David G. Farragut was the first American naval officer to hold the rank of rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral …

The P-40 Warhawk was among the most widely seen and used fighters of World War II, yet it’s often overshadowed …

American consumers, who had come to regard the ability to drive an automobile as fast and far as they liked …

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Most observers think of the Gulf War as a land and air campaign; surely the naval aspect was secondary. In …

Three hundred and eighty five men of Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s 20th Maine Regiment held the Union Army’s left flank …

At 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, six aircraft carriers and 360 aircraft of the Japanese 1st Air Fleet led …

Since the dawn of gunpowder combat, every battle in every war has begun with an opening shot. Few, however, were …

On March 25, 1942, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall sent a memorandum to President Franklin Roosevelt marked …

In the summer of 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain had reached a …