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CV Kaga converted from a Tosa-class battleship. Mindful of America’s industrial superiority, Japanese authorities realized that any protracted war, even if waged defensively, would require as many aviation resources as the empire could muster. The solution lay in building fast, medium size merchant and passenger ships that could be quickly converted to effective auxiliary carriers. Soon after Japan formally withdrew…
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Chandragupta had defeated the remaining Macedonian satrapies in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent by 317 BCE. Chandragupta Maurya’s origins…
In 1543, Francis attacked Charles in the Low Countries and northern Spain; in the following year, the French won the…
Avro Shackleton MR3 This period was also one of confusion, while the Neptunes and Shackletons remained a constant Coastal Command…
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Disembarkation of the Spanish tercios in the Terceiras islands (26 july 1583) (detail). Fresco by Niccolò Granello, Sala de las…
A Project 611/Zulu IV showing the clean lines of this submarine. Production of this class as a torpedo-attack submarine was…
Sinking of the Linda Blanche out of Liverpool by Willy Stöwer Beginning in 1915, when shipping losses to U-boats began…
Evoking the heritage of the revolutionary defence of the nation, Hugo declared, ‘Let the lion of 1792 draw itself up…
Swedish UN troops during Congo Crisis On 30 June 1960, the Belgian Congo, which had emerged out of the Scramble for Africa as the Congo Free State of King Leopold II, became independent as the Republic of the Congo. The country was ill-prepared for independence; political parties had only been…
Throughout the campaign in East Africa, the Italian troops fought with resolution and courage. When the war began, the Italian forces were composed of 91,000 Italian nationals (of whom 7,000 were officers) belonging to the Army, Air Force and Revenue Guards. The colonial soldiers numbered around 200,000. They were equipped…
Japanese forces bombarding Wanping, 1937. Marco Polo Bridge 1937. Japanese called this the “China Incident” (“Shina jihen”). Shots were fired out of the dark at Japanese troops of the North China Garrison Army near the Lugouqiao-or Lugou, or Marco Polo-bridge over a tributary of the Hai River. It is not…
MH-6M serial 81-23632 prepares to land alongside an MH-47G. Both types are operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). MH-60M serial 13-20268 of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment prepares to land at Naval Base Guam while conducting joint training with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion’s Marine Special…
The following information is from the excellent book by Niklas Zetterling entitled ‘NORMANDY 1944’. The 116. Panzer-Division was formed by merging the remnants of the 16. Pz.-Gren-Division with the 179. Reserve-Pz.-Division. The division was established on May 1, 1944 in France. The manpower buildup was reported as follows: April 1=5452…
B-52H serial 60-0036 operated by the 412th Test Wing’s 419th Flight Test Squadron conducts a captive carry test with a prototype of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on June 12. B-52H CARRIAGE TESTS UNDER WAY AT EDWARDS AFB The USAF conducted the first flight test of…
Mons Meg, Medieval Bombard, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Mongol armies that brought steppe warfare to its apex and overran most of Asia before conquering Russia in 1240 never penetrated the rest of Europe. But under the Mongol Empire (1226-1368), trade and travel across Asia intensified, and familiarity with gunpowder (as well…
Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings As a monarch Edward the Confessor made singularly little impression on the English chroniclers. He also made hardly any impression at all upon the course of English life. Of his character and nature, very little is known. The fact that he survived at all in such a…
British coastal assault on St Cast in Brittany in September 1758. A German map, published…
Schnellboot S-80 torpedo boat Camo Operations with the Kriegsmarine S-boats were often used to patrol…
American Lend-Lease supplies to the USSR 1941–45. Soviet historiography is mocked in the West, where…
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