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Reading Time: 4 minutes Tom Marvolo Riddle intended to split his soul into seven pieces because seven is a magically powerful number. There is a difference between each piece of soul and the seven Horcruxes. The seven horcruxes had to be destroyed to defeat Voldemort, but one was unknowingly created by the Dark Lord What is a Horcrux? A […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes “From Pearl Harbor to Calvary” is Mitsuo Fuchida’s testimony of salvation From Pearl Harbor to Calvary is the incredible story of Mitsuo Fuchida, a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service who is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fuchida was responsible for

Reading Time: 7 minutes Spotting of Japanese Fleet by Leonard Birchall Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall arrived at Koggala Airbase on April 2, 1942, after serving in the Shetland Islands. In Koggala, a large lake served as a runway and base for the flying boats. The slow speed and immense endurance of the Catalina flying boats allowed them to stay airborne

Reading Time: 16 minutes Background of Japanese attack on Ceylon During Second World War World War II, or the Second World War, began in Europe on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. Two days later, on September 3, 1939, the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War lasted six years and involved a vast majority of the

Reading Time: 5 minutes After the successful Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, and subsequent conquests from the Philippines to Singapore to the Dutch East Indies, the Imperial Japanese Navy set its sights beyond the Pacific, advancing into the Indian Ocean and threatening the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, challenging the British naval fleet and