July 7, 1944 The largest and most fearsome banzai charge of the Pacific War takes place on Saipan. Three thousand suicidal Japanese soldiers attack a U.S. Army division, overrunning two battalions.

Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to ...

Brands said the United States is not prepared for a conflict in the western Pacific, let alone a multi-theater global war, but that the country and its allies could effectively deal with China ...

Donald Trump’s resounding win in the US elections has frightened the world in a way never seen since the end of the Cold War.

A U.S. aircraft carrier reached the South China Sea while two Chinese "flattops" were underway off the country's coast.

In the patriotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, African Americans demanded the right to play their part in the war against Japan. As they soon learned, however, the freedom for which the United States and ...

bombing of Pearl Harbor in the United States as the start of hostilities in the Pacific during World War II. Often overlooked is the fact that more than a hour before the first fighter plane ...

Fang Li’s attempt to chronicle 1942 incident aboard a Japanese freighter carrying British POWs never quite figures out what ...

The Royal Australian Navy has located a famous battleship from WWII known for putting up a valiant fight against all odds ...