Shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial forces swarmed across Oahu toward their targets. The Tora signal was sent back to the fleet, indicating that the attack aircraft had achieved ...

This video tells the story of the Ni‘ihau Incident and A6M2 Zero pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi, who was shot down during the ...

This image provided by the U.S. National Archives shows a scan of a photo of a Japanese Zero fighter plane hitting the USS Missouri in waters off Okinawa, Japan on April 11, 1945. (U.S. National ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was spearheaded by one of the most dominant fighter planes in the Pacific: the ultra-light, extremely ...

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World War II-era planes from the Houston-based Tora Tora Tora group, which reenacts the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Preparations are underway for the annual Wings Over Houston Air Show, which ...

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 ...