Find out how the distinctive patterns of zebra stripes influenced naval tactics and helped British ships evade danger. This ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to ...

In 1918, just years before World War II reshaped global warfare, a massive U.S. Navy ship vanished at sea. USS Cyclops, her ...

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 September) is Dunkirk, the 1958 World War II epic starring John Mills.

The Lunna House Agreement between the UK and Norway is well-conceived, but relies on a defense industrial base that is unlikely to meet either side’s expectations.

The U.S. campaign in Venezuela has drawn from a centuries-old playbook employing naval force — but added some new elements, ...

There are incidents of Commonwealth airmen being captured after taking off from Malta, such as the case of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAA (Royal Australian Air Force) the crew ...

The only time the United States can be said to have truly attempted a form of isolationism was in the 1920s and 1930s, when it dismantled most of its military capabilities and disengaged from global ...

In his latest Texas History column, Ken Bridges explores the ways flags have been used to convey messages, signal triumph and ...

Denmark deployed soldiers to both Iraq and Afghanistan when America launched the Global War on Terrorism. Fifty of their ...

Years later, declassified intelligence revealed that the second reported attack never occurred. Internal doubts had existed ...