This episode examines the Battle of Midway, the decisive 1942 clash that turned the tide of the Pacific War. We trace how U.S. codebreakers uncovered Japan’s plan to ambush the American fleet, setting ...

Eighty four years ago, a Japanese attack on an American military base in Hawaii ravaged the Pacific Fleet and led to the US declaring war on 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 ...

Under the cover of darkness on the night of June 16, 1944, almost 40 tanks of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment moved into position on Saipan. Their objective was to surprise and overrun the 2nd Marine ...

The good news is that there won’t be a new war in Asia. The bad news is that the old one never really ended. And with Japanese and foreign patrol boats firing water cannons at each other this week, it ...

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The Pacific War is a term generally used to describe the hostilities exchanged between Allied forces and the Japanese Empire during World War II. It took place across multiple nations in East and ...