In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the ...

The first year was ending, and it had been a Navy year. The tall, taut man who is both Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) let his mind go back to the ...

On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...

Key point: Japan lost the momentum at Coral Sea. Many history books say the turning point of the Pacific War was the Battle of Midway in June 1942. But a month before Midway, in a patch of ocean 3,500 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 2007's Battlestations: Midway was an unusual game that combined action and strategy on the Pacific front of the world's greatest war. The air-sea ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Warplanes: Battles over Pacific Warplanes: Battles over Pacific opens the next chapter in aviation history. Become a World War II pilot and take part in the ...

Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...

World War II historian John McManus dives into The Pacific's depictions of combat in the Pacific Theater, explaining why they rate highly among on-screen portrayals of the conflict. Produced by Steven ...