By April 1945, the war in Europe had ended with Allied victory, but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from ...

The 1st Marine Division’s three-week total (1,038 killed or missing, 4,650 wounded) was already the heaviest for a single division in the Pacific war ... reports from the battle were deceptive.

Japan completes capture of Burma and reaches India. June: Battle of Midway: In what is later seen as the "turning point" of the Pacific war, American carrier aircraft sink all four of the Japanese ...

The US Navy could deploy five or six carriers to the western Pacific in the event of a major war with China – meaning ...

How would a US invasion of Taiwan fare? Other Pacific War battles offer grim clues. When American troops landed in the Philippines in October 1944, they slogged through jungles and mountains in a ...

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...