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 ...

Debris and mud flow pushes a fire department car into the Pacific as a rainstorm lashed ... on camera by residents along the west coast of North America. A rare and compelling drainage feature ...

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 ...

The South Pacific was a major centre of conflict during World War II so ... German Submarine U-352, North Carolina, USA Barry Peters/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 'Torpedo Junction' off the coast ...

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 ...

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

The Chinese Foreign Ministry's remarks came after Pete Hegseth said China had "the capability and intent to threaten our homeland." ...

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 ...

The wreck, once known as “The ghost ship of the Pacific”, was found ... too late to take part in World War I, the vessel saw ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

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