Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However, the ...

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

The USS Iowa has faithfully served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage of time. The United States Navy’s Iowa-class battleships were ...

Although battleships were replaced 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. For nearly half a century, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — September 2nd marks a major milestone in world history: the 80th anniversary of the official end of World War II. In Norfolk, decorated military officials, city leaders, and other ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, ...

DECATUR - Walk down the stairs in the Adam Troxell Sr. home in Decatur and cast an eye upon a massive model ship. Extending over each end of a 7-foot pool table, the World War II battleship USS New ...

Epic Guide to World War II National Park Sites, including home front and parks in the Pacific, Memorials, and the history of each National Park Site. The Anchor from the USS Arizona, where 1,177 ...

Mcpherson was believed to be the last surviving WWII ace. (Navy) Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don McPherson.

America’s last known surviving World War II “ace”—a pilot who shot down five enemy planes—has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during the war’s ...