Explore the only land battle between American and Japanese forces to take place on North American soil.

On the connection between the massive Soviet counterattack and the Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Once Hitler declared a place a "stronghold," his men had no choice but to fight to the death.

From the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and atomic diplomacy.

Underscoring its ferocity, future commandant of the Marine Corps General Clifton Cates argued that “the fight for Peleliu was one of the most vicious and stubbornly defended battles of the war.”