Rabaul and the Psychological Collapse of Japanese Soldiers in World War II examines the devastating impact of the American island-hopping strategy on the Japanese garrison at Rabaul. Cut off from ...
In the middle of World War II, the United States faced a brutal problem in the Pacific: how to defeat Japan’s strongest island fortresses without sacrificing tens of thousands of lives. This story ...
In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...