Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier forces and establish dominance in the central Pacific. What followed was a ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. The attack resulted in the damaging and loss of the Pacific Fleet's ...

Please join us in the Wardroom on the USS Hornet as we cover the pivotal battle of the Pacific War in World War II: The Battle of Midway and the Evolution of Carrier Warfare. This discussion explores ...

World War II, true to its name, was fought across many fronts, with battles raging around the world over land, sea, and air. In the Pacific theater, especially, the Japanese and Allied military fought ...

Rodney Davis, an Athens man who has studied and visited numerous sites of World War II, will speak on the Battle of Midway at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Oconee County Library, located in Wire Park off ...

Logan Smith, 13, said he didn’t know much about the Battle of Midway in World War II before he began to pen an essay about it earlier this year. But the Buffalo Township teen said he read up on the ...