Germany had tasted Naval dominance, and it had liked it. Just before World War 1, the German High Seas Fleet was the second most powerful navy in the world. Wielding a fearsome force with over 16 ...

World War II was a tumultuous time that saw combat in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Despite how large the planet is, a war that involved every major nation made it seem that much smaller, and ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...