From the critically acclaimed author whom The Wall Street Journal called "a first-class historian," here is a riveting account of one of the most spectacular rescue operations in history. On January 30, 1945, American troops staged a successful raid on Cabanatuan, a notorious Japanese POW camp wher ...
Chris Schaefer As a historian I write books and articles, and give talks about World War II in the Pacific and about the history of the Middle East. I am an Associate Instructor at the Osher Learning Institute at the University of Utah and teach classes on Middle East History and World ...
This image, taken by Peter Stackpole for LIFE Magazine, shows a parade in New York City's Chinatown in May 1938. The event was a "Solidarity Day" parade, also known as the "Chinese Humiliation Parade," to protest the Japanese invasion of China. The parade was one of the largest Chinese demo ...