Sanday, the rugged Orcadian isle where pods of orcas spend their winters, isdrawing not just ocean wildlife but a wave of new residents – ...

Tucked between the Orkney Islands of Scotland, Scapa Flow is a vast natural anchorage with a rich history in naval warfare. Spanning roughly 120 square miles, it offered the Royal Navy ideal ...

The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

"That was the only time in my life he ever gave any real details, and I was in my 40s and had already done eight years of ...

Japan is procuring compact, missile-laden multi-mission frigates at a rapid pace to deter China and Russia effectively in the ...

Australia is about to spend $10 billion on a new fleet of frigates, with German and Japanese ship makers battling for the ...

Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.

As Tim Bouverie shows in his masterful new diplomatic history of the war, the prime minister was right, both in his ...

Then there are the workers and soldiers who mutinied around the world in the winter of 1945-46: American GIs, Royal Indian Navy sailors, African troops in the British imperial armed forces ... the ...

Mitsui For the Herald Will the church die? I say “no.”  But it will be much smaller with committed people. On December 7th,1941, without ...