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Why Did the Battle of Salvo Island Go So Badly for the Navy?

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Forget D-Day, This World War II Battle Was More Important

Japanese Flags Over Honolulu? Here's How Imperial Japan Could Have Won World War II

.S. military and Philippine government officials attend a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the fall of Corregidor to the Japanese during World War II on Corregidor, Cavite, May 6, 2017. U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Corey Pettis.

Thousands of Americans Surrendered At This Battle. Forty Percent Never Made It Home.

Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō, 1943. Public domain.

Why Imperial Japan Never Built Its Own Massive Aircraft Carrier Fleet To Beat America

A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 in non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme in early 1942. U.S. Navy.

Al Capone Killed His Father. Then He Became an American War Hero—And Had an Airport Named After Him.

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Why Did the Battle of Salvo Island Go So Badly for the Navy?

Forget D-Day, This World War II Battle Was More Important

Japanese Flags Over Honolulu? Here's How Imperial Japan Could Have Won World War II

.S. military and Philippine government officials attend a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the fall of Corregidor to the Japanese during World War II on Corregidor, Cavite, May 6, 2017. U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Corey Pettis.

Thousands of Americans Surrendered At This Battle. Forty Percent Never Made It Home.

Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō, 1943. Public domain.

Why Imperial Japan Never Built Its Own Massive Aircraft Carrier Fleet To Beat America

A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 in non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme in early 1942. U.S. Navy.

Al Capone Killed His Father. Then He Became an American War Hero—And Had an Airport Named After Him.

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In 1944, the U.S. Navy Sent Battleships and Aircraft Carriers Into a Typhoon

The U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) beached and burning at 0925 hrs on 7 December 1941 after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. U.S. Navy.

What Was It Like To Survive Pearl Harbor On Battleship Nevada? Ask This Veteran

Enthusiasts dressed in historical World War II uniforms and depicting prisoners of war, participate in historical reconstruction, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Veliky Novgorod from Nazi occupation in Veliky Novgorod, Russia January 20,

Would the Axis Win World War II If Japan Attacked Russia Instead of America?

America Dropped a Nuclear Weapon on Japan Nearly 75 Years Ago (It Was the Right Call)