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Image: Japanese Marines in Christmas Island 1942

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Description: SNLF soldiers posing with a captured British coastal gun after the conquest of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, April 1942. Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any resistance...
Title: Japanese Marines in Christmas Island 1942
Credit: Showa era Japan (1930s-1940s)
Author: Japanese Press (1930s-1940s)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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