On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe at the time, and was said to be the "invincible" pride of Hitler's navy.

This, in turn, made the ships of the convoy vulnerable to the German U-Boats prowling the North ... Britain, despite possessing the world’s mightiest navy at the time, was constantly fearful ...

Both nations claimed victory, but at a cost. Britain lost more ships and men than Germany, but after the battle, the German Navy was left stuck in their ports, never to be a threat again.

HMS Canopus was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy missed the Battle of Coronel, but fired the first shots of the Battle of the Falklands Last December, in a spirit of remembrance and ...

While the U.S. and other nations, including Canada, have sent warships through the disputed strait in recent weeks, it would be the German navy’s first passage through the strait since 2002.

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BEIJING--China’s military on Saturday condemned the transit of two German navy ships through the Taiwan Strait saying it increased security risks and sent the “wrong” signal, adding that ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic approaches, the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust is ...