Well, thanks for those corrections. He was promoted. But to a reader like me, I'll of course question the move to take him out of the SOPAC...
Slightly on-topic. So why was Fletcher eased into back-office and eventual retirement whereas Spruance went on to command more than 1,000...
Thanks for the replies, guys. I got the answer I needed. And yes, I was referring to the inverted gull, and there are two I know (the Stuka and...
Only one single-engine plane I could think of (you know.) so?
Versatile and tough as hell perhaps. Now, how easy was it to fly, especially for new pilots, or even seasoned ones used to other aircraft? It had...
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I see no valid arguments against Japan's pre-1945 ownership of Formosa. All you can do is challenge the legitimacy of ceding after the SJW. And...
...that an on-board machine shop can fabricate while at sea? I suppose it's crazy to ask how much % of damage on a ship can be repaired or...
The Gerries got 4 Browning .50 calibers in that deal.
Effective up to Desert Storm.
Yikes! General Devereaux!
Well, this site History and Technology - Ballistic Tests on the IJN Shinano's Turret Face Armor - NavWeaps says the test was conducted in 1946...
Reddit and even the World of Warships forum is posting this picture. [ATTACH] Supposedly part of the Yamato's armor (26 inches thick), pierced...
[googles "swiss seat" since it sounded sarcastic] Ok, so it's a makeshift rappelling harness. And the length of rope is 12 feet. So that's why...
Below is the cover illustration of Anthony Herbert's autobiographical novel "Soldier." What's that piece of rope around his waist and what was its...
A lousy fighter in that it simply wasn't there. It wasn't over Pearl harbor or Clark in 1941. It wasn't over Midway or Henderson in 1942. Its...
I always thought the Monitor was sunk by gunfire and not in a storm.
Then WW3 is a poor recreation of WW1. In the latter, you have just two belligerent countries (the Austro-Hungarian empire and Serbia) that want to...
If that's true then it's not what the historians like to report. Who hasn't seen a picture of US Navy sailors peeling spuds using knives?
How could your viber chat with someone be screen shot by a third party, showing your account?
