Overpowering naval and air power had wrought a sudden and massive change in the Pacific. Even conservative naval officers agreed that the U.S. was master of the Pacific. Less than 18 months ago, when ...

Family of Marines who fought in the Battle of Saipan, along with service members, during a wreath-laying ceremony in Susupe, Saipan, on June 15, 2024. (Lance Cpl. Ryan Little/Marine Corps) Nine days ...

On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...

A persistent marine layer caused issues on the first day of the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, before the sun broke through in the middle of the afternoon, and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Warplanes: Battles over Pacific Warplanes: Battles over Pacific opens the next chapter in aviation history. Become a World War II pilot and take part in the ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. A research team aboard the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) ...

A New Mexico National Guard unit that lost half of its soldiers in the Philippines and Alaska Natives who endured the only Japanese occupation of U.S. soil in World War II may soon be honored with a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Tank Battle: Pacific Capture the experience of being a tank commander in the Pacific Theatre in World War Two. Fight battles between Japan, France, China, ...

Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...