In September 1939, the HMS Oxley became the first Allied submarine sunk in WWII, torpedoed by the friendly submarine HMS ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Submarines evolved from WWII workhorses into the most terrifying nuclear weapons platforms ever built. During the Pacific War ...

China has spent years building a sophisticated A2/AD network covering its First Island Chain. America has likewise spent ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other ...

Pearl Harbor’s 84th Anniversary commemoration, themed “Building Pathways to Peace," reflects on the 1941 attack that launched ...

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Hill, at age 99, is a U.S. Navy veteran originally from Londonderry, Ohio. He served in WWII in the Pacific on the USS ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat. However, the 18-day campaign in May 1943 to retake a remote Aleutian island from ...

The Israeli navy is expected to intercept hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists off the coast of Gaza, an encounter that risks turning violent. The business said its market could double in size as ...

In 1944, PNG's Manus Island was home to one of the most impressive allied military bases in the Pacific. After signing the ...