Japan’s Hiryu represented the fierce capability of the Imperial Japanese Navy ... what Yours Truly considers to be the ...
The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its pilots more surely than its targets.
On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...
The Zero endures as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s efficiency and menace. Imperial Japan’s most iconic piece of military ...
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.
Since 1945 aircraft carriers have proved that they have an ... that development from its very beginnings in the First World War ...