including two aircraft carriers that were sunk. Therefore, Japan increased the kamikaze program. Primarily, kamikaze pilots flew one of WWII's most legendary planes, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero ...

which was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Army to design the aircraft, manufactured 1,342 of the trainers from 1941 to just before the end of World War II. The aircraft measured around 12 ...

The first Japanese aircraft carrier since World War II Representatives of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force reported that ...

Aircraft carriers are the premiere warships used by blue water navies around the world, and it's been that way since World War II. After the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture--Wreckage of a wartime Japanese aircraft salvaged from ... for suicide missions in the waning days of World War II. It was found roughly 300 meters off Cape ...

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was among the aircrafts used in Japan's attacks on the U.S. at places like Pearl Harbor in 1942, devastating American planes at the time. The lightweight aircraft was ...

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

“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...