Madagascar, under Vichy French control, became a critical focal point in World War II due to its strategic position and ...

WASHINGTON — At the LAAD 2025 defense expo in Rio de Janeiro, the navies of Brazil and the United Kingdom signed a letter of intent for the transfer of the British ... for Navy ships to support ...

One of the most common and historic codes is DD. So what does DD stand for on Navy ships? DD stands for destroyers, one of seven types of modern warships — ships that have both offensive and ...

David Burnett By contrast, the British historiography of the War of ... Writing home to England, a captain on one of the Royal Navy ships patrolling around Halifax complained: “I am really ...

Outcome: Ten German destroyers and six merchant ships sunk. Of the German forces in Narvik, only U-51 survives by escaping out to sea. Warburton-Lee is killed and his flagship sunk. Two naval ...

Outcome: The Italian navy was defeated and did not seek battle with British ships again. In the battle for supremacy in the Mediterranean, the British navy fought the Italian fleet off the coast ...

On 19 February 2025, the RAeS Weybridge Branch hosted Rear Admiral David Snelson CB FNI, recounting the story of the five ...

Indian Navy ships INS Satpura and INS Savitri have arrived in Yangon with over 50 tons of relief material to assist earthquake-hit Myanmar. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake has caused widespread damage ...

The WW2 drama also picked up six BAFTA awards and two Golden Globe awards, also appearing in the British FIlm Institute’s top 100 British films of the 20th century and the Guardian’s 25 best ...