During WWII, five bombers stood out for their strategic impact: the American B-29 Superfortress, famed for firebombing Tokyo ...

The USS Esdall, a 314-foot destroyer sunk by Japanese forces in 1942, was known as "the dancing mouse" for its ability to ...

Wreck could be sunken Athenia from WW2 British POWs sank on this WW2 ship ... which defined the Allied aims for the world after the war, and HMS Repulse both sank off the Malaysian coast ...

Since 2000, at least 14 expedition crews have unsuccessfully tried to find the final resting place of the HMS Trooper, but the ill-fated World War II submarine has finally been located.

Ammunition believed to be from the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, which were sunk by Japanese forces more than 80 years ago, was then found on board. The UK Ministry of Defence had earlier ...

The British HMS Trooper submarine was lost in 1943 with 64 men on board. A Greek-based underwater recovery team located the submarine 81 years later, finding it torn into three sections by a ...

As World War II progressed, the shift toward air power and the need for ... and a displacement of 60,500 tons – 71,000 tons ...

South African 7th Motorised Brigade and Northern Rhodesia 27th Infantry Brigade No. 5 Commando (Northern Rhodesia is now known as Zambia); Royal Navy forces including HMS Illustrious, HMS ...

HMS Bristol was launched in 1969, with four new weapons and electronics systems. By the late 1980s, the ship was already becoming increasingly outdated. She was converted into a training ship in 1987.

Here are the best World War II movies to educate and entertain you. Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel ...

Players: Allies: General Bernard Montgomery's 8th Army, consisting of 30th Corps, 13th Corps and 10th Corps (British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Indian and French troops). Axis: Field ...

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