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Ranked: 5 Best Aircraft Carriers of World War II
Japan’s Hiryu represented the fierce capability of the Imperial Japanese Navy ... what Yours Truly considers to be the ...
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USS Wasp (CV-7): The Worst Aircraft Carrier of World War II
In 1942, three torpedoes from a Japanese ... it as a carrier emblematic of treaty-driven compromises that backfired in ...
The Tragic Story Of Japan's Rocket-Powered Kamikaze Plane From World War II
The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its pilots more surely than its targets.
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Imperial Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero Deserved Its Fearsome Reputation
The Zero endures as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s efficiency and menace. Imperial Japan’s most iconic piece of military ...
WWII veteran recounts escape from sinking Japanese navy carrier
On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces ... them to deadly anti-aircraft attacks, it will be the Japanese who suffer from the ...