A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...

The deadly WW2 battle fought to control a remote island stronghold Posted: February 9, 2026 | Last updated: February 12, 2026 A strategically vital island became the center of a fierce Allied invasion ...

Seven soldiers from the islands who were expelled from University of Hawaii’s Reserve Officer Training Corps for their Japanese heritage and went on to die fighting the Nazis in Europe as enlisted men ...

A U.S. military base constructed and used during World War II on Baltra Island, part of the Galapagos Islands, was largely dismantled after the war. A group of researchers created a 3D digital ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A U.S. military base constructed and used during World War II on Baltra Island, part of the Galapagos Islands, was largely dismantled after the war.

Yes, Iowa is an island. Yes, it's a land mass surrounded by ocean. Yes, you read that right. There are indeed two Iowas on the world map. One is a Midwestern state. The other is a part of The World ...

On February 17, 1944, American forces launched Operation Hailstone, a relentless assault on Japan’s naval stronghold at Truk Lagoon. Waves of aircraft and warships sank hundreds of Japanese vessels, ...

Talks between the U.K. and the U.S. over the future of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean have reportedly reopened after President Donald Trump’s comments cast doubt over an agreement that would ...

Combat welder? There is a classification in both the United States Army and the US Navy today, but in the South Pacific during World War II, it was just another duty for the guys in the motor pool, ...

Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to debt-fueled economic excess. The sprawling Ocean Flower Island project in Hainan, ...

Few sovereignty disputes end with a toast. Ottawa and Copenhagen managed it anyway, turning a fight over an uninhabited Arctic rock into a study in how allies can argue without forgetting why they’re ...