Could a single modern Japanese destroyer, with today’s weapons and sensors, have tipped the scales at the Battle of Midway in 1942? This video explores how advanced naval technology might have ...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...

(National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances and battles in which they played a pivotal role. Relatively overlooked but having an importance of its own was the destroyer ...

Japan is building two new, heavily armed ASEV-type (AEGIS System Equipped Vessel) destroyers. These ships, which surpass even Chinese Type 055 destroyers in armament, according to official sources ...

(National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical ... The naval struggle was generally fought at night, pitting Japanese destroyers ferrying reinforcements to contested islands ...

It's not uncommon for civilians to see an armored fighting vehicle (AFV) with caterpillar tread and a large cannon and call it a tank. Those are the basic features that make up a main battle tank ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island ...

Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles ...

World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...