These small isles to our north represent a microcosm of historical events taking place on a larger world stage. They encompass early exploration, colonial rule, resource booms, communications technology, and ...
Japanese operations
Submersible Aircraft Carriers
By Driftwood The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-yonhyaku-gata Sensuikan completed towards the end of WW11 were for many years the largest and potentially the most formidable submarines ever built. Displacing ...
Battle of the Bismark Sea
Leadership: Admiral of the Fleet Isoroku Yamamoto
Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka and his famous ‘Tokyo Express’
SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)
HMS Thanet and HMAS Vampire – Malayan Night Action
The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 – Naval Operations
I-52 – Japan’s Golden Submarine – Sunk in the Atlantic in 1944
Book Review: Sensuikan I-124
Author: Tom Lewis This is the story of the Japanese minelaying submarine I-124, built at Kobe in 1928 and sunk off Darwin on 20th January, 1942. The author also discusses ...
The Entire Convoy was Sunk
Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...