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Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism...

Project 210, Project 10831 or AS-31 (Russian: АС-31), nicknamed Losharik (Russian: Лошарик, IPA: [lɐˈʂarʲɪk]), is a Russian deep-diving nuclear powered...

The autopsy of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was performed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The autopsy...

Hatsuyuki (初雪はつゆき, "First Snow") was the third of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced...

The Battle of La Guaira was a naval engagement fought in the Caribbean Sea on 11 December 1812 during the war between Britain and the United States. An...

Kumanovo Fortress was a palisade or fortress built in the late 17th Century[citation needed], in order to halt the strong Ottoman forces during the great...

HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She spent most of the pre-war period as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. The...

The 1981 Defence White Paper (titled "The UK Defence Programme: The Way Forward" Cmnd 8288) was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought...

Robert Jenkins (fl. 1730s-40s) was a Welsh master mariner from Llanelli, famous as the protagonist of the "Jenkins's ear" incident, which became a contributory...

The Battle of Fort Myers was fought on February 20, 1865, in Lee County, Florida during the last months of the American Civil War. This small engagement...

Sir Charles Frederick Goodeve OBE FRS (21 February 1904 – 7 April 1980) was a Canadian chemist and pioneer in operations research. During World War II...

The Army of the Revolution (Arabic: جيش الثورة; Jaysh al-Thawra) was a Syrian rebel alliance affiliated with the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army...

George Douglas of Pittendreich (died 1552) was a member of the powerful Red Douglas family who struggled for control of the young James V of Scotland in...

Sir Henry Gage (29 August 1597 – 11 January 1645) was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War. Gage was born at Haling Park, Surrey, the son of John...

Oskar Ludvig Starck (Russian: Оскар Викторович (Фёдорович) Старк, Oskar Viktorovich (Fyodorovich) Stark; 16 August 1846 – 13 November 1928) was a Finland-Swedish...

Captain Bernard Peter de Neumann GM (18 September 1917 – 16 September 1972) was a British Merchant Navy officer. His seagoing career included being sunk...

Raoul III of Tosny (1079-1126), Lord of Conches-en-Ouche (A commune in the Eure département in northern France), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman of the House...

The 63d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last assigned to the 43rd Bombardment Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base...

Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857) was a British naval officer. Radstock was born in London...

A rescue craft is a boat, ship or aircraft used in rescuing. The most common are lifeboats for inshore and closer-to-shore rescues, with helicopters and...