The campaign began on June 3 and 4, 1942, when Japanese aircraft launched air attacks against the U.S. naval base at Dutch ...

Dive into the gripping tale of valor and strategy as we recount the daring efforts of WW2 US pilots who faced off against a formidable Japanese battleship. Witness the intense aerial battles and learn ...

In the middle of World War II, the United States faced a brutal problem in the Pacific: how to defeat Japan’s strongest ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to train Ho Chi Minh’s guerrillas to fight Japan. They were members of the OSS ...

On the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle emerging from the surf. Akui quickly realized he had found something far ...

Frank Emi was one of seven resistance leaders held in internment camps who were tried and convicted of draft evasion in October 1944. (Damian Dovarganes/AP) In the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on ...

Machine generated contents note: 1 Setting the Stage 1 -- 2 Peruvian Hostility toward the Japanese 21 -- 3 The Program Begins to Take Shape 35 -- 4 Diplomatic Machinations 41 -- 5 Attack on Peruvian ...