The opening of the air war over the Pacific was brutal. Allied pilots found themselves facing an enemy whose fighters appeared to be able to run rings around their own. The most notable of these ...

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 ...

Within the Context, Joint Force Capabilities, At Decisive Points” — just one of the haikus written by Army officers during ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...

Two United Airlines pilots are working to take two WWII veterans to the Philippines to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

although still short of war, in the western Pacific. That’s not actually that dissimilar from the way that World War II started. We remember World War II as a global war because that’s what it ...

He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello ... He looks at the bombing raids in "Masters of the Air," starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.