Control of Midway island was part of the Japanese navy’s plan to dominate the Pacific. American codebreakers had other ideas.

The Empress of Asia was the second big Canadian Pacific ship to be the lost in the Second World War: the Empress of Britain ...

During the dive, at least three Douglas SBD Dauntless ... to the hangar deck and set ablaze after being struck by three Japanese bombers. The cameras, meanwhile, picked up more than just the ...

Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from ...

The Americans are going up against the mighty Japanese fleet also known as the Kidō Butai. On this day, Best and his SBD Dauntless will take part in the sinking of 2 of the 4 Japanese carriers ...

Paintings, vehicles, and even a potentially never-before-seen jellyfish were found among USS Yorktown’s wreckage ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber ... was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of Midway. The heavily damaged aircraft is one of at least three vintage bombers found piled ...

The vessel was crippled by Japanese dive bombers in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, before being sunk to a depth of 5,000 ft by submarine torpedo hits. The U.S. government's NOAA Ocean ...