The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

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The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

The United States has 11 aircraft carriers in its fleet and it's for a very specific reason. Here's why that is, and how it ...

Scorched Earth is an impressive analysis particularly of the imperialist logic that drove US strategy during and after World ...

After nearly eighty years, an Idaho soldier is finally coming home. This June, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

This week on Weapons and Warfare, host Ryan Robertson explores the groundbreaking partnership between Textron and Leonardo to ...

For decades, American supercarriers like the Nimitz- and Ford-class have been the Navy’s ultimate symbols of power projection. -But expert Christian D. Orr argues their future is under real strain.

“Carriers are key to Chinese leadership’s vision of China as a great power with a blue-water navy,” or one that can project ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.