TOKYO – When dignitaries and guests gather on the remote island of Guadalcanal this week to commemorate the epic battle where Japan’s relentless advance in World War II was finally halted, one group ...
"And then came the war": training for combat, 1943-1944 -- "Kids jerked right out of high school": Air Group 88 takes form, 1944 -- "Moved, always West, toward the ...
World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a devastating surprise attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. Following the loss of more than 2,400 military and civilian ...
In the Pearl Harbor office of Admiral Nimitz hangs a great wall map of the Pacific Ocean. Last week a new name was pasted on the map: the Philippine Sea. That new name meant that a new management had ...
Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and building off the success of their debut documentary Frog Fathers: Lessons from the Normandy Surf, World of Warships and FORCE BLUE are ...
World War II produced some of the most consequential military leaders in modern history.