The Battle of Cape Passero (1940) unfolded in the early hours of October 12, during World War II. British cruiser hms Ajax, ...

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In ww1, the Germans decimate the British supply lines with their submarine fleet. Other countries quickly understood the importance of such vessels and how the naval doctrine was forever changed by ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming State visit has put the spotlight on the foundations of India-Russia ties, rooted ...

Germany’s president is laying a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

December 7 marks the 84th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbour. This fateful event took away over 2,400 ...

Exactly 127 years ago, on Dec. 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War that once saw an all-powerful empire feebly chugging along Manila Bay on its ...

The concept of a “field watch” dates back to World War I and was predicated on the incredibly practical concern of keeping ...

"Controlling the rate at which polymers break down is essential." Scientists create programmable plastic with ability to self ...

Japan’s Master Plan, if carried out without first attacking Pearl Harbour, would have allowed Japan to dominate everything from East Asia to the Suez Canal plus liberate India and Ceylon from British ...