Civilians look at a turret salvaged from the wreck of the battleship Mutsu, early 1970’s. [1200×825]

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Austrian Gendarmerie in the British Occupied Sector, early 1950s. The British Enfield rifles would soon be ditched after Austria’s reunification. [574×601] »

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The superdreadnought Mutsu’s forward magazine exploded, sinking her while at anchor in the Hashirajima fleet anchorage on June 8th, 1943. The cause of the explosion has never been determined.

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