The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

The Kanawha River, which flows from Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, West Virginia, through Charleston, West Virginia, to Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, has been the inspiration for the ...

A Senate filibuster on the eve of World War I alienated a president, prompted a senator to bring a gun to the Senate floor, ...

Explore the history of WWI and WWII from the spark of the Archduke's assassination to the global shift of the Cold War. Discover the major alliances, key battles and how these conflicts led to the ...

He said: “Even at the time, the disaster nationally was yet another tragedy of WWI, which was buried in the terrible things ...

Publication of an intercepted cable exposed a clumsy German effort to forge an alliance with Mexico and helped propel the United States into the Great War.

What technologies came about thanks to the Great War? Learn all about the massive technological leaps forward from the First World War.

An intercepted German telegram shocked Americans on March 1, 1917—sparking outrage, ending neutrality, and pulling the U.S.

Israeli firm delivers BlueWhale autonomous submarine to Germany after Baltic Sea trials, advancing unmanned undersea operations.

California Lutheran University hosted a presentation and discussion on the impact of the Norwegian merchant fleet on World ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk in combat, the German submarine U-864 remains a silent threat beneath the waters off ...