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Using Tiny Submarines, These Men Sneaked Onto the Normandy Beaches Before the 1944 Invasion

by Gavin Mortimer10/24/202310/24/2023

British crews in tiny X-craft submarines faced running out of air as they spent days underwater scouting the Normandy beaches.

Painting of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo Colombian Navy Bombarding Castle, 1823.

Amid the Spanish American Wars of Independence, These Rival Naval Commanders Met to Decide Venezuela’s Fate

by Jerome Long9/29/20238/2/2023

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Three Days Shy of V-E Day, This Naval Aviator Spotted a German U-Boat Off Rhode Island But Couldn’t Stop It

by David Sears9/19/20239/15/2023

Photo of Crewmen on board the Monitor, a "battleship" of the U. S. Navy's River Assault Force, fires 40 mm shells toward enemy positions in a jungle during recent operations in the Mekong Delta. The concept of riverine operations dates back to the U. S. Civil War and was used to divide the South in that conflict. In Vietnam, the Monitor is part of a flotilla which provides support to U. S. ground combat troops.

All You Need to Know About Riverine Operations in Vietnam

by David T. Zabecki9/11/20239/11/2023

Illustrtion of a Monitor M-92-1 with labels.

The Technology Behind The Navy’s River Monitors In Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster8/14/20239/8/2023

Resting Place of Sunken World War II Carrier Identified 78 Years Later

by Claire Barrett and Jon Simkins7/11/20237/11/2023

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Crashed B-24s Discovered in the Adriatic

by Paul Wiseman7/10/20237/13/2023

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This Aircraft Carrier Sent Its Planes to Attack Pearl Harbor but Met its Doom at Midway

by Paraag Shukla4/7/20234/7/2023

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When the Soviets Needed a Submarine, They Turned to the Germans

by Larry Porges3/13/20232/24/2023

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During WWII Italian Commandos Were Tasked to Ride Torpedoes. It Didn’t End Well.

by Larry Porges2/27/20232/27/2023