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Topic Archives:Naval History

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

The respective reputations of the victor and the vanquished at Lake Maracaibo took unexpected twists.

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

World War II’s Most Savage Submarine Commanders

by Jon Guttman9/8/20239/8/2023
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
ww2-b52-wreck-underwater

Crashed B-24s Discovered in the Adriatic

by Paul Wiseman7/10/20237/13/2023
Painting of Napoléon crossing the Alps on horse back.

Precision vs. Propaganda: Some Painters Meticulously Researched Their Masterworks — Others Not So Much

by Jon Guttman6/23/20235/2/2023
photo of A Nationalist sentinel on the Island of Quemoy watching the Communists' positions on the shore of Mao Tse-tun's China. Kinmen, November 1954

Will China and Taiwan’s Decades-Long Standoff Ever Come to War? Consider Lessons Learned

by Thelma Gower5/12/20235/12/2023
ww2-germany-kms-tIrpitz-battleship-fjord

The Tirpitz Was Big, But Size Couldn’t Prevent the Battleship’s Destruction

by Larry Porges2/20/20232/2/2023

How These World War II Admirals Died Battling At Sea

by Jon Guttman2/2/20232/2/2023
English and French vessels clash in Hudson Bay

This Minor Sea Battle in Hudson Bay Handed North America to France — For a Time

by Jon Bradley and Sam Allison11/22/202210/6/2022

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