Today is International Women’s Day and here at Casemate we’re celebrating by reminding ourselves of some of the most fascinating women in history who you might not have heard of. There are snipers, spies, distillers, sports pioneers and even somebody committed of treason! Lyudmila Pavlichenko “The Deadly Woman Sniper” Lyudmila Pavlichenko was the most successful woman… Read More »5 Women Who Shaped History
Geoff Coughlin, the author of Three in Thirteen, talks you through his exciting new book about a Mosquito night fighter ace.
Here we reveal one of the often hidden experiences of war revealed by William Earl in his honest memoir ‘Blood and Bandages’. We have a very nostalgic view of wartime relationships. We think of the heartwarming love letters from a guy to his gal, with his thoughts of her waiting at home in Blighty to keep his spirits high.… Read More »Sex and Soldiering
Roger Dunsford, the author of Three in Thirteen, explains how it wasn’t just the brave pilots who saved us during the Battle of Britain, but the scientists and engineers who worked out how to combat night raids using radar technology. On the dark murky night of Sunday the 19th of March 1944, a 25 Squadron Mosquito… Read More »How Onboard Radar Technology Beat the Germans
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about why China continue to tolerate North Korea’s aggression. On 11th February 2017, just as Donald Trump was entertaining Prime-Minister Abe of Japan with a round of golf, North Korea launched another ballistic missile as a means of… Read More »Why Won’t China Stop North Korea?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about the startlingly far-right views of modern Japanese leaders. On 15th January, two New York University students posted a 10-minute homemade video on Weibo, China’s top blogger website highlighting the controversial reading material that they had… Read More »Nanking Massacre Denial – How the Far Right in Japan Kept Power
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why Abe Shinzo’s visit to Pearl Harbour is more than a remembrance event. Abe Shinzo, the current Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Pearl Harbour is much heralded as a giant step towards reconciliation between two… Read More »Abe Shinzo visits Pearl Harbour to pay his respects, but what about Japanese atrocities in China?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why Taiwan’s phone call with Trump was so controversial. Even before he took office, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t need to wait to be inaugurated to put his foot in— a 10 minute phone call was… Read More »Trump and Taiwan, the “forgotten part of” China
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why the Chinese government probably favoured a Trump win. The election of Trump was a shock to many after the vast majority of political pundits and pollsters predicted a Clinton victory. So terrified of Trump,… Read More »How Will China React to President Trump?
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