by Richard Dunn | Dec 27, 2023 | Allied Forces, Japanese
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...
by Richard Dunn | Aug 29, 2023 | Japanese
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...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 21, 2023 | Japanese
This article constitutes a preliminary effort to relate the victory claims of Chief Petty Officer Takao Okumura on 14 September 1943 to Allied activities and actual losses. Okumura’s ten victories in a single day are believed to constitute the highest one day claim of...
