Tucked away in a secluded industrial quayside in south Wales, a "forgotten veteran" of World War Two is hiding in plain sight ...
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Deadliest Winter Battle of WWII

In December 1944, as the Battle of the Bulge raged through the Ardennes, the men of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment ...
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The 10 Biggest Battleships Ever Built

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.
On Wednesday, Charles Calvin Holdeman Jr. was laid to rest with full military honors at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans ...
The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the ...
The U.S. Navy did not finish construction of the USS Illinois battleship because aircraft carriers became the dominant naval ...
Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific ...
More than 4000 Japanese soldiers perished when Chuuk Lagoon, known as "Truk" at the time, was bombarded by US forces at the ...
A service has been held in Guernsey to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of two Royal Navy warships hit by ...
US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, gun-wielding ships that dominated naval fights for decades. Aircraft carriers, ...
OUISTREHAM, France (AP) — The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first ...
Betty Wrigley of Collinsville helped repair battleships during World War II after leaving her St. Louis home at 15.