Historian in Japan reveals new insights from WWII aerial footage

Aerial warfare historian Yusuke Orita was thrilled when his decade-long effort to collect and analyze U.S. military war film ...
Stars and Stripes

Americans planned a massive invasion of Japan for November 1945. But it didn’t happen.

More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...
The Economist

The War Room newsletter: Seven of the best books on the Pacific war

This is the introduction to The War Room, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insights into defence and security. Sign up for The War Room. Good afternoon. In this edition of The ...
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Tsunami Fleet: The Secret Japanese Plan That Almost Sank the Pacific War

March 1944. In a hidden bay near Kyushu, Japanese engineers began work on Operation Z, an audacious plan to weaponize nature ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Japan marks anniversary of war surrender

TOKYO -- Japan paid tribute Friday to nearly 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...
The National Interest

The Post-War US-Japan Relationship Turns 80

Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War foundations. On September 2, 1945, on the deck of USS Missouri, Imperial Japan ...
The Diplomat

The Indo-Pacific Is Like the Cold War, But Not in the Way Most Think

The navies of Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity in the South China Sea, Apr. 7, 2024. Credit: U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication ...