Boutique

The Battle for the Pacific was only the beginning. Victory at Sea is the game of naval combat during the Second World War. Throughout 1939–45,...

Submarines: Designed for use in North European and Mediterranean waters, the S-class was manoeuvrable with a noted ability to crash dive extremely quickly. Combined with...

The British air raid on the Italian port of Taranto demonstrated to the world the vulnerability of ships against attacks from the air. The planes...

At one time, the HMS Hood was the largest and possibly most famous ship in the world, representing the supremacy of British sea power. Though...

HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Built during the early 1910s, she served in the First World War, including at...

One of the most famous carriers of the war, the HMS Ark Royal received many battle honours in its service. The first enemy aircraft shot...

The Royal Navy of Great Britain was the world’s greatest navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. However, Britain went to war with...

After the devastation of Pearl Harbor the Americans relied heavily on the aircraft of their carrier fleets. By the Battle of Midway, the US Navy...

Submarines: The Gato-class of submarine was the first mass production US submarine class of the Second World War, forming the majority of the United States...

Preventing attacks on defenceless merchant ships is the other main role of the navy, and it was here that the war was fought, day in...

USS Idaho, the third of three ships of the New Mexico-class of Battleship, was the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was launched in...

Only the mighty Yamato displaced more than the massive, yet very fast, Iowa-class battleships. The last battleship to be commissioned by the USA, USS Missouri...

The Yorktown-class of aircraft carrier were built in a series of three. Of those, only the USS Enterprise survived the war, with the USS Yorktown...

Although the United States of America contains a vast area of land, almost all of its allies and trading partners are overseas, and those interests...

The Littorio class was the first new Italian battleship class for nearly a decade when design work began in 1930. Initially designed to remain within...