The battle extinguished Japan’s offensive strategy in the Pacific, and was described by the military historian John Keegan as 'the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare'.

This historical drama takes us back to one of the great battles in naval history. It took place in 1805 during the great Napoleonic Wars and pitted the British Royal Navy against the combined ...

Throughout history, the nations of the world have built and sent massive fleets to do battle with one another to take control of swathes of the oceans. Though confined to vessels, naval battles ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

considered the largest naval battle of World War II and quite possibly the largest naval battle in history. Almost half of the Musashi's 2,399-man crew was lost. The efforts to find the wreck site ...

Nelson comes face to face with the French fleet of Napoleon in Egypt, for the ultimate naval face off. One of the greatest ...

The World War II battle for Leyte Gulf was the “greatest naval battle of ... losses but loss of life itself.” * In History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume XII ...

At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle of the Second World War and by some accounts the great naval battle in history, the aircraft operating from the carrier were solely ...

The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese Navy in the largest naval battle in history. American servicemen witness Japanese suicide attackers, kamikazes, for the first time. November 24, 1944 U.S B-29 ...

One of the stories of greatest last stands is of Shaitan Singh ... It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass ...

(Exchange) Rotterdam, Friday 1.20pm: The tugboat Schelde is entering the new waterway with dead and wounded from the naval battle. (Reuters) Amsterdam, Thursday: The tugboat Thames is expected at ...