Archive 1945 is a project republishing The Economist’s original reporting on the final year of the second world war. Eighty years on, follow the course of the conflict week by week, in new instalments ...

On March 9–10, 1945, U.S. B-29 bombers carried out Operation Meetinghouse, a low-altitude incendiary raid that destroyed much ...

OME, Japan — A California man recently climbed a forested mountainside in western Tokyo to honor the memory of his great-grandfather, one of five American airmen killed when their B-29 Superfortress ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...

Follow the B-29’s post-WWII journey as it faced jet-age threats in Korea and took on an unprecedented humanitarian role over Japan. Learn how these bombers confronted the deadly MiG-15, adapted to new ...