The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that paid the ultimate price.

Every morning over breakfast in early 1942, infamous German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel received a classified intelligence ...

Some truly legendary submarines saw combat in World War II, with Germany's formidable U-boats being some of the best known. Naval travel was essential to opposing nations in order to transport weapons ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...