In the summer of 1942 the struggle for Guadalcanal became a pivotal point in the Pacific War This episode sets the stage for ...

Capt. Willibald C. Bianchi was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions defending the Province of Bataan from ...

Conceived before Pearl Harbor and mass-produced during World War II, the Essex-class carriers gave the U.S. Navy a scalable, resilient flight-deck that could launch bigger air groups, absorb damage, ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. American patrol boats sunk the ship Dec. 12, 1942, ...

“The ultimate determinate in war is the man on the scene with the gun. This man is the final power in war. He is in control. He determines who wins.” — J.C. Wylie, Military Strategy: A General Theory ...

When the USS Hornet sunk in World War II, a tractor used to move aircraft went down too. Now a recovery mission is being ...

A businessman, taken from family and imprisoned at Fort Lincoln for four years, added to new memorial at Fort Lincoln.

Wounded twice fighting in the Pacific in World War II, including at Iwo Jima, Frank S. Wright received an honorary promotion ...

April 30, 2025: This is a tale of unexpected lost opportunities and equally unexpected decrypts that changed the course of many battles in World War II. The unexpected opportunities went to the ...

Two letters written by the head of Japan’s imperial navy during World War II are being exhibited for the first time at a museum in northeastern Japan. The letters from Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto to his ...

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia, prompting close monitoring in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ifighter 2: The Pacific 1942 iFighter2 brings you back to the Pacific War in World War II to challenge the Empire of Japan with their powerful fighter jets ...