invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...

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 main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

An example of the students’ poetic and illustrated interpretation of the American military’s Solomon Islands campaign during World War II. Haiku ... s strategy in the Pacific, including ...

The Ocean Exploration Trust led a team to the depths of one of the largest protected areas in the US, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. During a five-day submersion, the team on ...

There was no need for any more violence in the Pacific Ocean. But on August 21, a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was officially over launched an attack that would be the final ...

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 ...

In 2021, seismic activity from an underwater volcano near Tokyo, Japan, caused two dozen "ghost ships" to rise from the ...

The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...

To honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the National Museum of the Pacific War is hosting a three-day ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region ... on Japan during World War II, including the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. North Field, one of ...

Wars-of-continuation decided the fates of Vietnam, China, Korea, Indonesia, and much of the rest of the Asia-Pacific.