History

For the North Vietnamese, the S-75 was more than a weapon—it was a symbol of their ability to adapt and resist despite overwhelming odds. Of course, for America, it was...

Today, as a floating memorial, the Turner Joy stands as a testament to naval engineering and warfare—but also as a reminder of the human consequences of the decisions made in...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for defeating the Americans and their allies.

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would...

The U.S. Navy can learn much from the Russo-Japanese War—and from dueling interpretations of that conflict by naval theorists Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian S. Corbett.

The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World War. 

Had London simply taken a step back and realized the Germans were disinterested in deploying the Tirpitz from its Norwegian redoubt, they probably could have avoided many mistakes.

The USS North Carolina is more than just a steel beast with an impressive record from a bygone war. It’s a time capsule: a living memory of sacrifice and ingenuity...

The Ratte supertank was a time-consuming fever dream that further delayed the Reich’s deluded leadership from addressing the reality that they were being utterly defeated. 

Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider fleet.

Even though the Illinois no longer exists, a small fragment of it remains to remind us of what might have been.

The Bismarck’s terrifying effectiveness led the Royal Navy to make the battleship’s destruction their main goal in the early phase of the war.