By the end of spring 1945, the US and its Allies were triumphant in Europe and victory in the Pacific was a question of not if, but when. The Japanese navy had been largely defeated after the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Allied bombers were attacking...
BRENDAN SIMMS Brendan is Professor of the History of International Relations at Cambridge. In this issue’s Frontline he spoke with Louis Hardiman about the 21st century’s surprise return to Great Power politics (p.16). CLIVE WEBB Before...
Professor Brendan Simms discusses how modern geopolitics resembles the chaotic upheaval of the 18th century “They have the cards,” US President Donald Trump told journalists aboard Air Force One about Russia’s position in Ukraine in...
This Japanese-american combat team went from internment to become the most decorated unit in US history Just beyond the town of Bruyères, in the Vosges Mountains of France, stands a roadside stone memorial. Its inscription reads: “To the...
Inside the Pacific theatre’s bloodiest battle, plus historian Mark Stille on its dire consequences It was a curious coincidence – Operation Iceberg, the Allied invasion of Okinawa, was scheduled for 1 April 1945, both Easter Sunday and...
