In September 1944, during the island-hopping campaign across the Pacific, U.S. Marines launched an invasion of the small ...

In March 1943, Allied air forces meticulously planned and coordinated a strategic assault in the South West Pacific. Their target: Japanese shipping in the Bismarck Sea. The build-up was intense, and ...

Stories Behind the Stars remembers Ralph Ambrose Landis, a Chambersburg Marine killed in action on Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II.

In a classic case of wartime jitters, the U.S. Navy once opened fire on the planet Venus. Discover the history of the Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs and the "battle" that followed.

Discover the amazing story of Douglas SBD Dauntless 2106—the only plane to survive the attack on Pearl Harbor and return to ...

A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...

The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

The gripping WW2 miniseries, spawned from Band of Brothers, is experiencing a notable resurgence in viewership, making it the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lawmakers from the Pacific Northwest are weighing in after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said it was a massive operation to destroy the ...

Robert Hunt was a torpedoman on the USS Tambor. He ran 12 consecutive war patrols in the Pacific and never fully shook what those missions felt like. "I was just sure I was going to die," he recalled ...

From The World at War to Band of Brothers, explore the greatest WWII TV shows ever made ahead of the new Tom Hanks series.