USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

The Deer Hunter, Platoon, and Paths of Glory are all among the very best war movies that benefit from incredible performances ...

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In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...

Laying mines is cheap—and easy. Clearing them is expensive and hard. The potential consequences are terrifying.

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.

Authorities have identified a New Bedford fisherman killed after the fishing vessel Yankee Rose capsized near Provincetown.

During the Second World War, one little-known engineer played a crucial role in shaping the Allied path to victory. Andrew Higgins, a New Orleans boat builder, designed the landing craft that allowed ...

The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

The Kanawha River, which flows from Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, West Virginia, through Charleston, West Virginia, to Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, has been the inspiration for the ...

He said: “Even at the time, the disaster nationally was yet another tragedy of WWI, which was buried in the terrible things happening in the trenches. This happened three years after the Titanic. The ...

MEXICO CITY — Both Washington and Havana say they are launching investigations after Cuban authorities reported that their forces killed four people — including a U.S. citizen — and wounded six others ...