A post–Pearl Harbor invasion of Hawaii had been part of imperial Japan’s original planning—but could it have succeeded?

An eyewitness account from the Pacific War vividly describes the fearsome rise of the kamikaze threat in the wake of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Operation Causeway was shelved to clear the way for the invasion of the Philippines. But Causeway’s plans underscored relevant lessons for today’s concerns in the South China Sea.

The cathartic euphoria generated by victory in World War II was, sadly, a fleeting thing, immediately overshadowed by the standoff between freedom and autocracy...

The wreck of HMS Hawke, an Edgar-class protected cruiser sunk by a German U-boat in 1914, has been discovered off Scotland’s Aberdeenshire coast.

Nicholas A. Lambert is the winner of the 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature for his book The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea...

Great Britain’s famed Sopwith 1F.1 Camel of World War I was a fearsome aircraft not only to its enemies but also to its pilots.

What do you do if you find yourself with four twin-14-inch battleship turret assemblies and no place to use them? Call on Winston Churchill, of course.

Bold seafaring and a ferocious fighting spirit were defining elements of the Age of Vikings.

The Pastry War, a brief conflict between France and Mexico, was so named because it was triggered by the ill-treatment of French citizens, one of them a pastry chef.

A tribute to the legendary Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three’s fight against Japanese forces in the early days of the Pacific war.

Did the United States request frigates from France during the War of 1812? An intriguing letter from the Emperor Napoleon suggests as much.