World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long dominated naval thinking, the war quickly showed that aircraft carriers and ...

Some of the most important battles in American military history were fought during World War II. From the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the carrier showdown at Midway and the brutal island ...

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

Aircraft carriers have been a crucial element in combat since they were invented, but they didn't see combat against each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch ...

Though battleships saw extensive and meritorious service in World War II, the conflict exposed their weaknesses against the rising power of the aircraft carrier. For the first half of the 20th century ...

Walter LaSota was blown out of a foxhole by a Japanese bomb the first time he was wounded during the World War II Battle of Okinawa. LaSota, a private with I Company, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine ...