The largest ever mounted on a warship, each gun could fire 3,200-pound (1,460 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 kilometers).

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.

Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who, after rising to power during the French Revolution, carried out a ...

A rare piece of Texas military history is now on the market—and it comes with a story as big as its walls. Listed for $1.25 million, the 4,088-square-foot home in Hitchcock, Texas, was once the U.S.

The secret was D-Day — the June 6, 1944, invasion of Nazi-occupied France with the world’s largest-ever sea, land and air ...

First announced in June as part of the UK’s Strategic Defense Review, Operation Atlantic Bastion aims to secure the North Atlantic and North Sea for the UK and NATO. The growing capabilities of a ...

In an interview with The Diplomat, Germany’s ambassador to Japan emphasized that Tokyo is Berlin’s “premium partner” in the ...

In his diary, Lam wrote of a narrow brush with death on D-Day aboard HMS Ramillies, as the battleship’s mighty guns were ...

The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War ...

Those looking for an adventure can don scuba gear and venture to diving spots in the waters off the Grand Strand. Where to ...

A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history. Found by urban explorers ...

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