Warfare & Defence

Until 1945, Indonesia was a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands East Indies. In 1930, the area had over 60 million inhabitants and was a major ex...

Immediately following the end of World War I, amid the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires, bitter fighting broke out in t...

By the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navys burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the skies clear o...

Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertai...

Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over. The route to Germanys interior and the Naz...