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Noting the extent of the destruction caused by the U.S. Army Air Force’s B-29s, the U.S. Navy decided that it could use the battleship...
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Noting the extent of the destruction caused by the U.S. Army Air Force’s B-29s, the U.S. Navy decided that it could use the battleship...
Japan seems to have almost been fated to lose World War II for many different reasons. But could history have turned out differently? What...
During World War II, Japan, England, Italy and Germany all employed midget submarines to stealthily infiltrate shallow, defended harbors and attack vulnerable capital ships....
USS Barb – The Story of a Rocket Firing Submarine from World War II: In the closing months of World War II, heavy losses...
The Ohka was a desperate attempt by Japan to use terror weapons to win World War II. It failed. “Desperate times call for desperate...
Last September, this reporter wrote an article on the unfortunate story of the WWII British battleship HMS Prince of Wales, whose 10 December 1941...
We at 19FortyFive recently shared with you the story of the late WWII-era Nakajima Kikka. The aircraft was Imperial Japan’s first jet fighter, and...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
In March it was announced that the USS George Washington would be forward-deployed to Japan in 2025, replacing the USS Ronald Reagan. This week,...
USS Massachusetts, third of the class, was commissioned in May 1942, and five months later joined Operation Torch, the U.S. invasion of French North Africa.