The invasion of Tarawa marked the first major action by American forces in the Central Pacific. Waves of Marines were badly mauled as they struggled to cross reefs and assault the beach. 

Invasion or Blockade? American Army and Navy planners debated how to vanquish Japan during World War II's final weeks.

Classified for 50 years, the sinking of the HMT Rohna remains one of the least known—yet most catastrophic—events of World War II.

As American ground forces fought for control of Okinawa in the spring of 1945, Japanese Kamikaze pilots wreaked a grim toll on American naval forces.

The heroic stand of Finland against the Soviet Union in 1939 was a lesson for the ages.