Japanese fleet carrier Hiryu is seen shortly before the United States Navy sank it during the Battle of Midway. Courtesy Kazutoshi Hando, U.S. Navy 1942: Without ever sighting one another, Japanese ...

MIDWAY, THE BATTLE THAT DOOMED JAPAN (266 pp.)—Mitsuo Fuchida & Masatake Okumiya—U.S. Naval Institute ($4.50). In the months after Pearl Harbor, the restless aggressors who bossed the Imperial ...

Halsey was instrumental in planning the defense of Midway Island, although a skin condition caused him to miss the actual battle. Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, was the ...

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 ...

A deep-sea expedition has captured the first detailed view of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, which sank in 1942 during the Battle of Midway. It was located 25 years ago. The Ocean Exploration Trust ...