Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The success of the Royal Navy in the raid on Taranto and at the Battle of Cape Matapan had given ...

The Royal Navy's Evolution from the 'Wooden Walls' to the Steel Battlewagon This work completes noted naval historian Dr. Friedman’s history of the origins, evolution, and service of the British ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Fascist Italy took daring measures when all else seemed to fail. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The ...