The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24-25, 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a crucial carrier ...

The waters around Guadalcanal hide one of the largest concentrations of World War II shipwrecks on Earth. This explains how a series of brutal naval battles in 1942 and 1943 turned a quiet Pacific ...

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

The Devastator bomber became a footnote in World War II history, and no vestige of the plane is found in any museum or collection anywhere in the world.

Ron "Rondo" Scharfe piloted a troop carrier full of Marines toward the shores of Iwo Jima amid the final stages of the ...

In a classic case of wartime jitters, the U.S. Navy once opened fire on the planet Venus. Discover the history of the Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs and the "battle" that followed.

World War II produced some of the most consequential military leaders in modern history, whose decisions shaped invasions and determined the outcome of major battles. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the ...

Explore the Battleship North Carolina, the most decorated American battleship of World War II, now a museum in Wilmington.

The Torsk's sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades - that is until March 3, 2026.

Pete Hegseth acknowledges Iran campaign success but some question whether airstrikes achieve regime change goals as Mojtaba ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history ...