Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire long enough...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The underrated battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) had a remarkable and resilient career spanning two World Wars. -Its most famous...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1946, the U.S. military conducted the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, detonating nuclear weapons against...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – We offer a ‘tour’ of the eight U.S. battleships preserved as floating museums, many of which are being rebuilt...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Texas (BB-35), a century-old dreadnought battleship, served with distinction in both World Wars. A technological pioneer for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Korean War pulled all four Iowa-class battleships—Missouri, New Jersey, Iowa, and Wisconsin—back into combat, where their 16-inch guns...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – HMS Hood, the Royal Navy’s most famous battlecruiser, combined speed, heavy guns, and substantial armor—but entered WWII overdue for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Yamato, pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the heaviest battleship ever built, met a brutal end during Operation...