During World Wars I and II, the North and Baltic Seas were strategic theaters of naval conflict for Europe. Allied and Axis ...

Prior to World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy embraced the Kantai Kessen strategy, envisioning a single decisive naval battle that would determine the war’s outcome. Drawing inspiration from ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...