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The exercise, the largest scale in the Pacific since the Cold War, looked at managing airpower across contested environments.

Bay Area locals are being invited by USS Hornet staff to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug.

1st to fight: Pacific War Marinesis available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

THE PACIFIC WAR IN COLOR premieres Sunday, June 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel. THE PACIFIC WAR IN COLOR immerses viewers in a graphic and dramatic look through an unfiltered lens.

The Pacific skies were ruled by two American icons: the F4U Corsair and the F6F Hellcat. Each had strengths, weaknesses, and ...

The Second World War has been described as the greatest human catastrophe of all time. The scope of destruction and lives ...

The Pacific war was about far more than being “different.” Indeed, before and after the war, race was not a determining factor in American and Japanese relations.

The Japanese High Command conceived the war in the Pacific as one to be fought, like the trench warfare of 1914-1918, in terms of area and fixed defenses.

JAPAN’S long succession of defeats in the Pacific has had more impact on her High Command than fear of Russian participation in the war or Germany’s collapse. They are more concerned with ...