Here’s What You Need to Remember: The U.S. Navy, concerned by aircraft losses in the air campaign against North Vietnam, saw the battleship as a low-risk way of bombarding coastal targets without ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: “The battleship era ended…because they could no longer fulfill their roles in a cost-effective manner.” In many ways, the battleship represented the greatest-ever ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Memorial Day pays tribute to men and women who died while serving in the armed forces. Hundreds of Tennesseans remain listed as missing in action – most from World War II.

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

The Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey underwent many modifications in its nearly 50-year history, but there’s one modification it doesn’t really advertise. If you’ve ever been in the “dental ...

In the summer of 1940, an Italian flotilla embarked on a grand expedition across the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Their mission: to equip their compatriots stationed in Libya. As the ...

In February 1991, USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin, two legendary World War II battleships, stood off the Kuwaiti coast—revived, modernized, and poised for action. Outfitted with cruise missiles and ...

The worst drought in Europe in decades hasn't only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of almost forgotten World War II history: The hulks of dozens of World War ...