The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...

Key Points and Summary - Commissioned in August 1943, the Essex-class carrier USS Intrepid fought across the Pacific, surviving a torpedo at Truk and multiple kamikaze strikes while launching raids ...

Machine generated contents note: i. The Political Situation in 1930s Japan -- Manchuria -- ii. Palau -- iii. Truk -- i. USA -- ii. Japan -- iii. US Preparations -- iv. The US Pacific Fleet Moves to ...

Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and declared Missing in Action. (U.S. Navy/National Archives) ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...

A Ford automobile was discovered inside the hanger of an American aircraft carrier that sank during World War ll. According to the Miami Herald, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...