Season 14, Episode 8: Obligations, Disasters, and Atrocities
A photograph of the official signing of the Five Powers Treaty, in which the Entente powers agreed to shared limits on naval construction for ten years. Source: Public Domain
A chart depicting the sudden drop in battleship construction which occurred worldwide staring after the signing of the Five Powers Treaty in 1922. Source: The Land, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Two photographs depicting the Ryounkaku skyscraper. The left side shows the building during normal operation while the white was taken after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The building’s remains were later demolished. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the Nihonbashi and Kanba Districts of Tokyo after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. The largely black area on the left had been densely-packed residences. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the wreckage caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in the city of Yokohama. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of two vigilantes standing over two dead victims of the Kanto Massacre. Source: Public Domain
A memorial marker in Tokyo dedicated to the victims of the Kanto Massacre. Because of the cover-up that followed, we cannot be certain how many were killed. Source: Hotsuregua, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
