The first kamikaze

The first and second crises over the Taiwan Strait’s small islands were crucial battles in a decade of relentless fighting

Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dead. As the 80th anniversary of the attacks approaches, Stephen Walker, one of the last writers to interview them, revisits what they told him

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Originally supplanting paratroops as a means of delivering soldiers precisely onto the battlefield, air assault became the standard for strategic planning in the Cold War. But as air threats have escalated, has peer-on-peer conflict made the tactic obsolete?

As host of the most American troops outside the United States, Japan is preparing itself amid fears of conflict between the U.S. and China

Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening