Escort carriers, also known as “Jeep Carriers,” were smaller, lightly armored WWII aircraft carriers built quickly to support ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

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

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

KOTA KINABALU: Near the Sabah-Sarawak border in Lawas, a decaying plane believed to be a Japanese “Zero” fighter lies abandoned. Residents of Kampung Pa Puti believe this relic dates back to ...

Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element. Soon ...

Prime minister Kevin Rudd released the 2009 defence white paper in May of that year. It is today remembered mostly for what ...

If our strategic position was already challenging, it just got worse. Reliability of the US as an ally is in question, amid ...

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Italy is evaluating the procurement of Japan's Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) for the needs of the Aeronautica ...