They survived the fall of Bataan, endured years of Japanese captivity, and were crammed into the suffocating hold of a transport ship headed for forced labor in Japan. Then American bombs hit the ...

In October 1943 the second world war was in full swing and the tide was turning against the Axis powers, though there was no ...

There is much current discussion about having foreign shipyards build U.S. Navy warships as a way to increase production and fleet numbers. That sounds good on paper, but if the target is combatant ...

Strategic bombing with conventional weapons, like the United States is doing in Iran, has never forced unconditional ...

“These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts, there’s nothing to be afraid of,” Trump reportedly ...

After all the crashing and burning of Imperial Germany’s Zeppelins in the later part of WWI – once the Brits managed to build interceptors that could hit their lofty altitude, and figured out the ...

In the early morning hours of July 25, 1943, a German submarine fired on the old Ethyl-Dow Chemical Plant in Kure Beach. Or maybe it didn't.

The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...

The SS Thistlegorm was sunk by German bombs in 1941 and is now known as an underwater zoo that's home to all sorts of animals, including the crocodilefish.

Rügen and Usedom, long-cherished vacation spots for Europeans, are redefining what it means to be sustainable. Preservation ...

The U.S. Coast Guard’s tall ship Eagle will visit Pensacola in May as part of a sailing tour to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. Known as “America’s Tall Ship,” the U.S. Coast Guard Barque ...