Themes
The history of wartime Japan, organised by theme.
Imperial Japanese Navy
大日本帝国海軍
The naval forces of the Empire of Japan, one of the most powerful navies in the Pacific War.
Shipbuilding
造船
Japan's wartime shipbuilding industry and the yards that built the Imperial fleet.
Aviation
航空
Military aviation, aircraft production, and air power in wartime Japan.
Atomic Bombing
原子爆弾投下
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
Wartime Government
戦時政府
The political and administrative apparatus that governed Japan during the war.
Heavy Industry
重工業
Steel, munitions, machinery, and industrial production for the war effort.
Strategic Bombing
戦略爆撃
Allied air raids against Japanese cities and industrial targets.
Science & Technology
科学技術
Wartime scientific research, weapons development, and technological programs.
Imperial Japanese Army
大日本帝国陸軍
Headquarters, divisions, schools, arsenals and airfields of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Special Attack (Kamikaze) Units
特攻
Bases, training sites and memorials of the special attack units of 1944–45.
Battle of Okinawa
沖縄戦
Sites of the 1945 ground battle on Okinawa and its remembrance.
Forced Labour & Prisoners of War
強制労働と捕虜
Sites of wartime labour mobilisation, POW camps and detention.
Colonial Rule
植民地統治
Administration, economy and society in Taiwan, Korea and Manchuria under Japanese rule.
Home Front & Mobilisation
銃後の国民生活
Civilian life under total war: evacuation, student mobilisation and rationing.
Surrender, Occupation & Repatriation
終戦・占領・引揚
The end of the war, the Allied occupation, war crimes trials and repatriation.
Homeland Defence
本土防衛
Fortresses, batteries, bunkers and preparations for the decisive battle on the home islands.