In a narrow sense, the Admiral Hipper “won” the naval battle; it inflicted damage on the British convoy and escaped to fight ...

Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold rush to stop the British sailing down Lake Champlain. After the defeat at Quebec City, a British invasion down the Hudson River seemed inevitable. Horatio Gates and ...

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

A battle-scarred Union Flag, once a silent witness to the chaos of Trafalgar, now faces an uncertain future. Will it remain a ...

Navies have always been important components of geopolitical power. From the ancient armadas of the Egyptians and the Greeks to the modern fleets of the British and the Americans, the might of a ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and ...