Although none of VT-8’s torpedoes struck their targets, their sacrifice proved decisive. By drawing Japanese fighters and anti-aircraft fire down to sea level and forcing violent evasive maneuvers, ...

Mark Stille, the veteran author of numerous books on naval history, among them Pacific Carrier War and, Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle, has produced a meticulous, ...

In June 1942, during World War II, the Battle of Midway transformed the Pacific War in a matter of minutes. Japan’s elite carrier force—Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu—was destroyed despite months of ...