Soldiers in WWII in Asia Radicalized by Own Diaries

Soldiers in World War II responsible for violent atrocities in the Far East may have been partly radicalised by their own dairies, new research shows. Dr Aaron William Moore, from The University … Continue Reading →

America’s Unsung Strategist

To become a famous general and enter the annals of history, you must have skill, stamina, courage, connections — and luck. And that luck has to take many forms. It’s … Continue Reading →

A History of the War in 1,000 Objects, Part II

In the second and last part of  our interview with Spanish author and collector Agustin Saiz Martinez, he talks about acquiring militaria specifically from the Sino-Japanese War, and about the … Continue Reading →

A History of the War in 1,000 Objects, Part I

  • By Peter Harmsen
  • 11 April, 2013
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Collectors of military items have probably been around for as long as war has been a way to solve disagreements between societies. Owning a weapon that was used or a uniform … Continue Reading →

Japan’s Impregnable Fortress

Throughout the battle of Shanghai in the fall of 1937, the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force, the empire’s marines, was defending a narrow perimeter along the northern bank of the … Continue Reading →

Depicting the Shanghai Battle in Scale 1/35

History in perhaps its broadest sense means finding what can be known about the past and presenting the facts in the form of a coherent narrative. That narrative doesn’t have … Continue Reading →

A Songwriter’s Tribute

Christian missionary Frank Rawlinson, born in Britain and educated in the United States,  had lived in Shanghai almost his entire adult life when war broke out between China and Japan … Continue Reading →

Japanese Devils for Hire

Hirotaka Tsukagoshi is the man the Chinese love to hate. His name is not well-known in China, but his face is. Over the past few years the Japanese actor has … Continue Reading →

Snapshots of War

The Japanese went to war in China equipped with Model 32 helmets, Arisaka rifles and Model D III Gelto cameras. During the Sino-Japanese conflict from 1937 to 1945, soldiers and … Continue Reading →

Sino-Japanese War Refought on the Silver Screen

The Sino-Japanese War has been the subject of numerous movies, but to my knowledge none has so far topped the visceral authenticity of the opening scenes in the Chinese epic … Continue Reading →