During the Battle of Midway itself, Japanese Admiral Chuichi ... Just five months later off the island of Guadalcanal, only one American fleet carrier was left undamaged in the Pacific after ...

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 ...

Until now only one other ship sunk in this battle had ever been found ... like this gun mount from the Kaga Midway Atoll, a small group of islands in the North Pacific, was used as a US military ...

Once home to the decisive battle that turned World ... You have to fly to Midway at night. Only then do the millions of birds that swarm the island in high season vacate the runway.

Once home to the decisive battle that turned World ... You have to fly to Midway at night. Only then do the millions of birds that swarm the island in high season vacate the runway.

Aviators from Midway flew cover for the Tachen Islands evacuation during the Quemoy-Matsu crisis. Following modernization in ...

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

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific island-hopping campaign. Their first target was Guadalcanal, an island some ...

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

SNAKE ISLAND, Ukraine—This rocky patch of land about 20 miles off the coast still bears the scars of the relentless Ukrainian assault to take it back. The Black Sea island is littered with the ...