War of Words – ‘The World Wonders’
With Marc DeSantis
Philippines
Redemption: MacArthur and the campaign for the Philippines
REVIEW BY GRAHAM GOODLAD General Douglas MacArthur is arguably the most controversial military leader in US history. His command career was bookended by two divisive episodes. As Army Chief of Staff in 1932, he earned notoriety for forcibly removing the…
Wreck of ‘legendary’ American submarine discovered 80 years after sinking
The wreck of the ‘legendary’ American submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during Second World War has been found, 80 years after she was lost. USS Harder was discovered 914m below the surface, off the island of Luzon, in…
The Philippines, 1942-1945: the resistance and the return
James Kelly Morningstar describes the Philippine resistance to the Japanese occupation during WWII.
World’s ‘deepest-known shipwreck’ surveyed in the Pacific Ocean
Heavily outnumbered and outgunned, she nonetheless fought valiantly against her larger opponents, allowing time for the escort carriers she was protecting to escape. Of the ship’s 327-man crew, only 141 survived the battle.
World’s ‘deepest-known shipwreck’ surveyed in the Pacific Ocean
The 115m long Fletcher-class destroyer sank in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944.