Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were multiple future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

The crew of the new frigate HMS Venturer has paid tribute to the historic act of heroism achieved by their World War II namesake 80 years ago.

The Type seven and Type nine were the striking force of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic - a German attempt to cut off the British Isles and force the Allies to surrender. In the ...

On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

A storyteller from Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off B.C.'s north coast, has helped set a new world record in storytelling. Kung Jaadee was part of the event at the Marrakech International ...

"All passengers and devotees on the boat were safely rescued. With the assistance of Varanasi commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma, the health condition of the people from Odisha was checked ...

Brazil was the only South American country to send troops overseas in World War II. Throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats patrolled Brazil’s coast, sinking some 34 vessels and ...

It is dedicated to raising funds for the Faces of Heroes project. On the boat Sofia, Ivan Havrylko, a veteran of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion who was wounded three times at the front, and ...

Police boats returned to the Potomac River on Friday as part of the recovery and investigation after a midair collision killed 67 people in the United States' deadliest aviation disaster in almost ...

A 50m (164ft) cordon that had been put in place has been lifted A hand grenade found in a residential area of Cornwall has been safely removed by a bomb disposal unit, police have said. Devon and ...