Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

The Battle off Samar, fought on October 25, 1944, was one of the final major naval clashes in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. It occurred east of Samar Island as part of the larger Battle ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

Just 7 ships from Taffy 3 were attacked by surprise by the might of the Japanese Navy. Taffy 3 were under-gunned and under-armored for such a battle and as such this became one of the greatest ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements.

Many were found in the waters around the Philippines, including the USS Samuel B. Roberts, sunk in the Battle off Samar in 1944. The latest on Task & Purpose ...

In the Pacific theater of World War II, the “miracle” at Midway in mid-1942 had given way to the bloody attritional battles of Guadalcanal and Tarawa in 1943.

Battle of Attu Attu and the nearby Aleutian island of Kiska were the only parts of North America invaded and occupied by a foreign enemy during World War II, although Japanese warplanes also ...

The World War II-era submarine was found at an unspecified location off the coast of Luzon, the US Navy’s History and Heritage Command (NHHC) said last week. —photos courtesy of Tim Taylor and ...