Securing Saipan was of critical importance to the U.S.; its airfields would put the Army Air ... the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II ...
The Battle of Milne Bay (from August 25 through to September 7, 1942), was the defence of the eastern New Guinea by ...
Spruance, veteran of the Battle ... naval-and-air center at Truk. Patrolling offshore were U.S. battleships, cruisers and destroyers—the greatest fleet ever assembled in the Pacific, Honolulu ...
Monday marks 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge, when the Nazi army made its last offensive push of World War II. The battle was ... cover neutralizing Allied air superiority and record ...
One of the prisoners later died from his injuries The families of men who took part in the first named air battle of World War Two will be remembering them at a special event in Lincoln on its ...
Air battles have been major turning points in history, where the fight for control of the skies often decided the outcome of wars. From the early days of World War I to modern-day conflicts, these ...
Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the ...
who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number of veterans who witnessed firsthand the fierce naval battles of the Pacific Theater and the war's final months.
The families of men who took part in the first named air battle of World War Two will be remembering them at a special event in Lincoln on its 85th anniversary. The Battle of the Heligoland Bight ...