U.S. Navy air power shattered Japanese carrier based strength in a one-sided battle during the invasions of Saipan, Guam, and Titian.   More »

The Japanese Empire’s Mitsubishi G4M Betty bombers certainly went the distance in World War II.   More »

By Jon Diamond
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto was not the only gambler in Imperial Japan’s military hierarchy. Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, appointed commander of the Imperial Japanese Army’s (IJA) 25th Army on November 2, 1941, to lead the invasion of Malaya and Singapore, also took risks to capture the prized British territory   More »

By John J. Domagalski
General Alexander Patch had been thinking about moving some troops to the southwestern part of Guadalcanal since taking command of all American ground forces on the embattled island on December 9, 1942. Little more than a month later his soldiers were cautiously pushing the remaining Japanese troops   More »

A coordinated effort by the U.S. military in April 1943 resulted in the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.   More »

The Battle of Cape Esperance helped dispel the myth of Japanese naval invincibility.   More »

To neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul, American troops would need to take Bougainville in the Soloman Islands.   More »

One of the world’s busiest airports is named for World War II ace and 1937 U.S. Naval Academy graduate Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare.   More »

Defeat in the Battle of Savo Island was a stunning blow to Allied naval forces off Guadalcanal.   More »

LST-449 and the future president of the United States survived a massive Japanese attack in the Solomon Islands.   More »