Remains of captured WWII U.S. airman identified as Cpl. Glenn Hodak
Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...
Crikey14dOpinion
Palestine is in the end game. Australia can’t surrender to the inevitability that more will die
Israel has returned to indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, with blockades to humanitarian aid defying international law. We must ...
Wall Street Journal20d
‘Rain of Ruin’ Review: Fire From the Skies
Gen. Curtis LeMay, the chief architect of the firebombings. James M. Scott’s brilliant “Black Snow” (2022) balances America’s drive to end the war against heartrending stories of ordinary ...
The Future of Ukraine: What’s in it for the United States?
The writer explores the implications of the Ukraine conflict for the United States, questioning the rationale behind US ...
Japanese WWII survivor recounts the fire and fury as her city burned.
ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
The Economist27d
Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered
In all, Major General Curtis LeMay sent 279 B-29 bombers from the United States Army Air Forces low over Tokyo to destroy the historical heart of the capital, Shitamachi, a working-class area by ...
Gulf News23d
Video: Survivors recall horror of Tokyo firebombing 80 years on
At least 80,000 people died according to Japanese and US historians Shizuko Nishio, who will turn 86 on March 10, when Japan will commemorate 80 years after the bombing of Tokyo, shows a model of ...
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Activist demands Japan revoke award for US general behind 500,000 deaths in WWII
A peace activist has demanded Japan revoke a post-war honour bestowed on Curtis LeMay, the late US air force chief who masterminded the firebombing of the country's cities that resulted in an ...