Local Commanders of the different Service Commands, staffed and operated the Hospital Cars and Ambulances, used for removal of patients from ports of entry and transportation to the ZI Hospitals. At the beginning of WW2 and during the gradual build-up of United States Forces in the British ...
The Story of the Motor Vessel Calino, by Giovanni Di Trapani WW2 Bombs away! Scuba divers locate WW2 500lb aerial bombs used in 1943 allied attacks in Greece Photo gallery, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks ΛίμνηΙωαννίνων, 13 Μαρτίου 1941: Ητελευτα...
Midway and Coral Sea served into the 1990s, with Midway becoming a museum ship in San Diego. The hard-used FDR (uncharitably called “Filthy Dirty Rusty” late in her career) was sold in 1977.Battle of Okinawa: AKA Operation Iceberg
Upon departure, the system can be used in an identical (reverse) manner. Vessel's maneuvering is automatically controlled by the autodocking equipment and includes both steering and propulsion, with manual control being possible at any time. Among the benefits for the ship, operators are improved...
intrest in the stern. As far as colors or what that area looked like, no one really knows anymore. The records are lost and no one guy had any idea of how it all went together. To keep secercy they used that whole "plausible deniability" thing when it came to design and ...
Many of the WW2-era ship names were re-used for the ships of the post-WW2 naval force, although there was no naming convention in terms of ship type, unlike the system used during WW2.Romanization and PronunciationRomanization of Japanese ship names was done only to aid non-Japanese ...
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I guess you'd have to add to the list the 75mm Krupp M08 mountain gun built for the Japanese, built under licence as the Type 41 gun and used extensively in WW2. The Japanese gun is different from the other Krupp guns in Ralph's post since the trail is a simple tubular construction ...
The extraordinary idea of constructing large platforms or ships out of ice took hold in WW2 and small scale experiments were undertaken on Patricia Lake near Jasper in the Rocky Mountains. If successful, sawdust would be added to the water before freezin
Here is a little story that is at the core of Japanese economic recovery after WW2 but it is little known, even in Japan. After the war. Japan was heavily in debt and most industries were still in shambles. The government was working on a stimulus project but it wasn’t easy. Japan ...