Why Didn’t Italy Have an Aircraft Carrier During World…
Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing…
Tag: World War II
The Alliance Wasn’t Always Grand
Britain’s declaration of war against Finland on December 5, 1941, was a typically humiliating moment…
The Semovente Self-Propelled Artillery Gun Was…
Deployed alongside M13/40 and M14/41 tank units, the Semovente provided critical firepower to…
D-Day Reminds Us How War Forged the Youthful Steel of…
Of all the many commemorative speeches about D-Day, perhaps the most famous was delivered by…
France’s Richelieu-Class Battleship Never Reached Its…
These battleships were among the finest ever engineered—and are rightly sources of great national…
How One Soviet Fighter Ace Led His Lavochkin La-5 and…
A natural fighter ace, Ivan Kozhedub’s tactics were characterized by precision, aggression, and…
How Wildcat Ace Butch O’Hare Saved His Navy Carrier…
Though Butch O’Hare did live to receive his Medal of Honor, he didn’t live to see the end of the…
The Sinking of the Prince of Wales and Britain’s “Pearl…
The loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse paved the way for Japanese forces to make a…
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