Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part I

Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part I

Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background leading up to...
Japanese Air Raid on Calcutta – December 1943

Japanese Air Raid on Calcutta – December 1943

The Japanese air raid on Calcutta, India on December 5, 1943, while perhaps not of immense importance compared to many other events of World War Two, provides interesting perspective on the forces and tactics of the combatants in southeast Asia during the war. In the...