Outgunned and isolated, HMS Glowworm engaged a far superior German battleship and chose to ram rather than surrender. The ...
Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...
Scuttling is when a ship's crew intentionally sinks a ship themselves, and it happened a lot during WWII to ensure ships didn ...
From playing Royal Christmas broadcasts to increasing food rations, soldiers and citizens made a concerted effort to spread festive cheer during WW2 ...
The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged ...
In 1994, a suburban wife, mother and journalist named Christine Kuehn received a mysterious letter in the mail from a ...
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s ...
Five area men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that has become known as “The Little Pearl Harbor.” The Dec. 2, 1943, air raid ...
Billy Mitchell, a World War I air power commander, warned battleships were obsolete and future wars would be decided in the ...
The president assembles a fleet of warships off the shores of an oil rich country run by a brutal dictator. He orders ...
Volkswagen has been around since before World War II, and there are a number of classic models that can still be appreciated ...
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December 16, the Boston Tea Party

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped ...