What You Need to Know: The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for their strategic ... represented the fierce capability of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notably at Midway.

“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...

Aircraft carriers are the premiere warships used by blue water navies around the world, and it's been that way since World War II. After the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

The Zero endures as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s efficiency and menace. Imperial Japan’s most iconic piece of military ...

June: Battle of Midway: In what is later seen as the "turning point" of the Pacific war, American carrier aircraft sink all four of the Japanese navy's major aircraft carriers along with a cruiser.

Media in China are warning against Japan's “remilitarisation” after the country unveiled its biggest warship since World War II on Tuesday ... helicopter carrier a “quasi-aircraft carrier ...

NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture--Wreckage of a wartime Japanese aircraft salvaged from the ... suicide missions in the waning days of World War II. It was found roughly 300 meters off Cape ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...