On This Day

The Falklands War was the result of the Argentine invasion of the British-owned Falkland Islands. Argentina had long claimed these islands as part of

The Battle of Copenhagen (Danish: Slaget på Reden) occurred on 2 April 1801 during the War of the Second Coalition when a British naval

The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in

The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταίναρου) was a Second World War naval engagement fought from 27–29 March 1941. The cape is

Operation Claymore was the codename for a British Commandos raid on the Lofoten Islands in Norway during the Second World War. The Lofoten Islands

The Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), as part of the French Revolutionary Wars, where

In February 1940, U-33, then captained by Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky, had been ordered to lay mines in the Firth of Clyde, in Scotland. However,

The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of Battle of the

The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in the Second World War, part of the war in the Pacific,