June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines ... fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II.

"After a prolonged search conducted by the Pacific Fleet, with active upport from veteran submariner organizations, a Malyutka-class submarine that sank during World War II was discovered in the ...

Rather, it is a study of Marine operations during the Pacific War as viewed through the performance the officers who commanded them. Taaffe reminds us that between the world wars the Marines were a ...

MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. This year’s largest drills of the Pacific Fleet’s marines have ended in Kamchatka. More than 4,000 people took part in them at different stages. The marines ...