In 1942, U.S. Marines were left behind after the Navy withdrew from a critical Pacific battlefield. This film follows the ...

With Schab's passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops ...

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships ...

Three fighters. One war. From the stubby F4F Wildcat that held the line in 1942, to the deadly F6F Hellcat that crushed the Zero, and finally the lightning-fast F8F Bearcat that arrived just as the ...

The United States Navy is the most powerful in history. For decades, it has dominated the seas, and at the heart of that domination, at least through World War II, was the battleship. But today, the U ...

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed ...

In 1920, Prohibition was enacted. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified. The country was still on the gold standard. And the First World War had ended just two years ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Navy's only forward-deployed nuclear-powered ...

A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows. One of the ...