The aircraft that attacked HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse were Mitsubishi G3M and G4M bombers of the #IJNAS #大日本帝國海軍航空隊 operating out of Malaya. They were armed with bombs and torpedoes. The ships never stood a chance. #IJN #ImperialJapaneseNavyAirService #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
Sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse propaganda postcard, 1941. The ‘Battle Off the Malay Coast’ was more important than the attack on Pearl Harbor. It extinguished British sea power in the Far East; the precise moment in the history of warfare where air power overtook the battleship.
Sinking the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse propaganda postcard, 1941. | Old Tokyo
"The dispatch of British capital ships to Singapore had been part of the Admiralty's strategic planning since the naval base had been expanded and fortified beginning in the early 1920s. The scale of ...
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December 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM
The aircraft that attacked HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse were Mitsubishi G3M and G4M bombers of the #IJNAS #大日本帝國海軍航空隊 operating out of Malaya. They were armed with bombs and torpedoes. The ships never stood a chance. #IJN #ImperialJapaneseNavyAirService #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
Kawanishi E15K Shiun, was a Japanese single-engine reconnaissance floatplane developed during World War II. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aeroplane #aviation #Aircraft #airplane #Floatplane #ImperialJapaneseNavyAirService #KawanishiE15K #SecondWorldWar #WorldWar2 #WW2
June 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Kawanishi E15K Shiun, was a Japanese single-engine reconnaissance floatplane developed during World War II. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aeroplane #aviation #Aircraft #airplane #Floatplane #ImperialJapaneseNavyAirService #KawanishiE15K #SecondWorldWar #WorldWar2 #WW2