One of the Pacific Theatre's most brutal battles during World War II was the conquest of the island of Saipan in the summer ...

The US, Australia and New Zealand are seeking to militarise the entire Pacific region and to put an end to China’s economic ...

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Displaced Jews rebuilt their lives in Israel, Europe and America, without international aid or a “right of return.” This ...

On this day in 1944, the amphibious assault on Peleliu (Code-named Operation Stalemate II) began. The goal was to take out the Japanese airfields on the island to help protect the allies before an ...

Two Milwaukee-area families – connected by Marine pilot Walter Eck and gunner Irvin Korotki – only recently learned their ...

Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi was killed in 1945 after U.S. aircraft, unaware there were prisoners on board, scored a direct ...

To commemorate this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 19, volunteers with the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars ...

The East Micronesia Cable (EMC), jointly funded with a combined over $95 million from the United States, Australia, and Japan ...

This year, China’s core scholars on “comfort women” — women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army in World War II — published two career-defining books. One, “A Comprehensive ...

Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. called for closer cooperation between countries in the Pacific region and accused China ...