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By U.S. Navy photo 80-G-19933 - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 306551., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16

No Combat, No Problem: How This Repair Ship Served in Both World Wars

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By Unknown author - National Archives Photograph 80-G-1034878 Appears in US Naval Historical Center biography of USS Ashevillehttps://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-1034000/80-G-1034878

Strange History: Did FDR Try to Get American Ships Attacked to Let Him Declare War?

By Unknown author - Osaka Asahi Shimbun published a poster version on Nov 6, 1935 (Showa 10), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2111190

Huge Mistake: Why Did Imperial Japan Choose War?

By U.S. Navy - Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30198 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=380573

Battleship Royale: Inside the Battle of Guadalcanal

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This World War II Battle Obliterated the Myth of Japan's "Invincibility"

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War Plan Orange: Could America Fight China the Way It Did Imperial Japan?

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Bad Fish, Bad Outcomes: Meet the Navy’s World War II Mark 14 Torpedoes

How Imperial Japan’s War on China Led to War with America

The Incredibly Epic Way Imperial Japan Failed in World War II

The USN prioritized slow, well-armored battleships that could operate together in a line-of-battle. Had the Navy paid more attention to European trends in shipbuilding, it might have gone ahead with the Lexington-class battlecruisers, which would have off

How Might Battlecruisers Have Changed World War II?

Disaster: What If America’s Aircraft Carriers Died at Pearl Harbor?

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This Is the Worst Aircraft Carrier Ever Put to Sea

Imperial Japan Made Their Own M1 Garand Rifle

By Contributor(s): Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd - Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12344998

What Happened to the Warship USS Chicago During World War II?

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