Manila is only two thousand miles from Japan, but five thousand miles from Pearl Harbor.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Outflanked and outmaneuvered, MacArthur ordered Plan Orange, a delaying action by rearguards while the bulk of his forces moved into the defenses of the Bataan Peninsula near Manila. Covered by detachments of U.S. and Filipino troops, including some M3 Stuart light tanks, eighty thousand troops and twenty thousand civilians made it into Bataan.
“Tell Joe, wherever he is, to give ’em hell for us,” said the radio signal. “My love to you all. God bless you and keep you. Sign my name, and tell mother how you heard from me. Stand by.”
Simulation Shows Why Stopping a Soviet Invasion of Europe Wouldn’t Be Easy
It is easy to forget that the late 1980s were the high point of the World War That Never Was.
Here s What You Need To Remember:
Flashpoint Campaigns is Colonel John Boyd s famous OODA loop in game form, in which the side that has the quicker decision cycle will achieve victory. This is how Napoleon defeated his enemies. This is why the German army so often defeated the Red Army on the tactical level in World War II. And if hostilities erupt today between the United States and either China or Russia (both of whom seem to moving toward a Western-style command system), then the Pentagon certainly hopes that C3 will give American forces a battlefield multiplier.
When Would Israel Nuke Iran?
If Israel ever does use nuclear weapons in anger, it will rewrite the diplomatic and security architecture of the Middle East.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Why go nuclear? The biggest reason would be to ensure the success of the strike; both the device itself and the people handling the device would be important targets, and a nuclear attack would ensure their destruction more effectively than even a massive conventional strike.
Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. Since the 1970s, Israel has maintained a nuclear deterrent in order to maintain a favorable balance of power with its neighbors. Apart from some worrying moments during the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli government has never seriously considered using those weapons.
India s Investments in its Navy Are Paying Off
India s Navy is hundreds of years old, but with one aircraft carrier in hand and another under construction, it has never been more powerful than it is today.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The country’s vast coastline and evolving geopolitical situation with its neighbors notably Pakistan and increasingly China require that the nation put a much greater emphasis on maritime safety and security.
The Indian Navy is not exactly new it can trace its origins back to the Royal Indian Navy, which was founded in 1612 as a branch of the Honourable East India Company. It wasn’t until 1830 however that the colonial navy was re-designated His Majesty’s Indian Navy, and a century later in 1934, it became the Royal Indian Navy.
America s Black Sea Military Exercises Show Commitment to Deterring Russia
Despite all of the attention now being paid to a possible Chinese threat in the Pacific, deterring Russia is still very much on the radar as an operational priority for America and its partners.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Connecting submarine-hunting airplanes with aerial surveillance assets and Navy destroyers is naturally intended to bring new tactical options to NATO operations interested in tracking Russian submarines and other maritime activity.
Submarine-hunting planes, surveillance assets and a heavily armed U.S. destroyer all recently conducted combat exercises and air-defense missions with allies in the Black Sea. This exercise demonstrated once again that despite all of the attention now being paid to a possible Chinese threat in the Pacific, deterring Russia is still very much on the radar as an operational priority for America and its partners.