Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.
However, American codebreakers knew the battleship's intentions, and Japan suffered greatly during this battle. Yamato was ...
The targets struck by U.S. forces had been used to attack American warships and commercial vessels, officials said.
American and Japanese carriers fought a two-day sea and air battle off the coast of Saipan. It would go down as one of the biggest carrier battles of World War II. Japan lost three aircraft ...
When the American battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, the drift toward war became inexorable despite Spain's attempts to negotiate a face-saving withdrawal from Cuba.