In April 1945, Yamato — the largest battleship ever built — steamed toward Okinawa on a one-way mission. Hundreds of American ...

In November 1942, as Japan prepared another attempt to shell Henderson Field, Admiral William Halsey had almost nothing left ...

A century ago, the great navies of the world built hundreds of battleships to project power on the high seas. Today, only 10 remain, preserved as museum ships.

I had been under the impression that bringing a gun to a knife fight was strictly the Chicago way, but apparently it was the way of the samurai too – at least if the mix of gunslinging and ...