Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...

The sinking of the Japanese warship Shinano remains one of the most extraordinary naval events of World War II. It follows ...

Driven by lessons from World War II and China’s expanding presence, Japan’s strategic orientation is pivoting eastward into the Pacific.

In April 1942, as Japanese forces advanced across Southeast Asia, a powerful carrier fleet entered the Indian Ocean with ...

If Japanese Buddhist Temple Bells Could Talk If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through ...

During the ferocious battle, Alexander Bonnyman led a 21-man demolition team against the main bomb-proof shelter on Tarawa.

There is much we still do not know about the DF-27 missile—but it is worth examining the consequences for the US Navy if the ...

For decades, the Navy SEALs have been among the most recognized names of the U.S. military's elite warfighters. This month marks 64 years since the ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the ...

Yes, the United States did, in fact, buy Alaska. In 1867, the US purchased the vast northern territory from the Russian Empire, then ruled by Tsar Alexander II, in a transaction that would later be ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...