On December 10, 1942, as the Pacific erupted into a critical front of World War II, British Force Z ventured into the South ...

This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to ...

Ships can spark the imagination with the romance of seafaring, but not all are elegant. We checked out some of the strangest ...

Legend had it that Dorothy Furey was the daughter of a wealthy banana importer. Legend had it that her family lost a fortune ...

HMCS Nanaimo K101 was one of 122 Flower-class corvette ships built in Canada – 294 were built in total in Canada, the U.K.

Shot down over occupied France 80 years ago, Alf Herring was taken prisoner almost immediately. He has never spoken of his ...

Ted Rutherford, 99, was a gunner in the Royal Navy but didn't celebrate VE Day as his ship picked up hundreds of prisoners of ...

Massachusetts was the site of various battles during the Revolutionary War, many of which will celebrate their 250th anniversary ... Eventually, a British ship named "Diana" got stuck in Chelsea ...

capturing over 150 British merchant ships worth $2 million. But the British took heart from the land war, which seemed to be going their way with very little effort expended. With the help of ...

The event marks the disastrous 1915 landing of British ... discussion of militarism and war in the current federal election, which is to be held on May 3. In their remarks at Dawn services ...

Ken Foster was in the Royal Navy on VE day - but the job wasn't done, they went to liberate Norway "When people talk about those who 'gave their lives ... on a British ship after the liberation ...