(1942-1945) Reconnaissance Car – 66-182 Built The Camionetta SPA-Viberti AS43 (English: SPA-Viberti AS43 Reconnaissance Car) was an Italian reconnaissance car developed for the Regio Esercito (English: Royal Army) for long-range reconnaissance in the North African desert, ambushing Allied ...
The main Italian anti-tank weapon when the country entered the war on 10 June 1940, was theCannone da 47/32 Modello 1935, also known as theElefantino(English: Little Elephant) by the soldiers. This cannon was the Italian licensed version of the Austrian4.7 cm Bohler. The Elefantino was ...
which in effect were upgraded Sangamons. The engine room was partitioned to reduce the likelihood that a single hit could knock out both engines. The flight deck was strengthened so that it could accommodate the newer, heavier aircraft
CHICAGO (CBS) --While most 16 year olds are getting their drivers license, he has his private glider pilot license. And right now, he's preparing to fly alone, across the country, to learn about African Americans who flew during WW II. CBS 2's Shardaa...
in 1853 presented the Japanese with a letter from the President calling for Japan to grant trading rights to Americans, they signed a treaty opening Japan for trade in 1854 War Production Board During WWII, FDR established it to allocated scarce materials, limited or stopped the production of ci...
In fact, there is a long a rich heritage of South Africans who served on Royal Navy submarines who came before Lt Maccoy, and their service extends all the way back to the First World War. Not only these early South African naval pioneers, many of whom were sacrificed in the line of ...
The original plan called for launching the B-25s 450 miles offshore, but on April 18 the Americans were sighted by Japanese picket boats. Consequently, Doolittle’s men began taking off two hundred miles farther east than expected, cutting deeply into their fuel reserves over China. Short of...
American radio also expanded internationally during this period. There was no U.S. government international radio voice prior to the war. Lacking shortwave receivers, most Americans were unaware of the developing radio war. After American entry into the war, however, the government’s Office of Wa...
“Tonys” to Americans, on the way to Yokohama. The Hiens were still in the evaluation phase. The “Hari Kari-er” shot down two from its dorsal turret and managed to outrun the two others, subsequently dropping its bombs on an oil refinery. Please refer to the wonderful color ...