What if just a handful of battles truly determined the outcome of World War II? While the war stretched across years and continents, a select group of engagements had an outsized impact, shifting ...

This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in ...

Finding an intact stern rewrote the story of Teruzuki’s final moments, showing that the cause of sinking was damage from two torpedo strikes rather than the explosion of the ship’s own depth charges.

The sunken remnants of one Japanese and one American ship never met in combat, but they’ve shared the same final resting ...

On May 5th, 1945, just days after Hitler’s death and the collapse of the Nazi regime, one of the most unusual battles of the Second World War unfolded at Castle Itter in Austria. American troops, ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa. ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in ...

NASM copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive ...

ITOMAN – Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, ...