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World War II
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.
May 08, 2020
Kyrgyzstan’s Forgotten Role in World War II
By David Prentice
In total, around 365,000 Kyrgyz were mobilized by the Soviet Union to fight against Nazi Germany.
January 28, 2020
Were Tankers the Key to Imperial Japan’s Early Wartime Success?
By Robert Farley
Japan had come to appreciate the value of at-sea replenishment for its navy early on.
October 23, 2019
Leyte Gulf: Lost in History?
By Robert Farley
The greatest naval battle of the modern era is under-remembered.
September 11, 2019
Echoes of United Fruit in Japan-Korea Trade Spat
By Justin Fendos
Should companies be legally responsible for the working conditions of their foreign laborers in other countries?
February 19, 2019
Tokyo, March 10, 1945: The Day of the Deadliest Attack in the History of Human Warfare
By Robert Farley
A new account offers a devastating picture of what the attack looked like from the air.
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