When Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China in 1937, the conflict quickly escalated into one of the most brutal campaigns of the Second World War. Major cities fell as Japanese forces ...

While fierce fighting raged on islands like Peleliu, another battle was unfolding that would shape the final phase of the Pacific War: the invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The capture of ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Japan's imperial ambitions in Pacific Asia from the 1880s to 1945 were shaped by a web of strategic alliances, racial politics, and great-power rivalries ...

Under the cover of darkness on the night of June 16, 1944, almost 40 tanks of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment moved into position on Saipan. Their objective was to surprise and overrun the 2nd Marine ...

Japan is entering a consequential phase in its national security planning. As Tokyo moves toward an early revision of its three core security documents – the National Security Strategy, National ...

Japan and Japanese Americans in the Pacific Metropolis through World War II -- Orienting the gateway to the Pacific: reconsidering Japan and reshaping civic identity -- Redeveloping citizens: planning ...

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The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The ...

Robert Hunt was a torpedoman on the USS Tambor. He ran 12 consecutive war patrols in the Pacific and never fully shook what those missions felt like. "I was just sure I was going to die," he recalled ...