Seventy-five years ago (June 4-7, 1942), the astonishing American victory at the Battle of Midway changed the course of the Pacific War. Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise ...

World War II had plenty of devastating battles, but only one saw the most aircraft carriers sink into the Pacific. These are ...

The carriers were among seven ships that went down in the Battle of Midway, a major air and sea battle fought between the US and Japan in 1942. One ship, the Kaga, was discovered last week ...

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

The Midway-class aircraft carriers, named after the iconic Battle of Midway, consisted of three ships—USS Midway, USS Coral ...

The Japanese also lacked the rapid repair techniques of the Americans. While the heavily damaged Yorktown was repaired in time for the Battle of Midway, the less heavily damaged Shokaku was not ready ...

As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...

Hayasaki, meanwhile, managed to survive mines, air attacks and submarines until the end of the war. After two years of ...

In the three years following the Battle of Midway, the Japanese built six aircraft carriers. The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment ...

The USS Hornet had a proud record in the Pacific theater, launching the Doolittle Raid and fighting in the Battle of Midway, where she helped destroy the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. After Midway ...

The defense establishment needs to start thinking about how it would fight a Second Battle of Midway to ensure it never has to fight at all. David Zikusoka is the 2019 Next Generation National ...

Midway focuses on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the US fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific conflict of the second world war. Directed by Roland Emmerich, it tells the ...