As Japan advanced through Southeast Asia, the British sent Force Z - battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse, and ...

World War II-era shipwrecks containing the remains of hundreds of British sailors and civilians are now being plundered by pirates scrounging for scrap metal in Southeast Asia, prompting calls for a ...

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

News of the sinking of the British Royal Navy warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by Japanese military pilots in the Pacific rippled around the world. It was Dec. 10, 1941, just days after ...

The sinking of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. (Ullstein Bild/Getty Images) An illegal Chinese salvage operation seized by Malaysian authorities Sunday is suspected to have looted two iconic World ...

Low-background metal, material produced before the detonation of nuclear bombs in the 1940s, is highly valued for medical and scientific purposes. The clear constraints mean that low-background metal ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's maritime agency said Tuesday a Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in the South China Sea after discovering 100 more old ...