The Panama Canal’s history began with an early 20th-century engineering feat, where the United States completed the canal in 1914 after France’s unsuccessful…

In Georgian and Victorian Britain, convicts faced exceptionally grim circumstances, with those imprisoned on prison hulks facing the most severe hardships. Introduced in…

Project Habakkuk was an audacious and innovative British plan during World War II to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a frozen…

The Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted schooner, was found abandoned under mysterious circumstances off the coast of North Carolina in 1921, with its…

The Atlantic Wall was a massive defensive line constructed by Nazi Germany along the western coast of Europe during World War II. The…

The Battle of Surigao Strait, fought on October 25, 1944, was a key component of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf during World…

Operation Sandy was a groundbreaking event in the history of military technology and rocketry, conducted by the United States Navy in 1947. This…

Horatio Nelson and HMS Victory are two of the most iconic symbols of naval history. Nelson, one of the most famous and revered…

Operation Cerberus, commonly known as the Channel Dash, was a naval operation during World War II that took place in February 1942. The…

The American Civil War (1861-1865) witnessed not only fierce land battles but also significant naval conflicts. Sea warfare played a pivotal role in…