Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was more excited than usual as he awoke that morning. As general commander of the air squadron, he made some last-minute checks on intelligence information, then went to warm up ...

With three Japanese carriers, the Akagi, Kaga and Sōryū, in flames, the tide of battle seemed to favor the U.S. Navy—but the Battle of Midway was far from over. As the damaged Hiryū launched a ...

The evening sun lowers over the Pacific as Hiryū pushes through the waves. On deck, crews work fast, refueling and rearming ...

“Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was more excited than usual as he awoke that morning on the aircraft carrier, Sunday December 1941. As general commander of the air squadron, he made some last-minute checks on ...

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier forces and establish dominance in the central Pacific. What followed was a ...

The day after the main battle at Midway, the Japanese cruiser Mikuma is retreating westward, damaged and trailing oil... With air cover lost and American carriers still in the area, the situation is ...