From its early struggles to its legendary status under Commander “Mush” Morton, USS Wahoo became a fearsome predator, sinking ...

In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's why some World War II soldiers may have gotten thrifty with their tactical ...

On Dec. 6, 1941, Young commanded the repair ship Vestal, which he fatefully brought alongside the battleship Arizona. The ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

At 102, retired Air Force Capt. Dick Nelms, who flew 35 missions over Nazi Germany in a Boeing B-17, shares his WWII ...

Anita Bose Pfaff, daughter of legendary Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose, is working on a book that aims to cast light on a story long overlooked by history.

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied powers in a radio speech, a Jewel Voice Broadcast that caused significant uproar among ...

In July 2024, the bipartisan Commission on the National Defence Strategy issued a stark assessment. The United States was last prepared for a peer conflict during the Cold War, which ended 35 years ...

He participated in the first baseball game at the North Pole. Later, he became an expert in the impact of climate change on ...

The US Navy does not need the Trump-class vessel—and is unlikely to ever get it.