Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

What You Need to Know: Henry Kaiser’s mass-produced Casablanca-class “jeep carriers” became a crucial U.S. Navy asset during WWII. Though smaller and slower than fleet carriers, these escort ...

What You Need to Know: The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for ... Japan’s Hiryu represented the fierce capability of ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma ...

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...

Miyazaki Airport’s predecessor, Akae airfield, was built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943 and was targeted for bombing runs during World War II. The airport later opened in 1954 as a ...

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by ... buried underneath a Japanese runway for decades, having landed on the Miyazaki Airport when it was being used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

What can be said about these iconic warbirds that hasn’t already been said? Let us tell you. As was the case with torpedo bombers, the heyday of the dive bomber did not last beyond World War II. But ...

A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...

Hideaki Anno is creating a new Space Battleship Yamato film. What is the enduring legacy of this series in Japan? Part of the reason I was asked to contribute to the Answerman column is because I am a ...