Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier ...

A Japanese Mogani class cruiser burns after being bombed in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.Corbis—Getty Images On June 4, 1942, the first day of the battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy sank four ...

During WWII — just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor — Japanese warplanes attacked the Midway Atoll, a tiny group of islands about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu and roughly halfway ...

On this day in history, June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway — regarded as one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan — came to an end. The Battle of Midway was an Allied naval ...

Eighty years ago this weekend, the U.S. Navy ambushed the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Midway and altered the course of World War II. Saturday night, aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego — a ...

Deep-sea explorers say they have captured detailed images of three iconic shipwrecks from World War II's Battle of Midway, including the first up-close photos of a Japanese aircraft carrier since it ...

After a grueling and uncertain series of carrier strikes, Admiral Nimitz (Henry Fonda) and his staff receive the final confirmation that the Japanese fleet is in retreat! Get your Playback Pick! Watch ...

Eighty years ago this weekend, in the Pacific Ocean 3,500 miles off San Diego, a military miracle unfolded. The U.S. Navy ambushed the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Midway and altered the course of ...