No war – won or lost – is ever waged without sacrifice. Those sacrifices can be material in the loss of equipment or infrastructure, monetary in the cost to a nation’s economy of waging a war but ...

One way the Japanese decided to counter the threat was by using pilots known as kamikaze, which means "divine wind," to fly planes directly into ships. In a culture that embraced the idea of ...

A Scottish auction house that sold Nazi artefacts has announced it will no longer include Third Reich memorabilia in its collections. McTear's auctioned swastika bunting, a military medal, an SS ...

The Japanese word “kamikaze” means “divine wind.”In a military history context, the term was first applied to a force of Mother Nature that saved Japan by destroying Kublai Khan’s would ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour by visitors. The development comes after complaints of crowds obstructing th ...

An auction house has confirmed it will no longer sell Nazi or SS artefacts after they faced backlash for selling the WW2 ...

A Scottish auction house has defended selling a number of Nazi artefacts. Items that went under the hammer included a ...

Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf destroyed the Japanese Navy as an effective fighting force. It was during this battle that U.S. sailors first witnessed the kamikaze attacks that would become ...

Countless atrocities were committed during World War II, including international invasions, kamikaze attacks, exterminations, ...

Defence leaders from across the world have gathered in Brussels today as the UK convenes a major Ukraine summit at NATO HQ.