To trap a few English ships, Germany’s fleet pushed into the Skagerrak in 1916 and triggered one of history’s biggest sea battles

In 1916, the Battle of Jutland changed naval history. Today, the sunken fleet remains an environmental concern.
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Battles on the Sea: Are Aircraft Carriers Still Relevant For Defense?

In 1940, Japan’s Imperial Navy launched the Yamato and the Musashi—the largest battleships ever built. These massive vessels represented the pinnacle of naval engineering and firepower, yet they were ...
War on the Rocks

Air-Sea Battle and Naval Strategy: Looking Forward or Looking Back?

Those who study or practice the art of strategy-making constantly debate whether it is best to understand the strategic landscape by looking forward through operational concepts or backward through ...
Time

World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: IN THE CORAL SEA

On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...
Time

World War: AT SEA: Battle of the Mediterranean

All the crucial naval battles in the history of Europe except two—the crushing of the Spanish Armada, and Jutland—have been fought on one piece of water. It is not even dignified with the name of ...
The New York Times

The Battle for the Seas in World War II, and How It Changed History

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Ian W. Toll VICTORY AT SEA Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II ...
The National Interest

The Battle Of Coral Sea Turned The Tide Against Japan’s Push For Pacific Domination

Key point: Japan lost the momentum at Coral Sea. Many history books say the turning point of the Pacific War was the Battle of Midway in June 1942. But a month before Midway, in a patch of ocean 3,500 ...