Half Blind This Japanese Pilot Managed To Fly His Damaged Zero For 5 Hours, Then Refusing Medical Attention Before Making His Mission Report
During WWII, Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai served as a naval aviator with the Imperial Japanese Navy. He claimed 64 victories, one of which was made after…
The Japanese Invasion Threat of Australia
Japanese intentions to invade mainland Australia during World War Two have long been the subject of passionate debate amongst historians worldwide. Some scholars are convinced that…
The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara – Saved Countless Jews From Nazi Deathcamps
Chiune Sugihara is not a name that immediately springs to mind when thinking of Japanese Second World War heroes, but his story is remarkable. Born…
Russian Army Deserter Found Living in Forest for 10 Years
A soldier in the Russian Army who deserted ten years ago has been found in the forests outside of Petropavlovsk, where he has been living…
German Jews Who Fled To the Philippines Were Saved From Japanese Brutality By Their Swastika Stamped Passports
During WWII, the Philippines was one of the few countries that accepted Jews. And while the swastika meant eventual death for Jews in Europe, it…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…
The Japanese Invasion Threat of Australia
Japanese intentions to invade mainland Australia during World War Two have long been the subject of passionate debate amongst historians worldwide. Some scholars are convinced that…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…
The Japanese Concentration Camps
Australian and Dutch prisoners of war at Tarsau in Thailand, 1943. Image Courtesy of Wikipedia 140,000 prisoners of war had passed, during the Second World…
Remembering Hiroo Onoda: Japanese Soldier who Fought WWII for 29 Years After It Ended!
Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier a brave and an amazing survivor. However, he was surviving and fighting for a war that has long since…
Retired Japanese Zero Fighter Warns Japan About Going to War Again
“Nothing is as terrifying as war,” retired Japanese Zero fighter, Kaname Harada, stressed out. In a speech he gave out recently, the former Zero fighter…
Nippon’s desperate final secret weapon to stop US Navy invasion: The near-sonic rocket propelled Kamikaze Bomb Ohka. – By Hans Wiesman
Japan’s Imperial Navy developed in 1944 in all secrecy the Yokosuka MXY-7 Suicide Plane ‘Ohka’ with a large high explosives war head. It was a…