By Kathy Chouteau The historic Red Oak Victory ship, built on the Richmond Home Front during WWII, set the stage on Oct. 2 ...

The Merchant Marine operates in both peacetime and wartime, but its services are particularly valuable during times of ...

Birmingham’s most serious incident occurred in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest Naval battle of World War II. Nearly ...

The YJ-21 and DF-26D hypersonic weapons showcased by China during last month’s victory day military parade are aimed at the ...

During World War II, Allied pilots displayed their achievements on aircraft with a variety of victory markings, from bomb tallies and air-to-air kills to rare mission symbols like ice cream cones and ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

The naval commander himself had been killed by a French sniper, and his loyal captain Thomas Hardy was determined to keep a ...

The U.S. Navy did not finish construction of the USS Illinois battleship because aircraft carriers became the dominant naval ...

Ohio’s influence can be found in every Navy era — from the battle that secured Lake Erie to the Cleveland-built engines that ...

HistoryLand is housed in one of the exhibition halls of the sprawling MTP Poznan Expo complex and offers mockups of 10 events ...

It has been over 80 years since World War II ended, and Saratoga Springs High School students are making sure the memory of ...

Betty Wrigley of Collinsville helped repair battleships during World War II after leaving her St. Louis home at 15.