Prior to World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy embraced the Kantai Kessen strategy, envisioning a single decisive naval battle that would determine the war’s outcome. Drawing inspiration from ...

The powerful tank destroyer and its later variants continued serving on the front lines until the war's end and was officially retired in the 1950s. Formally called the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers approaching ...

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that ...

City officials in Cape May have advanced a plan for a beachfront memorial to recognize a World War II tragedy that occurred ... German submarine attacked their destroyer, the USS Jacob Jones ...