World War II hero Harry 'Tosh' Monks spent D-Day being peppered by German fire on top of a tree - now his medals are expected ...
As a highway for trade, it was also a battlefield during World War II. The Battle of the Atlantic between Allied warships and German U-boats led to multiple shipwrecks, including the oil tanker SS ...
Let's look at the world of racing that Man o' War entered in 1919: Racing in New York had been eliminated in 1911 and 1912 ...
I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, ...
The National WWII Museum John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, a building in New Orleans with a lot of history inside, has been reopened to the public since the summer of 2024 and it's bringing years ...
An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...
Battleship Texas, a veteran of both World War I and World War II, is the only dreadnought-era battleship still on water. It ...
Chico centenarian Robert “Bob” Laney celebrated his 105th birthday Wednesday at Arbor Post Acute nursing home surrounded by ...
No one from Stamford ever called the Kijek brothers, Benny and Frank, from the South End, “suckers and losers” after they were killed within five months of each other when their U.S. Navy ships were ...
The Iowa-class battleships, America’s last class of battleships, nearly received a nuclear upgrade during the Cold War. In the 1950s, the U.S. Navy developed the Mk-33 "Katie" nuclear artillery shell ...
On this day, October 30th, we take a moment to reflect on the significant historical events that have shaped our world across ...
What You Need to Know: The Montana-class battleships were the pinnacle of U.S. battleship design during World War II, ...