The naming convention for Escort Carriers in the United States Navy was to use names of sounds and bays of the United States; although many...
HMS Express was originally built as a minelayer, and it was in this role she entered the European War in Sep 1939. As a member of the 20th...
On 30 Jul 1945, the Pacific War had nearly come to its end. She had just successfully delivered an atomic bomb to Tinian of the Mariana Islands,...
The 105 mm Howitzer M3 light howitzers were designed specifically for airborne operations in mind. The design merged a shortened barrel of a 105...
The 10.5 cm leFH 18 (leichte FeldHaubitze in German, or "light field howitzer") weapons were the standard divisional light field howitzers of the...
Minneapolis held her shakedown cruise in European waters between Jul and Sep 1934. On 4 Apr 1935, she departed from the Philadelphia Navy Yard in...
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was born to Confederate States of America Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., who surrendered to United States...
DD106/A16/ (887) H U.S.S. Chew (DD-106) Pearl Harbor, T.H., December 10, 1941. From: The Commanding Officer.To: The Commandant, FOURTEENTH...
Full Title: Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew Survived the Holocaust On the surface, we study history because it interests us. The powerful...
"Even now, there are many people who think that our country's 'aggression' caused unbearable suffering to the countries of Asia during the Greater...
The Walther P38 semi-automatic pistols were accepted by the German Army in 1938, thus the designation of P38, but prototype testing did not start...
US Army Major Robert Ralph Furman joined Colonel Leslie Groves as one of the general's staff officers in the Pentagon construction project. Now a...
Robert Ralph Furman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, United States to bank teller William Furman and Leila Ficht Furman. He graduated from...
Devonshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the London-subclass. Between commissioning and 1932, she served with the 1st Cruiser Squadron in...
The M2 Howitzers were the standard medium howitzers for the United States ground forces in since its introduction in 1941. Built by the Rock...
Dorsetshire was commissioned in 1930, and immediately became the flagship of the Royal Navy 2nd Cruiser Squadron. In 1931, during the Invergordon...
With Germans fortified along the entire French coast, Hitler's highly boasted "Fortress Europe" seemed to be difficult to crack. While fought...
UNITED STATESOFFICE OF WAR INFORMATIONPsychological Warfare TeamAttached toU.S. Army ForcesIndia-Burma TheaterAPO 689Japanese Prisoner of War...
So Tom Cruise is in a WWII flick, as you may have heard/read. Good for him. The previews are starting to filter onto American cable TV stations...
BiographyOKAMOTO, T. Lieutenant Commander, I.J.N.OKAMOTO was a naval aviator of 12 years service and 2600 hours flying experience. He performed...
