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While smaller and slower than the “fleet” aircraft carriers employed by the United States Navy during World War II, the escort carrier – also known as “jeep...
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While smaller and slower than the “fleet” aircraft carriers employed by the United States Navy during World War II, the escort carrier – also known as “jeep...
On December 7, 1941, the United States Navy suffered the greatest loss in its history. The force of the Imperial Japanese Navy targeted the eight U.S. battleships that...
On December 7, 1941 during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48) was among the American warships to be hit and sunk. The Colorado-class...
In March of 1945, and just five months before surrendering to the Allies, Japan did something with profound consequences: it conquered Vietnam—and ultimately embroiled the...
Around 5:30 a.m. on October 31, 1941, an explosion ripped through the US Navy destroyer USS Reuben James as it and other destroyers escorted 42 merchant...
The design of the ARL-44 heavy tank actually took shape under the German occupation of France, according to the excellent tank history website Tanks-Encyclopedia.com....
This is a story of a battle that was, and a war that wasn’t. Between 1938 and 1939, the Soviet Union and the Japanese...
Imperial Japan faced a vexing dilemma in World War II: it had military bases sprawling across far-flung Pacific islands from Rabaul in Papua New...
There was no shortage of “heroes” on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, and for their efforts, which went above and beyond on that fateful...
While not as powerful as the Yamato-class, the Kongō-class battleships were actually the most active capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the...