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 ...

Museum Staffers Stumble on Japanese World War II Hand Grenade in Their Archives, Leave Them Stunned Employees at the ...

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 ...

Image caption, 3/7: The first group of Code Talkers was dispatched to the Pacific. Two of the group ... did his speeches play in winning World War Two? WW2: How did the British plan to celebrate ...