![]() In reality the badge is likely to be in the centre of an 1:2 flag. The flag is longer even then it would seem his gun prevents him from holding it up properly. ![]() The order of the lines tells us the Russian sailor is probably holding the flag the wrong way round. In this case the colour of the field really seems a bit darker than what would be the white stripe, so I expect this to be mustard yellow. The Second flag from the viewers left has the same colours running as four lines across the flag. The "tag" hanging in front of it would probably tell us all we wanted to know, but unfortunately it can't be read in the photograph. Indeed, this matches the location of Japanese mainland conquests. Though the colours can't be determined exactly, they would seem to follow the pattern on theįlag of Manchukuo. The flag held by the second flag from the viewer's left follow this patterns with its lines as well. At first sight it would appear to have two zigzag lines, as more Japanese flags have (Does anyone know more about what those stand for?), but a closer look reveals an extra lineĪbove, and the two dark lines might not be the exact same colour. The flag to the viewers right is the only one that is actually intended to be vertical, but the tag hanging in front of it makes it impossible to read the character. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 January 2013 Operation August Storm, the Soviet operation against Japan's mainland conquests,ĭirectly following the destruction of Hiroshima, Augustus 1945. No other information regarding the photograph, except that the page context is Not to load an enormous page full of images.Ĭaption: "Russian sailors with captured Japanese flags" (photo located about the centre of the page) Military planners gave up the "Go North" strategy and began to probeĪreas sensitive to the United States, thus culminating in the attack on In the wake of thisĭefeat, which was kept a secret from the Japanese public, Japanese Japanese were dead, and another 20,000 wounded. At theīattle of Khalkin-Gol (Nomonhan to the Japanese), Zhukov's forces wiped Mechanized units resulted in repeat reversals for the Japanese. The Red Army's surprise assault began in August, 1939, Response was to dispatch Lieutenant-General Georgi Zhukov to the region These were among the greatest airīattles ever recorded with 150-200 war plane formations. Starting in May, Soviet bombers attacked Manchukuo and InĪpril, 1939, the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army moved against Outer USSR's capacity to respond to a military challenge in the region. The Japanese Kwantung Army Command made a fatal miscalculation.Īccording to Japanese intelligence, Stalin's purges had weakened the īackground: In the months prior to the Nomonhan Incident, Showa 14 (1939), August, Nomonhan, in Japanese. This next item is Sasaki's signed Hinomaru Battleįlag made of silk and measuring 27 1/2 X 31 1/2 inches. ![]() Khalkin-Gol), 1939 all the former property of a Kwantung Army officer a rare group of items from the Nomonhan Incident (Battle of Image contributed by Bill Garrison, 23 January 2008 Private School of Kanai Seiran Technology In some cases flags with brightly painted strong animal like a tiger This was worn by soldiers as a good-luck belt to protect them against bulletsĭuring World War II. Is long piece of cloth with one thousand red thread stitches sewn by one thousand ![]() With family names and prayers for luck in the war and a thousand-stitch flag which I heard that it was popular for Japanese soldiers to bring folded national Hinomaru The bottom of the material is printed "U.S.N." Could you tell me more about these men on the ships returning home from Japan madeĭuplicates of these flags for souvenirs. Were brightly painted with pictures and family names and/or prayers. The Japanese soldiers would carry the flag folded inside their shirt and the flags My Dad was in Japan in World War 2 and brought back a Japanese flag. The following question was received by FOTW:
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