The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having ...

the greatest battle in the history of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It was fought below the equator, in the Coral Sea off Australia’s northeast coast. For five days, smudged with belching smoke ...

After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...

HMS Anson conducted trials off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, putting these capabilities ... base was also featured on a History Channel's TV show UFO Hunters ...

This day will be packed full of events including musket and cannon firing demonstrations, kids’ activities and crafts, history talks, and a living battle demonstration of Sergeant Jasper ...

Scientists on board a deep-sea expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have returned with a treasure trove of photos of previously unseen marine life. They found coral gardens ...

more than any other battle in U.S. history. Photograph by Joe Rosenthal, AP It was perhaps the most iconic moment of the war in the Pacific. Photographer Joe Rosenthal’s image of six U.S ...

A two-part documentary is to air on the History Channel next week ... write that Sitting Bull saw a vision weeks before the Battle of Little Bighorn. "In his dream, he actually saw them falling ...

It didn't take long for Friday night's World Series rematch to live up to the hype. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge opened up the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the first ...

One of the refreshing things about “Sitting Bull,” the History Channel’s two-night, four-hour documentary on the Sioux leader, is its attempt at some kind of balance amid the hosannas.