The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines launched Operation Detachment, the massive assault on Iwo Jima, beginning one of the Pacific War’s most brutal battles. Expected to last just a few days, the fight ...

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War II’s Pacific Theater. What few remember is that the U.S. Army usually fought ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

Historian Mat McLachlan discusses the horrors of World War II, and the importance of the battles in the Pacific. “That list you put out there just speaks of the horror of this war,” Mr McLachlan told ...

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Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...