In a rare World War II naval upset, two German battleships, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ambushed and sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in 1940. -The disaster was the result of a series ...

Among the storied ships of World War II, there's no lack of renown for aircraft carriers or battleships, but what were the cruisers used for?

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World ...

Researchers found a 1940s car in the hangar deck of the USS 'Yorktown' while exploring the wreckage of the World War II aircraft carrier, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II in ...

Car found amid sunken remnants of WWII-era aircraft carrier. The Yorktown, which could hold up to 2,200 personnel and 90 aircraft, was part of several operations in World War II after it was ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Winds sweeping through Iowa Saturday halted a planned flight of a restored 1940 PT-19 World War II-era plane at the Council Bluffs Airport.

For him, the experience — seeing pristine World War II aircraft, watching reenactors clad in military uniforms and carrying rifles, visiting a model of a 1940s French village — sparked a lot ...

BERN TWP., Pa. - It is called Placid Lassie and it is on full display this World War II Weekend at Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township. "This is a 1943 C-47," said Robert Sabbatino, co-pilot ...

Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found 00:30. A crew researching an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II made a remarkable discovery over ...

Vintage World War II aircraft are coming to Coulter Airfield on June 21 as the Commemorative Air Force hosts a one-day Warbird Expo. The event features the B-25 Mitchell bomber Devil Dog, a SNJ/T6 ...

Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. ... On June 6, 1944 − D-Day − World War II's invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, got underway. Gen.