Air raids in World War II proved just how devastating aircraft could be. In response, militaries worldwide began digging deep ...

A strike Sunday night in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital of Yemen, hit a house, killing at least four people and wounding 16 ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26 ... Despite expectations by the US, they would overwhelm the Japanese ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and ...

Capturing the island of Iwo Jima, which is only 8 square miles ... Genaust was killed March 4, 1945, by Japanese fire while clearing a tunnel,” DoD wrote.

(Wikimedia Commons) The Battle of Iwo Jima unfolded with about 70,000 Marines and sailors attempting to wrest control of the militarily strategic island. While vastly outnumbered, the Japanese ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is visiting Japan for the first time as Pentagon chief, claimed on Sunday that Japan was "indispensable" in tackling China in the region, including across ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday "praised American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II ...

Hegseth landed on Iwo Jima, now known as Iwoto, the island where Japanese and American soldiers faced off in one of the war’s fiercest battles. He joined several American veterans who survived ...