Scuttling is when a ship's crew intentionally sinks a ship themselves, and it happened a lot during WWII to ensure ships didn ...

John Hall, a naval officer who was employed during the 1960s and 1970s as the bursar at Salisbury Cathedral School, ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Vast networks of undersea cables critical to daily life in NATO countries are very vulnerable to attacks, including sabotage.

Wars are not won by evacuation, but George Washington’s decision to evacuate Long Island in August 1776 ultimately saved the ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most ...

In the freezing waters of the Norwegian Sea, HMS Glowworm met a foe twice her size — and attacked anyway. This is the astonishing story of a destroyer’s final moments, where outmatched British sailors ...

In the midst of the Falklands War, British sailors hunting for ARA San Luis launched ordnance at the sonar and radar signals ...

It's no secret that Ireland harbors animosity toward Israel. The Emerald Isle has been of late outstanding in the international community denouncing the Jewish state in relation to the war in Gaza, ...

Originally designed for infantry support, the Sturmgeschütz III evolved into one of Germany’s most lethal weapons on the ...

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped ...

Soldiers of Caribbean descent who served Britain during the First and Second World Wars, among other armed conflicts, are to ...