This is a compilation of all the (board and video) games I know of that have to do with the aircraft carrier battles of the Pacific in World War II, along with notes I can assemble about them. I am super intrigued by these games, and am looking for a good implementation of the wait...
This isn’t the first time Vulcan Inc., launched by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has made headlines in recent years: Toward the end of October, the company announced thediscoveryof two Japanese aircraft carriers lost during the Battle of Midway, and in August 2017, Allen and a group ...
Although not complete, the Pacific WWII Shipwreck Database totals over 13 million tons of sunken vessels鈥攔anging from aircraft carriers to battleships and including over 330 tankers and oilers. As a major proportion of vessels lost during WWII rest in the East Asian鈥揚acific sea area, close...
By October 1942, the Pacific Fleet and its aircraft carriers were firmly in control in the Pacific. Here, a captured photo shows Zeros on the deck of a Japanese carrier, probably theShokaku, before the October 12 Battle of Santa Cruz....
Purchasing the 35 aircraft was the easy part; transporting them to Finland proved to be a much more challenging task. By then, the Second World War had already begun in Europe with the German invasion of Poland. With limited options, the aircraft were disassembled into smaller parts and transp...
Admiral Kajioka took few chances this time. Four heavy cruisers escorted 2,000 men, and the aircraft carriersSoryuandHiryu, returning from their victory at Pearl Harbor, provided air support. To avoid the damage sustained in the prior attack, Kajioka ordered his ships to remain beyond the range...
Additionally, Hurricanes, Martlets and Spitfires arrived on carriers improving the British defences against Axis air attacks. Operators SM.79 of the Yugoslav Royal Air Force Wartime Brazil Brazilian Air Force received two SM.79T aircraft. Croatia Croatian Air Force operated few ex-Yugoslavian ...
Akagi, a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbor, was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Now, explorers have captured its image on film.
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The Independence was among the first vessels that were converted to light aircraft carriers following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. It operated in the central and western Pacific from November 1943 through August 1945, said Delgado. Following the war, the Independence was assigned to Operation...