Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

The U.S. Navy got started twice. The first time was on October 13, 1775, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution ...

As the final days of the American Revolution were nearing, British pirates ... side” as he “made the war decidedly unpleasant for Maine merchants and ship owners, sinking vessels right ...

British warships have shadowed suspicious Russian “spy ships” using helicopters to closely monitor their movements as they travelled close to UK waters. Royal Navy ... to the war in Ukraine ...

Advertisement Their influence predates the Revolutionary War. John Adams rose to prominence in 1770, when he defended eight British soldiers ... that year created the Navy. His biggest ...

Despite the looming prospects of an end to the US security guarantee in Europe or of a ceasefire in Ukraine negotiated on Moscow's terms, war remains a thing of the past in the UK. The British ...

These navy ships sailed independently or in pairs, hunting British commerce ships and transports. Two years after the end of the war, the money-poor Congress sold off the last ship of the ...

But Russia’s actions were thwarted through the collaboration of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to allow passage of cargo ships ... World War I, Russia cooperated with the British Royal Navy ...

In wartime Naples or Castro’s Cuba, the inconspicuous writer-traveller was a vivid chronicler of unseen worlds.

The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.

As Greece counts 200 years from the War of independence and stands proud as a member of the EU, the mind reels to the ...