Naval Battles
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 21, 2012 at 11:09 am
When the battlefield is 450,000 square miles of deep blue sea, strength can count for a whole lot less.
Wade G. Dudley |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 4:47 pm
During the War of 1812 flotillas of well-armed U.S. privateers stalked the world’s oceans for fat British prizes
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:51 pm
In Front Burner, Kirk Lippold, former commander of the guided missile destroyer USS Cole, reviews the October 2000 terrorist strike on his vessel in Aden, Yemen, and the aftermath, both military and personal.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 02, 2012 at 5:09 pm
The most harrowing moments of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot came after the battle. Plus: enter to win a copy of the Wehrmacht Retreats.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: March 01, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Craig Symonds has done the impossible — written a compelling, thoroughly researched account of the oft-covered Battle of Midway.
Craig L. Symonds |
Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
The American victory at Midway had more to do with bold leaders than lucky breaks
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: September 09, 2011 at 10:58 am
George C. Daughan offers an excellent overview of the U.S. Navy's rise during the War of 1812.
Robert Gandt |
Published: August 04, 2011 at 11:00 am
The last voyage of Japan’s greatest warship
Richard B. Frank |
Published: March 30, 2011 at 11:01 am
Neptune's Inferno
The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
By James D. Hornfischer. 516 pp.
Random House, 2011. $30.
In the cauldron of the 1942 Guadalcanal Campaign, the role of the U.S. Navy's surface sailors is an epic saga of humiliating defeat, …
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:06 pm
In August 1812, Captain Isaac Hull in the American frigate Constitution dismasted the Royal Navy's Guerrière in a resounding victory that helped the U.S. Navy hold its own for nearly three years against the mightiest sea power on earth.
Greg Bailey |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:51 pm
The one-way voyage of the Stone Fleet:
An aging armada sets course to become an obstacle
There may not have been a less impressive fleet in the entire history of the American Navy. The ships were old, long past their …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: December 01, 2010 at 11:32 am
At the start of World War II, Singapore had symbolized the British Empire's presence in Southeast Asia for nearly a century. When its garrison surrendered to the Japanese on February 15, 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it the worst …
Richard R. Muller |
Published: December 01, 2010 at 11:31 am
The German Invasion of Norway
April 1940
By Geirr H. Haarr. 474 pp.
Naval Institute Press, 2009. $49.95.
The Battle for Norway
April-June 1940
By Geirr H. Haarr. 458 pp.
Naval Institute Press, 2009. $52.95.
In 1993, the very first …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: September 30, 2010 at 10:11 am
If the Allies never cracked the Triton code, the Battle of the Atlantic would have been hard won.
Patrick Clark |
Published: September 30, 2010 at 10:10 am
Fans of Risk will enjoy this historically detailed new game from Wasteland Interactive.
Cecelia Holland |
Published: August 10, 2010 at 4:46 pm
In ad 655 the emperor Constans II confronted a new and surprising threat to his Byzantine Empire. For years, armies of Arabs had overrun the empire’s southern provinces in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Having defeated the Sassanid Empire, they dominated the Middle East and had even reached the gates of Constantinople before being driven back. But now these desert warriors had taken to the sea.
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