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Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...
The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ‘Teruzuki’ was found on the seafloor of Iron Bottom Sound, still armed with ammunition, 80 years after it sank.
Japan’s 4 Most Powerful World War II Battleships The Pacific Theater of World War II was a high-stakes naval engagement notable for its island-hopping and amphibious nature.
During the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II, the United States Armed Forces fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to ...
Twenty years after Takaki had eradicated beriberi from the navy, Japan faced Russia in the Russo-Japanese War from 1904 to 1905. The army hospitalized 250,000 soldiers with beriberi, 27,000 of ...
Video draws parallel between Japanese naval incursions and the Fujian’s readiness to enter service, days before Beijing’s ...
Flashpoints The Imperial Japanese Navy and the First World War As we reflect on the centennial of 1914, remember that East Asia was involved in the First World War as well. By Robert Farley June ...
China seems to be taking the same careful approach to its carrier program as Japan took during the interwar period. If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy ...
Today, in Kure, Japan, there's a museum dedicated to the ship, complete with a 1:10 scale model of the former pride of the Imperial Navy.