the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away and was buried Saturday in Montevideo.

Weighing nearly 300 pounds and almost as tall as he was wide, former college and NFL lineman Ernest Cuneo was virtually ...

But just as it prepared to strike, a lone merchant ship—HMS Jervis Bay—broke formation and turned straight toward the German battleship. The move was reckless and suicidal, yet the crew of the ...

The USS Iowa has served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage ...

Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war ... “There are rumours that there are several guns that are buried at the PNE,” said Calhoun. “One gun in particular ...

Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built ... throughout the European Theater of World War II. The Tirpitz had up to 320 mm of steel ...

Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war trophies” after ... “There are rumours that there are several guns that are buried at the PNE,” said Calhoun. “One gun in particular ...

v=SfYvRarCrg8 Enjoy the conclusion of this two-part series regarding the history of German atomic weapons. Spring 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War II German nuclear weapons ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

When torpedoes struck his battleship, Neil Frye was just 20 years ... For decades, the 20-year-old’s remains went unidentified, buried in Hawaii alongside other unknowns. But in December ...