From the Titanic to modern mega-liners: the biggest passenger ships, ranked
From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...
Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of Cypriot internment camps’ closure
Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted her family to leave one ...
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Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of internment camps' closure in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted ...
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How Britain’s Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 ...
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WWII Shipwreck Discovered Off the Coast of Brazil
Nearly 80 years after its sinking, the Brazilian Navy has identified the wreckage of the Vital de Oliveira. The ship was ...
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Omaha WWII Marine wounded at Iwo Jima dies at 98
No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...
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U.S. aircraft carrier collides with large cargo ship in Mediterranean Sea
The USS Harry S. Truman collided with a 618-foot-long cargo ship off the coast of Egypt overnight. The Navy says no one on ...
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The Talented and Valiant Female Surgeon Who Joined Allied Forces in WWII and Broke Barriers Along the Way
Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...
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The Liberty Ships and the Beginning of Greece’s Maritime Rule
The mass-produced Liberty ships that played a significant role in WWII eventually helped Greece become the world's leading ...
Lost WWII Brazilian warship Vital de Oliveira identified after 80 years
On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...
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Military launches new effort to ID unknown soldiers from West Loch Disaster
The U.S. military is working on a new effort to identify the remains of service members killed in the infamous World War ...