Rabaul was supposed to be one of Japan’s great shields in the South Pacific. Located on the northeastern tip of New Britain, it offered a superb harbor, airfield sites, and a position from which ...

Rabaul and the Psychological Collapse of Japanese Soldiers in World War II examines the devastating impact of the American island-hopping strategy on the Japanese garrison at Rabaul. Cut off from ...

In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...