This episode of "The Great American Story" delves into the pivotal Battle of Midway, highlighting how superior American ...

This decisive naval battle 75 years ago not only changed the course of World War II, but also established the aircraft carrier as the principal strategic weapon of the United States Navy.

Midway Atoll, pictured in 2002, was the site of a major turning point in World War II’s Pacific theater. A new battle is pitting preservation of its vaunted military history against the ...

June 4 marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. — -- On June 4, 1942, the heavily outnumbered US and Japan clashed in an epic nearly four-day battle off Midway Island, a tiny atoll ...

Seventy-seven years ago, Midway Atoll, the remains of an ancient volcano midway between the U.S. and Japan, was the site of an air-sea battle that changed the course of the war in the Pacific.

The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in World War II's Pacific theater. The remote atoll where thousands died is now a delicate sanctuary for millions of seabirds, and a new battle is ...

Hastily repaired after suffering serious damage in the Battle of the Coral Sea less than a month earlier, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown shouldn’t have been ordered out of the safety of Pearl ...

On June 4, 1942, just six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway began during World War II. The battle lasted through June 7. In the end seven ships were sunk and ...

The Battle of Midway underscores the influence of the sixth domain of war. That said, the what ifs are tantalizing. Had a Japanese search plane not been delayed in take-off, ...

The crew of Petrel is hoping to find and survey all lost ships from the 1942 Battle of Midway, which historians consider a pivotal victory for the U.S. in the Pacific during WWII.