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The worst aircraft carrier title is one that could go to several ships. And if you were looking to give this dubious distinction, one...
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The worst aircraft carrier title is one that could go to several ships. And if you were looking to give this dubious distinction, one...
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” – General Douglas MacArthur In many ways, the Second World War...
General George S. Patton Jr.’s observation captures the command philosophy that drove one of the most consequential operational achievements of World War II: the...
As part of our work at 19FortyFive, we regularly visit military facilities and museums to document aircraft that helped shape modern warfare. In July...
The American-made P-40E Warhawk, aka Kittyhawk (not to be confused with the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk [CV-63]) is one of the...
Chester Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet weeks after Pearl Harbor — when American naval power was at its lowest point in history....
General and President Dwight Eisenhower commanded the largest invasion in human history and watched thousands of men die on the beaches he sent them...
The Yamato-Class Battleships Were Completely Destroyed During WWII: The Musashi was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships for the Imperial Navy of Japan. The...
The Yamato-class were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Yamato and Musashi, whose hulls were laid down in November 1937 and April 1938,...
In the early morning hours of May 2, 1964, two Viet Cong frogmen emerged from a sewer tunnel in the port of Saigon carrying...