Today marks 80 years since a violent volcanic eruption off the town of Rabaul killed 500 people and caused thousands more to flee their homes. A volcano on Vulcan Island spewed out ash and lava for ...

There is much to Rabaul that will leave you in a state of slack-jawed wonder. Situated on verdant New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea, Rabaul is synonymous with powerful forces. It has been defined ...

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 ...

On Christmas, only ten days after the landing at Arawe (TIME, Dec. 27), General Douglas MacArthur sent forth his second invasion fleet to New Britain, Jap rampart island in the Southwest Pacific.

So, when my husband and his brother, who grew up in Rabaul, Kavieng and Port Moresby in the 1970s, regale me with colourful memories of playing in the ruins of WW2 battlements and tunnels I am ...