By April 1945, the war in Europe had ended with Allied victory, but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the ...

The Navy’s surface fleet has spent the past 15 months taking down hundreds of missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Japan completes capture of Burma and reaches India. June: Battle of Midway: In what is later seen as the "turning point" of the Pacific war, American carrier aircraft sink all four of the Japanese ...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea Fought in June 1944 during World War II, this battle is seen as a turning point in the Pacific War. The U.S. and Japan clashed with over 1,700 aircraft.

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

Two United Airlines pilots are working to take two WWII veterans to the Philippines to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

He compares the portrayals of the Battle of Iwo Jima in Clint ... He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello and Rami Malek. He separates fact from fiction ...