John "Johnny Q" Quinesso Sr., a WWII Navy veteran, celebrated his 100th birthday aboard the Battleship New Jersey in Camden ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today.

The Mitsubishi Zero once ruled the Pacific skies with unmatched agility and confidence. But when American P-38 Lightning ...

Explore the lasting legacy of WWII airfields and their unexpected role in the future of American aviation.

In the Pacific War, thousands of American Marines were dying before they ever reached the beach. This video tells the story ...

The bombing of Darwin was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia soil. On that day, 180 Japanese Aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town of Darwin, and its ...

Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway is now streaming for free, giving audiences a second chance to reassess one of the most overlooked WW2 films.

Richard Lachman visited Nagasaki six weeks after A-bomb devastation and later witnessed two nuclear tests. He died Jan. 29 at age 98, columnist David Allen writes.

And the photos above show just how good this wave once was. Ricky Blake, a California-based artist and surf historian, mused: ...

Camp Callan, a US Army anti-aircraft and coast artillery replacement training center was built to prep troops for a war that increasingly felt inevitable.

Bureau Number 1515, a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator submerged off Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The aircraft went down Feb. 1, 1942. Air and Sea Heritage Foundation photo A team of maritime and ...

In 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's ...