📍 It’s 1942, and Japan is on a mission to dominate the Pacific, zeroing in on Tulagi and Port Moresby as key footholds. With a massive fleet at their command, Japanese forces are ready to strike, but ...
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...
"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Preface, dated 1953, refers to corrections checked and collated "since the first edition." -- P. xi. Task organizations containing lists of American and Japanese ...
The War in the Pacific was one of the most vicious fights seen in naval history. The United States and Japan clashed multiple times in the waterways, with thousands dead in the wake of each major ...
Today, I extend my heartfelt greetings to the people of Australia as we commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea—a pivotal moment in the fight against tyranny and a defining ...