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Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 18.
In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.
Surrounded and outgunned on a deadly Pacific beach, Sergeant Robert Owens led a fearless charge to destroy a hidden Japanese ...
Mark Carney's housing plan omits key details like timelines, and does nothing to prevent the finacialization of housing, ...
Vanuatu, site of a major U.S. naval base in the Pacific War, was also a vital venue for China's "undercover infrastructures," ...
The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the fiercest and longest battles in the Pacific, exacting heavy losses on both American and Japanese forces. Although the island seemed minor, its Henderson ...
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island ... of the end of World War II. The Japanese island, around 1,250 kilometres (780 miles) south of ...
Jeff Bezos-led Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, news agency Reuters reported, citing a US administration official. The offer comes days before the April 5 deadline for the video ...
Burmese Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional summit in Thailand as Myanmar battles the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes, Thai PBS reported on Wednesday. Min Aung Hlaing will ...
Rich in oil and other raw materials, Borneo's location was also of great strategic importance in the south west Pacific, but neither the Dutch nor the British had the resources to defend it properly.