The Pacific Theatre in World War II

Following their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese racked up a string of stunning victories from Singapore to Burma, and ultimately …

World War II began in 1939 when Nazi Germany, under the command of Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland on the 31st of August. Under the global alliance …

Before the realization of the atomic bomb, the American plan was to invade the Japanese home islands. The expected conclusion to the fighting in the …

Big guns thinking dominated the 1930s U.S. Navy. The era of the battleship carried on as it had since before the Great War, with even aircraft …

Although many people recall that Japan was a foe of America in World War II along with Nazi Germany, when and why did Japan join the Axis Powers?

In the early hours of the morning of December 7, 1941, a large Japanese fleet involving no fewer than six aircraft carriers snuck into position north …

In 1867, the island of Singapore officially became part of the British Empire as part of the Straits Settlements. The colony’s population exploded …