Dark Seas Official on MSN

1,350 Planes, 24 Carriers, 2 Days: The Greatest Naval Air Battle Ever Fought

June 1944. In the skies above the Philippine Sea, the largest aircraft carrier battle in history erupts. Twenty-four carriers, 1,350 planes, and thousands of men collide in a fight that decides the ...
The Armchair Historian on MSN

Battle of Iwo Jima: A Turning Point in the Pacific War

One of the most intense and iconic battles of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima pushed both sides to their limits. In this ...
Task & Purpose

US, Japan mark 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa

On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...
Time

Epic Battle Of The Pacific, Forgotten In Japan

TOKYO – When dignitaries and guests gather on the remote island of Guadalcanal this week to commemorate the epic battle where Japan’s relentless advance in World War II was finally halted, one group ...
Reuters

Inside the U.S. battle with China over an island paradise deep in the Pacific

Once the site of ferocious World War Two battles, Palau is again at the epicenter of a geostrategic tussle. America is building radar stations here, while individuals and groups tied to China wage an ...
Stars and Stripes

Pacific War author’s ‘Guam,’ due in March, fills a void

The World War II battle for Guam doesn’t get the attention that popular historians reserve for better-known Pacific epic fights on Okinawa or Iwo Jima, but author James Hallas is about to correct that ...
CNN

In 1945, her grandfather stormed the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima. 80 years later, she’s retracing his footsteps

Editor’s Note: Samantha Bresnahan is a supervising producer for CNN and author of the new book, “IN BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations,” which ...
The Diplomat

Contemplating Naval Combat in the Western Pacific 80 Years After the Largest Sea Battle in History

An explosion on the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) after she was hit by a kamikaze attack off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Oct. 25, 1944. Today, American strategists are once again focused on the ...
CNN

80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...