Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies. British ...

Key point: Rome dreamt of a new empire but ultimately lost the war. As Italy got more desperate, it turned to more creative measures to fight back. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the ...

Great Battleships of WWII focuses on the most powerful British and German Battleships of WWII and explains the great battles and sea chases of the Graf Spee in the Battle of The River Plate, the ...

In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. Ark Royal had been a thorn in the side of the German navy during the early years of World War II. Ark Royal is one of ...

There is no particular political significance in the forthcoming visit to Haifa of a British flotilla of five warships, the second of its kind in several months, Foreign Ministry circles declared ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Malaysia has detained a Chinese vessel believed to have been salvaging the hulks of two British warships sunk in the South China Sea during the opening stage of World War II in ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Fascist Italy took daring measures when all else seemed to fail. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The ...