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Raadi Manor

Tartu, 17.11.2025. Raadi ManorÂ´s main building was destroyed by the bombing in 1944. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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Raadi Manor

Tartu, 17.11.2025. Raadi ManorÂ´s main building was destroyed by the bombing in 1944. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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Raadi Manor

Tartu, 17.11.2025. Raadi ManorÂ´s main building was destroyed by the bombing in 1944. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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Wartime Japan PM Koiso's government inaugurated

Cabinet ministers under the government of wartime Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Kuniaki Koiso (1st row, 2nd from R) pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 22, 1944, following its inauguration.

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. A memorial ceremony was held at the Forest Ceremony, with a procession, speech and laying of flowers at the grave of Otto Tief (Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer)and memorial to members of his government. Photo Martin Pedaja, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tartu. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. The memorial ceremony took place at Vana-Jaani cemetery on the grave of Enn Tarto- an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. A memorial ceremony was held at the Forest Ceremony, with a procession, speech and laying of flowers at the grave of Otto Tief (Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer)and memorial to members of his government. Photo Martin Pedaja, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. A memorial ceremony was held at the Forest Ceremony, with a procession, speech and laying of flowers at the grave of Otto Tief (Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer)and memorial to members of his government. Photo Martin Pedaja, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tartu. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. The memorial ceremony took place at Vana-Jaani cemetery on the grave of Enn Tarto- an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tartu. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. The memorial ceremony took place at Vana-Jaani cemetery on the grave of Enn Tarto- an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tartu. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. The memorial ceremony took place at Vana-Jaani cemetery on the grave of Enn Tarto- an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tallinn. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. A procession of Estonian academic organizations, including fraternities and sororities, took place in Tallinn's Town Hall Square and moved along Harju tÃ¤nav toward the Monument to the War of Independence in Freedom Square, where memorial wreaths were laid at the foot of the War of Independence Victory Column. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Resistance Day

22.09.2025, Tartu. Resistance Day commemorates Estonian fight against 1944 Soviet reoccupation. The memorial ceremony took place at Vana-Jaani cemetery on the grave of Enn Tarto- an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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The anniversary of the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle

26.07.2025, SinimÃ¤e. More than 300 people took part in the memorial event for the Battle of the Tannenberg Line in Ida-Viru County. Celebrating the 81st anniversary and remembering those who fell in the 1944 SinimÃ¤e Battle, one of the bloodiest World War II battles of the Nordic-Baltic region. Photo Eero VabamÃ¤gi, Postimees

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Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

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Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

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Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

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Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - NORMANDY - MANCHE (50) - SAINTE MERE EGLISE: SITE 6: SAINTE MERE EGLISE. ON JUNE 5, 1944 AT 11 P.M., THE AMERICAN ALLIED FORCES PARACHUTED ABOVE SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE DURING OPERATION OVERLORD. 15,000 MEN WERE DROPPED ON THE VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, MAINLY FROM THE US 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PARATROOPERS FROM THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION DUE TO DROP ERRORS. THE GERMANS SHOOT AT THE PARATROOPERS WHO FALL TO THE GROUND. JOHN STEELE, ONE OF THEM, WAS HIT IN THE FOOT BY A BULLET, COULD NOT CONTROL HIS PARACHUTE AND FINALLY LANDED ON THE CHURCH TOWER AROUND 4:00 A.M. HE TRIED TO FREE HIMSELF FROM HIS PARACHUTE WHILE IN THE SQUARE, ALL AROUND THE CHURCH, THE BATTLE RAGED. HE THEN DECIDED TO PLAY DEAD IN ORDER TO AVOID SERVING AS A TARGET FOR THE ENEMY. AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS, A GERMAN SOLDIER CAME TO TAKE IT DOWN. STEELE WAS TREATED AND TAKEN PRISONER, ESCAPED THREE DAYS LATER, REJOINED ALLIED LINES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND. SINCE THEN, A MANNEQUIN HAS HUNG ON TH

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - NORMANDY - MANCHE (50) - SAINTE MARIE DU MONT: SITE 7: UTAH BEACH - LA MADELEINE - TERMINAL NO. 00 OF THE VOIE DE LA LIBERTE. THE FREEDOM ROUTE IS A 1,142 KILOMETER ROUTE WHICH COMMEMORATES THE VICTORY OF THE ALLIES AND THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT IS MATERIALIZED BY A SERIES OF KILOMETER MARKERS ALONG THE ROAD NETWORK BETWEEN UTAH BEACH (AND SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE FOR TERMINAL 0) AND BASTOGNE IN THE BELGIAN PROVINCE OF LUXEMBOURG, MARKING THE ROUTE FOLLOWED BY THE 3RD AMERICAN ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL PATTON. ON JUNE 6, 1944, IN NORMANDY, AMERICAN FORCES LANDED ON UTAH BEACH, 2.5 KILOMETERS FURTHER SOUTH THAN PLANNED. THIS NAVIGATION ERROR WAS BENEFICIAL, IT PUT THE AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF RANGE OF THE POWERFUL COASTAL BATTERIES OF CRISBECQ-SAINT-MARCOUF AND AZEVILLE. BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE 4TH US INFANTRY DIVISION, TOUCHED NORMANDY SOIL AT 6:40 A.M. WITH THE FIRST ASSAULT WAVE, MADE UP OF ELEMENTS OF THE 8TH INF

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - NORMANDY - MANCHE (50) - SAINTE MERE EGLISE: SITE 6: SAINTE MERE EGLISE. ON JUNE 5, 1944 AT 11 P.M., THE AMERICAN ALLIED FORCES PARACHUTED ABOVE SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE DURING OPERATION OVERLORD. 15,000 MEN WERE DROPPED ON THE VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, MAINLY FROM THE US 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PARATROOPERS FROM THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION DUE TO DROP ERRORS. THE GERMANS SHOOT AT THE PARATROOPERS WHO FALL TO THE GROUND. JOHN STEELE, ONE OF THEM, WAS HIT IN THE FOOT BY A BULLET, COULD NOT CONTROL HIS PARACHUTE AND FINALLY LANDED ON THE CHURCH TOWER AROUND 4:00 A.M. HE TRIED TO FREE HIMSELF FROM HIS PARACHUTE WHILE IN THE SQUARE, ALL AROUND THE CHURCH, THE BATTLE RAGED. HE THEN DECIDED TO PLAY DEAD IN ORDER TO AVOID SERVING AS A TARGET FOR THE ENEMY. AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS, A GERMAN SOLDIER CAME TO TAKE IT DOWN. STEELE WAS TREATED AND TAKEN PRISONER, ESCAPED THREE DAYS LATER, REJOINED ALLIED LINES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND. SINCE THEN, A MANNEQUIN HAS HUNG ON TH

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. NORMANDY. CALVADOS (14) GOLD BEACH - REMAINS OF THE ALLIED ARTIFICIAL PORT B (FOR BRITISH) AT ARROMANCHES LES BAINS. MULBERRY HARBOUR WAS BUILT TO SUPPLY THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE NORMANDY LANDINGS. IN FACT, TWO PORTS WERE ASSEMBLED OFF THE BEACHES OF CALVADOS, BUT ONLY THE ONE AT ARROMANCHES WAS TO BECOME OPERATIONAL, THE SECOND OFF OMAHA BEACH BEING DESTROYED BY A STORM ON 19 JUNE 1944. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PORT MEANT THAT THE ALLIES DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE A DEEP-WATER PORT DIRECTLY. MULBERRY HARBOUR WAS MADE UP OF SEVERAL LARGE ELEMENTS PREFABRICATED IN ENGLAND, TRANSPORTED AND ASSEMBLED ON THE NORMANDY COAST. THIS ARTIFICIAL PORT HAS OFTEN BEEN CREDITED WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY AND PRESENTED AS AN EXAMPLE OF LOGISTICAL AND MILITARY GENIUS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from 2nd from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk to a survivor of the U.S. torpedo attack on the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II on June 5, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.