The evening sun lowers over the Pacific as Hiryū pushes through the waves. On deck, crews work fast, refueling and rearming planes for another strike. The mood is tense but focused—there’s still a ...

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during ...

The Growth of China’s Navy: Past, Present, and Future The Battle of Leyte Gulf holds important lessons for a hypothetical China-U.S. naval clash – and Chinese strategists know it. An explosion on the ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war," so says an inscription on the World War Two Memorial in Washington, referring to the ...

Early in the Pacific War, Allied naval forces suffered a devastating defeat that shattered morale and exposed fatal strategic ...

(CNN) — (CNN) – The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. (CNN) — (CNN) – The bow ...

Task Force Admiral Vol.1 - American Carrier Battles is a single-player experience centered on the command of an early Pacific War US Navy carrier task force. Experience the thrill of leading American ...