On Sunday General MacArthur said: “If God stays with me I may get some remarkable results.” By Thursday, the results tabulated, he said: “Almighty God blessed our arms.” Between the prayer and the ...
This episode examines the Battle of New Georgia, a key campaign in the Pacific War that tested Allied island-hopping strategy ...
While its primary focus is on air operations in the Solomons, it also covers in some detail the naval and ground battles of the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign, but only briefly treats those of the 1943 ...
In a move that would change the tide of the war in the Pacific Theater, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. authorized the most significant carrier-based attack the United States Navy had ever performed.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.2 struck 148 km (92 miles) south of Rabaul island in northeastern Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.