Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Korean War pulled all four Iowa-class battleships—Missouri, New Jersey, Iowa, and Wisconsin—back into combat, where their 16-inch guns...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – HMS Hood, the Royal Navy’s most famous battlecruiser, combined speed, heavy guns, and substantial armor—but entered WWII overdue for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Yamato, pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the heaviest battleship ever built, met a brutal end during Operation...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, launched beginning in 1942, became WWII’s definitive U.S. workhorse and later fought in Korea and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as the fifth Iowa-class battleship, laid down in late 1942 at Philadelphia. -By 1945...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived during WWII but commissioned after, the three Midway-class carriers—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea—bridged piston aircraft and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Launched too late for WWII, the Essex-class USS Princeton (CV-37) quickly earned distinction in Korea, flying hundreds of strike...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – IJN Musashi—sister ship to Yamato—was among the largest, most heavily armed battleships ever built. -Laid down in Nagasaki and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Missouri (BB-63) embodied the last, best expression of American battleship power just as aircraft carriers took over the...