ARTICLES
The Type 100 Headquarters Reconnaissance Plane in Japan’s Southeast Area 1942-1944
The Type 100 Headquarters Reconnaissance Plane commonly referred to simply as headquarters reconnaissance airplane (Shin-Shitei) was given the codename Dinah by Allied forces in the Pacific. Arguably it was one of Japan’s most successful aircraft....
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VIII – Kamikaze Tactics Succeed with Profound Consequences
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VII – Mass Japanese Attacks
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VI – The First Official Kamikaze Mission
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part V – The Allies Land at Leyte
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part IV – 16-18 October – Admiral Onishi Arrives at 1st Air Fleet Headquarters
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part III – The Ten Days
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...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part II – “The Kamikaze Idea”
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...
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...
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...