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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...
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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...
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....
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...
In the pre-dawn glow of October 25, 1944, four tubby TBF Avenger torpedo bombers took off on a routine patrol from the USS St....
Since the development of the HMS Dreadnaught, which spurred a naval arms race across the world, battleships were typically built with low design speeds....
Submarines showed early in their existence that they could have an outsize impact in major wars. They were so effective that major naval powers...
Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese soldiers invaded the Philippines. Within days, Japanese soldiers were landing on beaches in...