On June 21, 1945, Japanese troops were defeated on the Pacific island of Okinawa after one of the longest and bloodiest battles of World War II. Having seized the Ryukyu Islands from Japanese control, ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...

The Pacific Theater of World War II was a high-stakes naval engagement notable for its island-hopping and amphibious nature. Both belligerents, Imperial Japan and the United States, fielded capable ...

Eighty years after US air raids devastated Japanese cities, the nation reflects on its wartime suffering but with an incomplete frame. While the horrors endured by civilians during the Pacific War are ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...