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World War II
December 08, 2022
Japanese Fighter Jets Visit Philippines for First Time Since 1945
By Sebastian Strangio
The two F-15s took part in a two-week exchange between the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and the Philippine Air Force.
September 19, 2022
2 Recent Books Provide Different Takes on the Firebombing of Tokyo
By Francis P. Sempa
Malcom Gladwell’s “The Bomber Mafia” and James M. Scott’s “Black Snow” continue the debate over U.S. military actions at the end of World War II.
September 09, 2022
Australia-Japan Relations: No Hostage to War Memory
By Shaun O'Dwyer
In the long term, reconciliation efforts and growing commercial relations with Japan helped dim bitter Pacific War memories in Australia.
May 19, 2022
Thai Archival Find May Resolve Fate of Missing WWII US Flyer
By Jerry Harmer and Tassanee Vejpongsa
The P-38 plane is believed to have crashed after being struck by lightning in November 1944.
July 23, 2021
UNESCO and Japan’s Rewriting of History
By Mindy L. Kotler
At UNESCO, Japan lays bare the difficulties of achieving shared values within the Quad.
February 17, 2021
After Manila: the Law of Armed Conflict and Victor’s Justice
By Robert Farley
At the time, the defense of Manila was the single most consequential event of the Pacific War from the point of view of the law of armed conflict.
February 13, 2021
Could the Destruction of Manila in 1945 Have Been Avoided?
By Robert Farley
The question vexed planners at the time, and has been debated extensively in the years since.
February 12, 2021
Remembering the Battle of Manila, 76 Years Later
By Robert Farley
The Battle of Manila was the largest urban contest of the Pacific War.
December 10, 2020
The Real Story of the Destruction of Force Z
By Robert Farley
Even more than Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the two British battleships served to convince political and naval authorities of the pre-eminence of airpower in the Pacific.
September 16, 2020
Divers in Southeast Asia May Have Found US Submarine Lost in WWII
By Grant Peck
Divers believe they’d found the wreckage of the the USS Grenadier in the Strait of Malacca.
August 14, 2020
75 Years Later, 1 Million Japanese War Dead Still Missing
By Associated Press
The missing Japanese make up about half of the 2.4 million soldiers who died overseas during Japan's military rampage across Asia.
August 03, 2020
Hiroshima at 75: A Painful Legacy Tempered by Hope and a Treaty
By Jon Letman
75 years later, Japan’s atomic bomb survivors – the hibakusha – still remember the day in devastating detail.
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