nimitz is beside her husband. Oct. 5, 1945. - (BSLOC 2014 15 28)
RM2B01TB4–USA: Admiral Chester William Nimitz (24 February 1885 - 20 February 1966). Oil on board painting by Dean Cornwell (5 March 1892 - 4 December 1960), 1944. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land and sea forces during World War II. He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939.
RM2B01DE0–USA/Japan: Headline of the San Antonio Express (Texas) on 8 December, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia.
RM2DP4XTX–Texas, Gillespie County, Fredericksburg, National Museum of the Pacific War, bronze statue of Fleet Admiral Chester W.. Nimitz, born 1885 in Frederick
RMC8A02J–CHESTER NIMITZ (1885-1966) C-inC of the US Pacific Fleet on 11 May 1944 with James Forrestal, Navy Under-Secretary
RM2B01DE1–USA/Japan: The USS Tennessee and USS West Virginia (left) and the wreck of the USS Arizona, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia.
RM2TBHTB3–A sketch by Frank H Mason of Japanese bombers bombing and torpedoing the Royal Navy warships,HMS 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse', as the sailed to intercept a Japanese convoy near Malaya during the Second World War. The attack on the 10th December 1941 resulted in the loss of both ships.
RM2B0312M–USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. During World War II, she carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, en route to a crucial 1943 meeting in Tehran with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok in advance of Allied amphibious landings and screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. S
RMEY7545–Preserved Grumman Martlet or Wildcat WW2 US UK fighter aircraft at the 2015 Flying Legends airshow
RM2B0312K–USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. During World War II, she carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, en route to a crucial 1943 meeting in Tehran with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok in advance of Allied amphibious landings and screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. S
RMB2A6HF–British Fairey Barracuda torpedo dive bombers of 814 squadron Fleet Air Arm over the Indian Ocean 1945. Digital illustration
RM2B031MB–The Borneo Campaign of 1945 was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area. In a series of amphibious assaults between 1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, under Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, attacked Japanese forces occupying the island. Allied naval and air forces, centred on the US 7th Fleet under Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, 1TAF and the US Thirteenth Air Force also played important roles in the campaign. The goals of this campaign were to capture Borneo's oilfields and Brunei Bay to support the US-led invasion of Japan and British-led liberation of Malaya whi
RMHAG80E–FILE - A file picture dated 23 April 2015 shows the memorial to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, USA. The ship was sunk when Japan attacked the harbour on 07 December 1941, destroying part of the US Pacific Fleet. Photo: Chris Melzer/dpa
RM2B01DE3–USA/Japan: The USS Shaw exploding during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
RMA1WCWX–WW2 Submarine USS Pampanito & Alcatraz Island,Both Tourist Attractions In San Francisco Bay In The USA.
RM2B01DEA–USA/Japan: USAF F4U and F6F planes fly in formation over the USS Missouri and elements of the US fleet in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, September 2, 1945. On August 28, the occupation of Japan by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers began. The surrender ceremony was held on September 2 aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri, at which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, ending World War II.
RMKWCP43–President Harry Truman awarding Admiral Chester Nimitz a Gold Star at the White House. Nimitz was Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War 2. At far left is Adm. Ernest King; Mrs. Catherine Nimitz is beside her husband. Oct. 5, 1945. - (BSLOC 2014 15 28)
RM2B03324–The invasion of Iwo Jima began on February 19, 1945, and continued to March 27, 1945. The battle was a major initiative of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The Marine invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the airfields on the island, which up until that time had harried U.S. bombing missions to Tokyo. Once the bases were secured, they could then be of use in the impending invasion of the Japanese mainland. The battle was marked by some of the fiercest fighting of the War. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden art
RM2B03325–The invasion of Iwo Jima began on February 19, 1945, and continued to March 27, 1945. The battle was a major initiative of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The Marine invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the airfields on the island, which up until that time had harried U.S. bombing missions to Tokyo. Once the bases were secured, they could then be of use in the impending invasion of the Japanese mainland. The battle was marked by some of the fiercest fighting of the War. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden art
RM2RBTD21–Pacific Ocean: April, 1945 A U. S. Navy Task Force with nearly every kind of combat ship shown at anchor. In the foreground are destroyers and destroyer escorts, to the right are transports. In upper third are tankers, Essex class carriers, Independence class light carriers, more tankers, and cargo ships.
RM2B030K9–The Yamato, named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) main guns. Neither ship survived the war. Laid down in 1937 and formally commissioned a week after the Pearl Harbor attack in late 1941, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Jap
RM2RH1T67–Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941. American aircraft and facilities at Wheeler Army Airfield burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941.
RM2B01RC1–USA/Japan: 'What do YOU say, America?' World War II propaganda poster produced by the Office of War Information, Washington DC, featuring Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Yamamoto, c. 1941-1945. Isoroku Yamamoto (4 April 1884 - 18 April 1943) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and mastermind of Pearl Harbour. Yamamoto held several important posts in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganisations, especially its development of naval aviation.
RM2HX6530–Jap Plane Salvaged -- This Japanese plane being salvaged from the waters of Pearl Harbour is one of more than twenty shot down by alert U.S. Pacific fleet gunners on December 7th, 1941. April 8, 1942.
RM2T1K56G–HMS Belfast during the Second World War British Pacific Fleet 1945: HMS BELFAST photographed in the South Atlantic from HMS BERWICK.
RM2HX66JY–Flattop Meets Skyscrapers -- Veteran of the Pacific carrier USS enterprise steams up the river past New York's downtown skyscrap as it arrives in the big city. It was first Major Pacific fleet ship to ***** preparatory to Navy Day (Oct.27th). October 17, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
RMDT3PN1–Postage stamp from the USSR depicting the Vladivostok rostral column and Pacific Fleet ships,liberation of Far Eastern Republics
RMHAG809–FILE - A file picture dated 23 April 2015 shows a US flag flying over the memorial to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, USA. The ship was sunk when Japan attacked the harbour on 07 December 1941, destroying part of the US Pacific Fleet. Photo: Chris Melzer/dpa
RM2HX6531–Significantly the Rising Sun pours down thru tropic clouds upon some battle wagons of the U.S. Pacific fleet in the mighty American navy base, Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu. This great landlocked base has anchorages for more than the 160 ships of the Pacific fleet. These warships stand ready for any emergency in the western Pacific. This base was declared a secret areaby President's Roosevelt's executive proclamation May 31, 1939. February 27, 1940.
RM2HX66KX–Suicide In Vain -- After the Jap plane hit, sailors rush across the flight deck with fire-fighting equipment to extinguish the blaze. Using one of its last resorts to stop the advance of the British and Americans, Japan sent pilots out on suicide missions during the recent Okinawa campaign. This British Pacific fleet carrier was the victim of a crash-diving Jap suicide plane during recent operations off the 'Sakishima Islands, a few hundred miles from the Japanese Mainland, when the British were
RF2A0X7BY–Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 23rd 2019: Mountain views in the background of Fort Island Bridge. Taken from Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
RM2HX66P6–Coordinated Attack Rips Iwo Jima -- Surface units of the Pacific Fleet, aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas, and B-29's of the XXI Bomber Command attacked Iwo Jima in a coordinated action on January 23 (west longitude date). Our surface units inflicted severe damage on island installations. The above photos show ships of the attacking unit pouring their shells into the Japanese stronghold where fires were visible 15 to 20 miles away. Guns blazing, the task force steams along
RM2RH1T76–Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941. A Japanese aerial photo taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor shows United States Navy vessels in the “Battleship Row” sustaining damage from Japanese bombings, December 7 1941.
RFRTNR7W–Tourists taking in the experience at the Pearl Harbor museum on August 5, 2016 in Oahu. Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan in 1941 brought United States
RMHWGE5A–PEARL HARBOR ATTACK Japanese attack on Pear Harbor 7th December 1941 USS Arizona Battleship BB-39 battleship on fire and sinking
RM2T1M354–HMS Belfast during the Second World War British Pacific Fleet 1945: HMS BELFAST leaving the Tyne, after a refit to prepare her for service in the Far East.
RM2JN93J1–The first Fairey Firefly of 1770 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with rockets attached, taking off from the flight deck of HMS Indefatigable during the carrier-borne air strike on the Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra. The Firefly was a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm.
RM2B03330–The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. It was the last campaign of the Second World War, and the largest of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War which resumed hostilities between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan after almost six years of peace. Temporary Soviet gains on the continent were Manchukuo, Inner Mongolia and northern Korea. The Soviet entry into the war and the defeat of the Kwantung Army was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision to surrender.
RMHAG80K–FILE - A file picture dated 23 April 2015 shows the USS Missouri at the Pearl Harbour naval base, Hawaii, USA. On 2 September 1944, Japan signed an undonditional surrender on the warship, which went into service in 1944. Japan attacked the Pearl Harbour on 07 December 1941, destroying part of the US Pacific Fleet. Photo: Chris Melzer/dpa
RM2B01TB6–USA: Brigadier General John Allen Hilger (11 January 1909 - 3 February 1982), 1960s. John Allen Hilger was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Born in Sherman, Texas, Hilger graduated from Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and was commissioned in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934. He was assigned to the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron as commander in May 1940; flying North American B-25 Mitchell bombers on anti-submarine patrols from December 1941. He was selected by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle for what became known as the Doolittle Raid, bombing Nagoya in 1942.
RMD43CW6–US Navy battleship the USS Arizona burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
RF2A0X7HT–Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 23rd 2019: Mountain views in the background of Fort Island Bridge. Taken from Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
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