While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

In 1940, Japan’s Imperial Navy launched the Yamato and the Musashi—the largest battleships ever built. These massive vessels represented the pinnacle of naval engineering and firepower, yet they were ...

More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II have been released, just days after a crew said they found a military vehicle inside the ...

Dominic Bush spent four years planning to look for sunken World War II ships in the waters around Attu at the farthest edge of the Aleutian Islands. This summer, he and a crew of 13 other researchers ...