While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

World War II was a tumultuous time that saw combat in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Despite how large the planet is, a war that involved every major nation made it seem that much smaller, and ...

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...