World War II: The Pacific Theater takes you inside the sweeping story of the American fight against the Japanese. Taught by Professor Craig L. Symonds, a distinguished military historian at the US ...

Summary: The USS Franklin (CV-13), part of the prolific Essex-class aircraft carriers, played a pivotal role in World War II’s Pacific Theater with one mission: create havoc for Japan. Commissioned ...

Two hundred thirty-one Notes accompany the article. Summary Author states that the purpose of his essay is to outline certain aspects of the experience of Allied botanists during the war in the ...

The Second World War saw the United States expand on their Patrol Torpedo boats in the Pacific Theatre. Reason for this was, in part, thanks to the brave rescue of General Douglas MacArthur and his ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — On December 7, 1941, the nation saw itself thrust into war as the attack on Pearl Harbor would forever change the landscape of the country, but more specifically the Pacific ...

In Papua, U.S. Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger and members of his staff look over newly taken ground in the Triangle area, 1942. Credit: Centre for Military History Our popular memory of World ...

Men in military uniform crawled through scorched grass on their elbows, pointing their weapons at khaki uniforms barely visible in the brush. Pops of semi-automatic gunshots echoed in the woods as ...

Robert Miller and Willard Smith moved into the Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility in Naperville. Eighty-two years and more than ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Squad Battles: Pacific War Squad-level wargame set in WW2 Pacific Theater. From Nomonhan in Russia to the jungles of Burma, Pacific War enables you to ...