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Tag: Philippines

The Bataan Death March War Crimes Trial: Was It Fair?

by Joseph Connor6/24/20226/24/2022

Japanese general Masaharu Homma’s fate hinged on whether he had permitted the torture and murder of American and Filipino POWs. His court case wasn’t so cut and dry.

Life Inside a Japanese Prison Camp, in the Words of an American POW

by Bill Yenne4/7/20224/13/2022

Translating for Yamashita, the ‘Tiger of Malaya’

by Suzanne Pool-Camp2/16/20222/24/2022

‘What Was the Military Purpose Behind Japan’s Destruction of Manila?’

by World War II Magazine9/13/20218/2/2021

America’s First Armored Victory Came at a Time When Loss Was the Norm

by Donald L. Caldwell11/17/20206/22/2022

‘Sentimental Journey’: How a Lost Album from a WWII-Era Army Band Could Now Go Platinum

by Claire Barrett11/9/202011/10/2020

Flaming Flattops: Deadly Fires Struck U.S. Aircraft Carriers

by Don Hollway8/19/202010/15/2020

WWII Book Review: The Battle of Leyte Gulf

by Robert M. Citino9/2/2019

Battlefield as Crime Scene: The Japanese Massacre in Manila

by James M. Scott1/12/20191/12/2023

A Call To Arms in the Philippines

by Steven Trent Smith9/4/20182/12/2019

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