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 ...
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 ...