Pacific War

Seeing the war from the perspective of citizens of U.S. colonies sheds new light on the impact of World War II.

Gary Bass’s new book asks why the tribunal in Tokyo after World War II was so ineffective.

On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan, we should remember that deploying the bomb wasn’t necessary to win the war.

Recruits learned the arts of infiltration, sabotage, and survival at a hidden base on Santa Catalina Island.

A new book argues that the conflict was a battle for empire.

On the erasure of American "territories" from US history.

260,000 Filipinos served in World War II, when the country was a US territory. Most veterans have never seen benefits.

The rise and fall of the defense contractor who bought off Navy brass with meals, liquor, women and bribes.

The secrets and service of a World War II family, 76 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The movie has no interest in reducing the atomic bombings to a trivializing, exploitative spectacle, despite what some would want.

Pvt. Felix Hall’s killers were never brought to justice.

As white, southern troops raised the battle flag, they showed that they were fighting for change abroad—but the status quo at home.

Films of the battle for Iwo Jima, being digitized 75 years after they were made, offer connections and lessons for Americans of today.

“How to Hide an Empire,” explores America far beyond the borders of the Lower 48.

Two of the earliest films to depict the bombing of Hiroshima show how politics shapes national mourning.