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Legacy of Star Wars resistance bombers and their ties to World War II
The Star Wars SF-17 heavy bomber shares striking similar designs and use to several Allied Force ships such as the B-17 and B ...
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We're going to need more ships
The great 19th-century strategist and navalist surely would be shocked and mystified that we have allowed the country with which we are most likely to fight a devastating war - and a traditional land ...
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WWII Ordnance Is Polluting the Baltic Sea
Discarded explosives were dumped into the Baltic and North seas after World War II. Their deadly legacy is still with us.
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USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
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Sink ships, get Scotch: An officer’s spirited revenge for Pearl Harbor
Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes, a U.S. Naval officer, personally sent expensive scotch to any U.S. skipper who sank a ship of the ...
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In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...