Alexander Wooley, a former British Royal Navy officer, is a director of the research lab AidData at William & Mary. He is the ...
What happened to the Nazi nuclear project? Why were German POWs treated so well? World War II is one of the most studied wars in history, but there are still lots of questions that have arisen over ...
The “Dancing Mouse” faced off against a Japanese convoy and was lost to the sea—until robots finally found it.
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What happened to British Naval officer William J. Coffee, found dead in Bayou Chico in 1947? Why is his grave unmarked?
Before LaGuardia and JFK, an airport in Brooklyn handled air travel in and out of New York City. It was also critical to the ...
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USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—The initial notice that an American submarine had sunk an enemy ship for the first time since World War II came in the form of a brief 5 a.m. email from the U.S. Indo-Pacific ...
Not all the ships sunk during WWII were forgotten; some gained a second life as iconic dive destinations, including this ship that sank off the Egyptian coast.
U.S. strikes have heavily targeted Iran’s large ships and bases, but its Revolutionary Guard navy is a more nimble force. By Christoph Koettl The Iranian naval forces have suffered heavy losses in the ...
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