Horatio Nelson is famous for besting Napoleon at sea. But what did he mean by “Kiss me, Hardy”—his supposed last words?

Navies have always been important components of geopolitical power. From the ancient armadas of the Egyptians and the Greeks to the modern fleets of the British and the Americans, the might of a ...

From the thunderous roar of cannons to the silent weight of their historical impact, battleships have long symbolized power, innovation, and turning points in global conflict. These steel giants ...

Underwater archaeologists discovered 16 British cannons scattered across the rocky seabed near the Helgoland archipelago in the North Sea, opening up questions of how they got there, considering the ...

With The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815 – 1945, N.A.M. Rodger concludes a trilogy of works on the topic in triumph. When the process of relocating World War II naval training ...

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.

Every so often a work of history comes along so substantial in its sheer size, so erudite in its scholarship and so well achieved that it makes others seem minor by comparison. So the appearance of ...

Since the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, first started playing football in the late 19th century, it has posted undefeated seasons, claimed national championships and been the home of ...

"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," admitted Winston Churchill at the close of the world's most deadly conflict. Not the Blitz bombing campaign, not ...

Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 480 pp., $37.50. THE VICTORS ...

CHATHAM, England (Reuters Life!) - The masts and anchor from the Cutty Sark lie on the quayside in Chatham's historic dockyard ready for renovation. They got lucky. For large sections of the iconic ...