At the Java Sea, Admiral Doorman led a desperate Allied force against a stronger Japanese fleet. Outmatched, outgunned, and ...

When the world's most critical oil chokepoint went silent, experts predicted chaos. Nearly half of India's crude imports and most of its LPG supplies depended on the Strait of Hormuz. Yet over the ...

The Battle of Midway has assumed a place in American naval lore that has put it on par with other great battles in world naval history. What Salamis was for the Greeks, Trafalgar for the British Royal ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1844, the Dominican Republic was granted independence from Haiti. In 1933, it was announced that President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use a ...

Courage can take more than one form — and can be recognized as such even by an enemy unaccustomed to such behavior. Such was the case with Dick Antrim of the United States Navy destroyer Pope, who ...

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 ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces called the “dancing mouse.” The intact wreck of the U.S.S. Edsall, sunk in ...

Important events of 1942, including the battle of El Alamein in North Africa (pictured to the left). 9 Jan Japanese forces start to attack the Philippines. 10 Jan The Allies in the south-west Pacific ...

Witness the pivotal WWII Battle of the Java Sea come to life through detailed animation that illustrates the dramatic clash between Allied and Japanese naval forces in 1942. This historically accurate ...

The coast of Demak district, the site of the first Islamic sultanate on the island of Java, has been inundated by the sea over decades owing to groundwater extraction and development. The erosion of ...

Over the past few years, concerns about China’s navy and its potential threat to U.S. interests have steadily grown. Two decades ago, the U.S. Navy had 282 battle-force ships against the Chinese ...