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Last September, this reporter wrote an article on the unfortunate story of the WWII British battleship HMS Prince of Wales, whose 10 December 1941...
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Last September, this reporter wrote an article on the unfortunate story of the WWII British battleship HMS Prince of Wales, whose 10 December 1941...
We at 19FortyFive recently shared with you the story of the late WWII-era Nakajima Kikka. The aircraft was Imperial Japan’s first jet fighter, and...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
In March it was announced that the USS George Washington would be forward-deployed to Japan in 2025, replacing the USS Ronald Reagan. This week,...
There is a surviving Nakajima Kikka airframe on display at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar of the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has prioritized fixing South Korea’s relationship with Japan. Can he make it happen?
The Howa Type 89 was at least partially influenced by an American assault rifle design, the Armalite AR-18, which in turn was co-designed by...
Japan, Italy, and the UK have aligned to engineer a new 6th-generation stealth fighter called the Global Air Combat Program (GACP) designed to build...
As with her submarine fleet, Japan’s surface navy may not have the sheer numbers that China and North Korea boast. However, from a technological...
After the war, the newly-independent U.S. Air Force converted a number of its Mitchells into unarmed transports and training craft, with the last such...