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

Some of the largest naval battles were waged in World War II, which also WWII marked a turning point in naval warfare with the evolution of carrier-based combat.

The Pacific Theater of World War II was one of the most ferocious naval campaigns in history during which capital ships ...

The Royal Navy Reports on the Pacific War If you want to follow, minute by minute, five of the major engagements of World War II in the Pacific as recorded by the British, then this is the book for ...

On August 7, 1942, America staged its first Pacific offensive during World War II with the invasion of Guadalcanal, a six-month battle that proved to be a turning point in the war.

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

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ‘Teruzuki’ was found on the seafloor of Iron Bottom Sound, still armed with ammunition, 80 years after it sank.

We get our hands on a work-in-progress version of Pacific Storm to see how this strategy game will let you wage World War II naval warfare.

If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan’s navy might have been decimated by June 1944.

Sammy Ray was a bird zoologist when he enlisted in the Navy and was recruited by Smithsonian to collect exotic specimens in the South Pacific. Photo courtesy of Sammy Ray. “The carnage on the ...