In November 1914, during the Battle of Cape Sarych, the Yavuz Sultan Selim - formerly the German SMS Goeben - boldly faced a ...

Germany’s only attempt at building an aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, was ambitious—but doomed. Conceived as part of ...

An Italian-German shipbuilding partnership is pitching submarines to the Philippine Navy under the latest bid in Manila’s longstanding attack boat acquisition program. Fincantieri, Italy’s ...

In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...

After WWII, the base became Naval Air Station Adak and was used for submarine surveillance during the Cold War. But with rising tensions in the Pacific, the island is once again viewed by many as ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government on Wednesday warned against Russian efforts to "instrumentalise" events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two after the Russian ambassador to ...

served in the Navy from 1937 to 1941 and were out of the service when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, precipitating the United States' entry into World War II. The surprise ...

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

“I’ve also been told that there are no flights tonight, and that the people I spoke to were not aware of any plans for flights tomorrow,” Justice Department official Drew Ensign told the cour ...

On the outbreak of war in 1939 she formed part of the South American Division with HMS Cumberland and, together with the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles, engaged the German pocket battleship ...

changed the course of World War II when he saved the lives of two of the Allies' leading admirals. He was quite a man for, as well as his calmness and bravery under fire, Houghton also came up with ...