To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

Across the Pacific, every battle and every skirmish had led to this moment. A colossal US armada made up of 1,500 ships and a ...

Donald McPherson shot down five planes in the Pacific theater in the final years of the war, earning him the title of "ace" ...

It was brutal, bloody and exhausting. SAUL DAVID on the slog across the Pacific and why Okinawa was key to victory in the ...

Discover the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, remote territories in the Pacific and Caribbean with ecological, historical, and ...

The “Teruzuki” was a Japanese Navy destroyer that sank near the Solomon Islands on December 12, 1942. Eight decades later, researchers have identified the wreckage in the Pacific ...

Over the years, a certain mantra has arisen in academic circles involving the post-World War II war crimes trials. Nuremberg, it is said, was a needed display of 'allied justice' and 'democratic fair ...

World War II-era map found at California museum could uncover lost Japanese cemetery in the Pacific.

Many World War II airfields were abandoned after Japan surrendered in September 1945 and have since become overgrown with vegetation. These airfields are still usable once you remove the vegetation, ...

Early this month, Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, confirmed that the airfield from which first atomic bomb drop was launched is being reclaimed.

Why does the end of World War II in the Pacific still matter? 75 years on, three Australian foreign policy experts reflect on the events that led to the alliance between Australia and the United ...