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 ...

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took ...

During World War II, a number of important battles took place that undoubtedly changed the war’s course and that of history. Even with thousands of battles taking place between the Allied and Axis ...

A famed Japanese destroyer lost in 1942 has been found severed on the South Pacific seafloor - the result of a fantastic David-vs.-Goliath sea battle that remains the stuff of legend for the U.S. Navy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While some of the wrecks were first located over 30 years ago, the latest expedition allowed for a far more detailed and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II have been released, ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...

Prologue: London, 1930 -- Part I: The European war. Unterseebooten ; Panzerschiffen ; Norway ; France falls ; The Regia Marina ; The war on trade, I ; The Bismarck -- Part II: The war widens. The ...