The jelly-like blob that the man o’ war’s brightly colored tentacles hang from looks a lot like a ship's sail when they’re floating in the water. “Resembling an 18th-century Portuguese ...

The big, blue jellyfish washing up on Florida beaches this week actually aren't jellyfish at all. Here's what to know about the Portuguese man o' war.

The German submarines – the "U-boat peril" as Churchill had called them - had been the Allies' principal threat at sea during ...

On June 2, 1995, a U.S. F-16 fighter-jet was shot down by a Serb-launched missile while on patrol over Bosnia. The pilot, Air ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

The 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, which lasted nine days from 27 May to 4 June, was called by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill a "miracle of deliverance". But it followed what he said was a "colossal ...

Even before entering WWII, The U.S. had been gearing up for war — and were worried about sabotage at facilities around ...