It took heavy damage during the Battle of Badung Strait in 1942, leading to its sinking by the U.S. Navy to prevent enemy capture. Years later, the Imperial Japanese Navy resurrected the item for ...

In what became known as the Battle of the Philippine Sea ... 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 May 4-8, 1942, Battle of the Coral Sea between U.S.-Australian forces and the Japanese Imperial Navy was a defining moment in World War II. U.S. and Australian veterans of the Battle of the ...

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 ...