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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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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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Vinnytsia pays tribute to victims of Russian missile strikes on July 14, 2022

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 12, 2024 - The monument to pilots who perished during the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders in 1944 is pictured during a flash mob to commemorate the victims of the Russian missile strike on downtown Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

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Remains of Korean man to return home 70 yrs after death

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - O Jong Ja (L) from Busan, South Korea, puts into a new urn on July 27, 2014, the bones of her father O Il Sang who was mobilized to work at a coal mine in the town of Numata in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido during World War II and died in 1944. A Japanese civic organization identified the bones.

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families.

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Gen. Hideki Tojo said Yasukuni ought only to honor dead vets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of a secret document dated July 15, 1944, issued under the name of Army Minister Hideki Tojo. The document says only military personnel and civilian military employees whose deaths ''resulted directly from military service'' should be enshrined at Yasukuni.

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Hideki Tojo

Born on Dec. 30, 1884 and died on Dec. 23, 1948. Tojo was army general and served as prime minister from 1941 to 1944. In July 1940, Tojo was appointed to the post of army minister and pushed for the conclusion of the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy. Following his taking office as prime minister in October 1941, Japan made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). In July 1944, he was removed from office. Just before being arrested as a class A war criminal, he attempted to kill himself on Sept. 11, 1945. Tojo was indicted by the International Military Tribunal and was hanged on Dec. 23, 1948.

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Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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Louisiana Hayride film (1944)

Richard Lane, Matt Willis & Minerva Urecal Characters: J. Huntington McMasters,Jeb Crocker & Ma Crocker Film: Louisiana Hayride (1949) Director: Charles Barton 13 July 1944 Date: 13-Jul-1944

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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante film (1940)

Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney Characters: Betsy Booth & Andrew 'Andy' Hardy Film: Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1944) Director: George B. Seitz 05 July 1940 Date: 05-Jul-1940

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Three Of A Kind film (1944)

Shemp Howard & Billy Gilbert Characters: Shemp Howard & Billy Guilbert Film: Three Of A Kind; Cookin' Up Trouble (1942) Director: D. Ross Lederman 22 July 1944 Date: 22-Jul-1944

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Thunderhoof film (1948)

Thunderhoof The Horse Film: Thunderhoof (1944) Director: Phil Karlson 08 July 1948 Date: 08-Jul-1948

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TEDDINGTON STUDIOS, England, January 1948. Owned by the U

TEDDINGTON STUDIOS, England, January 1948. Owned by the US company Warner Bros, picture shows Stage 2 of two stages. The original Stage 2 was completely destroyed by V1 bombs on 5th July 1944 as was much of the rest of the studio. There were 3 fatalities. The studios covered four and a half acres at this time, Stage 1 measuring 146 feet by 72 ft Stage 2 - 135ft by 85 ft. The rebuilt studio stage was formally opened on Thurs 29 January 1948 by US star actor Danny Kaye, for the studio's owners Warner Bros.The first production at the rebuilt studio was NOOSE starring Americans Carole Landis and Joseph Calleia, produced by Edward Dryhurst and directed by Edmond T Greville from a play by Richard Llewellyn

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TEDDINGTON STUDIOS JULY 6, 1944 SHOWING V1 FLYING BOMB DAMAG

TEDDINGTON STUDIOS JULY 6, 1944 SHOWING V1 FLYING BOMB DAMAGE

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TEDDINGTON STUDIOS JULY 6, 1944 SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO STAGE

TEDDINGTON STUDIOS JULY 6, 1944 SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO STAGE 2 FROM A V1 ROCKET

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Documents on 1943-1944 volcanic activities on Mt. Usu found at police station

Police in Date, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, show the press on July 27, 2015, a file of documents describing volcanic activities on Mt. Usu between December 1943 and August 1944. The file was recently discovered together with photos at the Date Police Station in the southwestern Hokkaido city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Map showing houses during Mt. Usu's 1943-1944 eruptions found at police station

Police in Date, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, show the press on July 27, 2015, a handwritten map showing locations of houses at the foot of Mt. Usu drawn in the early stage of its volcanic eruptions between December 1943 and August 1944. The map was recently discovered along with other documents and photos at the Date Police Station in the southwestern Hokkaido city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police display documents on Mt. Usu's 1943-1944 volcanic activities

Police in Date, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, show the press on July 27, 2015, a file of documents describing volcanic activities on Mt. Usu between December 1943 and August 1944. The file was recently discovered along with other documents and photos at the Date Police Station in the southwestern Hokkaido city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of 1943-1944 volcanic activities on Mt. Usu found at police station

Police in Date, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, show the press on July 27, 2015, photos of volcanic activities on Mt. Usu between December 1943 and August 1944. The photos were recently discovered along with documents at the Date Police Station in the southwestern Hokkaido city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.

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Gen. Hideki Tojo said Yasukuni ought only to honor dead vets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of a secret document dated July 15, 1944, issued under the name of Army Minister Hideki Tojo. The document says only military personnel and civilian military employees whose deaths ''resulted directly from military service'' should be enshrined at Yasukuni. (Kyodo)

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families. (Kyodo)

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Remains of Korean man to return home 70 yrs after death

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - O Jong Ja (L) from Busan, South Korea, puts into a new urn on July 27, 2014, the bones of her father O Il Sang who was mobilized to work at a coal mine in the town of Numata in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido during World War II and died in 1944. A Japanese civic organization identified the bones. (Kyodo)

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Tomas Petricek, commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek delivers a speech at the commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, which starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek delivers a speech at the commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, which starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Stingl, commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The Prague Shoah Memorial director Pavel Stingl attends the commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, which starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Lubomir Zaoralek, commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

Czech Culture Minister Lubomir Zaoralek attends the commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, which starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944

The commemorative event of liquidation the so called Theresienstadt family camp BIIb in Birkenau in 1944, starts on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the former Radiotrh, the meeting point for Jewish transports (by the commemorative plaque next to Mama Shelter Prague hotel) and than continue in The Great Hall of Veletrzni Palace where the Jan Lukas photos with texts from Ondrej Kundra The second life of Vendulka V were exhibited. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German). (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German). (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German). (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German). (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German). (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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memorial to Allied air raids unveiled in Most

History enthusiasts unveiled the Memorial to Allied Air Raids from 1944 to 1945 in the form of a German anti-aircraft gun in Most, Czech Republic, on July 4, 2020. It is situated in the place from where it attacked the Allied bombers during World War Two. The gun is installed in the original place, uncovered within archaeological research in the Sibenik Hill (the Galgenberg in German) On the photo are seen L-R Edvard D. Benes and Karel Otto Novak of the North Bohemian Aviation Archive Most. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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Wartime letter released 55 years later

LOS ANGELES, United States - The photo shows a copy of an envelop and letter sent to a Japanese soldier during World War II, which was made public by Banzai Derango, 74, of Oakland, Calif. The December 1943 letter, sent by Tokyo resident Hinako Hiramine to her brother-in-law Choji Nakamata, then stationed in Kolonia, Pohnpei, came into possession of Derango while he was posted in the port town of Garapan on Saipan from June to July in 1944.

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Hideki Tojo

Born on Dec. 30, 1884 and died on Dec. 23, 1948. Tojo was army general and served as prime minister from 1941 to 1944. In July 1940, Tojo was appointed to the post of army minister and pushed for the conclusion of the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy. Following his taking office as prime minister in October 1941, Japan made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). In July 1944, he was removed from office. Just before being arrested as a class A war criminal, he attempted to kill himself on Sept. 11, 1945. Tojo was indicted by the International Military Tribunal and was hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. (Kyodo)