In the dead of night on July 6, 1943, U.S. and Japanese warships collided in the narrow waters of the Solomon Islands.

What followed stunned the world, shattered Royal Navy confidence, and marked the dawn of submarine warfare as a serious threat... Every video on House of History is hand-animated from scratch.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just one hit, as we saw with HMS Sheffield and USS Stark, can sink or cripple a ship. Even if it doesn’t sink, the sensors, computers and electronics would likely be ...