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 ...
In August 1941, the First Battle of Kiev became the largest encirclement in military history. As German forces advanced ...
Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/) When news of the Japanese ...
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 ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...
Billy Mitchell, a World War I air power commander, warned battleships were obsolete and future wars would be decided in the ...
John Hall, a naval officer who was employed during the 1960s and 1970s as the bursar at Salisbury Cathedral School, ...
Censored, restored, and recently revised by the Pet Shop Boys, Eisenstein's century-old film still poses important questions ...