WWII came to an end with the surrender of Japan, 80 years ago. The victory was partly due to the many Connecticut industries’ ...
World War II: The Pacific Theater takes you inside the sweeping story of the American fight against the Japanese. Taught by Professor Craig L. Symonds, a distinguished military historian at the US ...
In the Pacific theater of World War II, Japan's military was driven by the Bushido code—a strict samurai ethos emphasizing ...
“The ultimate determinate in war is the man on the scene with the gun. This man is the final power in war. He is in control. He determines who wins.” — J.C. Wylie, Military Strategy: A General Theory ...
A Louisiana World War II hero was finally buried on home soil last week 81 years after being killed in action in 1944 during one of the most consequential campaigns of the Pacific Theater. Private ...
In the World War II History Roundtable’s next presentation at Greenville’s Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, author and U.S. Naval War College professor Jonathan Parshall will be discussing factors ...
Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific ...