The Battle of Midway stands as one of the most consequential clashes of the Second World War, reshaping the balance of power ...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington – Eighty years ago, the Battle of Luzon showcased the decisive power of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, demonstrating the indispensable role of land forces in ...
In September 1944, during the island-hopping campaign across the Pacific, U.S. Marines launched an invasion of the small ...
Mark Stille, the veteran author of numerous books on naval history, among them Pacific Carrier War and, Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle, has produced a meticulous, ...
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat. However, the 18-day campaign in May 1943 to retake a remote Aleutian island from ...
PALAU, Western Pacific - The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic archipelago deep in the Pacific Ocean belie the key role it now plays in a titanic ...
On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...
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 ...
The World War II battle for Guam doesn’t get the attention that popular historians reserve for better-known Pacific epic fights on Okinawa or Iwo Jima, but author James Hallas is about to correct that ...