In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

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 ...

During World War II, the U.S. Navy veteran served aboard several PBYs as a flight engineer and crew chief in the Pacific theater. “It was slow and noisy and looked like a whale, but it was very ...

I’m not a World War II history buff, but I might be on the way to being one. As a fan of pop history, I’ve watched both Band ...

During World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized naval warfare, and several stood out for their significant ...

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 ...

The Category 2 storm is producing "life-threatening" flooding, according to the National Hurricane Service. After the 90 minute debate, people share their thoughts on the candidate performances.

in the western Pacific. That’s not actually that dissimilar from the way that World War II started. We remember World War II as a global war because that’s what it ultimately became ...

If World War II teaches us anything, it is that navies, armies, and air forces are intertwined, but that ultimate victory depends on the control of key ground.

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 ...

brought back vividly to thousands of televiewers last week the shocks and memories of World War II. They were seeing Crusade in the Pacific, produced by the same MARCH OF TIME crew that put ...