In the remote Aleutian Islands, U.S. and Canadian forces clashed with Japanese troops in the only land battle of WWII fought ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

The USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese “Long Lance” torpedo during the November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, off the ...

Google Earth no longer just takes you around the world. It takes you back in time. A new historical image feature uses old surveillance photos taken during World War II to show bombing damage to ...

After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle that killed over 180 crew members.

USS New Orleans (CA-32), the flagship of the New Orleans class of heavy cruisers, was heavily damaged in the WWII Battle of Tassafarronga at Guadalcanal when hit by a Japanese torpedo ...

In a remarkable twist of history, the role of fruit in a WWII naval escape has come to light with the discovery of the USS New Orleans’s missing bow. Struck by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of ...

The USS New Orleans was one of three heavy carriers that was damaged in an attack by the Japanese. It was hit by a 'Long Lance' torpedo, killing 183 sailors.

In October of 1942 began the only battle during World War II fought on Canadian soil. Hugh Dillon narrates the story of The Battle of Bowmanville.

The Battle of the Atlantic, spanning from 1939 to 1945, was the longest continuous naval conflict during World War II — with Canada playing a pivotal role in safeguarding vital supply convoys ...