Summary: The Yamato, commissioned in 1941, was the largest battleship ever built, marking the peak of battleship engineering ...

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...

A varied mix of attendees observed and celebrated the resilience of World War II Naval servicemen during the April 16 79th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa on board the USS Laffey at Patriots ...

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum is hosting a memorial to honor fallen sailors from a historic battle on Tuesday. Thirty-two sailors were killed in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

The Nakajima Ki-115a Tsurugi was built as a cheap single-use on-way suicide aircraft to strike American warships.

The FBI Boston Division recently took part in ceremony in Japan celebrating the return of historic Japanese artifacts.

Before the rise of aircraft carriers, battleships were every navy’s most powerful asset. Over the years, scores of these ...

World War II stands as one of the most important events in human history. It shaped much of the current geopolitical landscape and altered the balance of power for the second half of the 20th century, ...

Offshore the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Navy waged the ... that would become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa. As many as sixty-five thousand Japanese soldiers died defending ...

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum is hosting a memorial to honor fallen sailors from a historic battle on Tuesday. Thirty-two sailors were killed in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Offshore the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Navy waged the ... that would become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa. As many as sixty-five thousand Japanese soldiers died defending ...