The Coral Sea operation in May was actually an integral part of the overall strategic plan which was to bring about this battle. The intention was to smash the remnants of American naval power in the ...

Seventy-five years ago (June 4-7, 1942), the astonishing American victory at the Battle of Midway changed ... the Imperial Japanese Navy off Midway Island (about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu ...

Deep sea explorers have found two Japanese aircraft carriers that were sunk in battle in World War ... old cold case Bodies of US WW2 troops found on Pacific island Searching for Burma's forgotten ...

The USS Enterprise was the most decorated aircraft carrier of World War II, playing a crucial role in major Pacific battles.

World War II was one of the bloodiest conflicts that this world has ever known, with nearly 15 million military personnel and ...

just days after Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, the ship had been named after the pivotal Battle of Midway.

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

Midway focuses on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the US fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific conflict of the second world war. Directed by Roland Emmerich, it tells the ...

Key to the naval conflicts at Pearl Harbor and the subsequent Battle of Wake Island, the Philippines ... The 10 Most ...