Thousands who fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine have built an enclave in Phuket. An air of impermanence hangs over their community.

In August 1942, as Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa led a Japanese cruiser force on a fast ...

Savo Island: Japan’s Perfect Ambush That Nearly Changed the Pacific War ...

That's the case when you have the secretary of transportation doing a reality TV series, the homeland security secretary ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - This week’s Tuesdays of Honor is for a Navy veteran who served during World War II, Churchwell Alderman, Jr. He served on the U.S.S. Vincennes in 1942, during the Battle of Savo ...

On the night of Aug. 9, 1942, an Allied fleet of 17 warships guarded the approaches to Guadalcanal. The fleet was newer, larger, and better equipped than the Japanese force bearing down on it. It had ...

William McClintick, Sr., passed away peacefully at the age of 106 Wednesday, April 15. Born on a ranch in Wendell, Idaho, he was raised in Peoria, Illinois where he attended Bradley University. He was ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

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 ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

World War II was a battle fought on all fronts. Dogfights across the skies, devastating battles on land, and, of course, skirmishes on the high seas all featured in the globe-spanning conflict. Given ...

JD Smith has dedicated himself to creating incredibly detailed and historically accurate renderings of warships that fought in World War II The artist’s rendering of the USS Indianapolis. Smith often ...