new caledonia

The Darien Scheme was an interesting and disastrous episode for Scotland. It was an attempt by the Company of Scotland to colonize the Isthmus of Panama to make a trading colony between the Atlantic and Pacific. However, it was plagued with a whole slew of problems, including plague (mostly...

What alternatives were there had Napoleon III not annexed the island(s), and what might it mean for the New Hebrides, modern Vanuatu too?

Operation FS, the Japanese invasion of the South Pacific islands, will likely always be the most ambitious military campaign ever attempted. The plan demanded that thousands of Japanese soldiers be transported as far as 7500km away from their home bases, to capture several islands including one...