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Famous POWs: Celebrities Who Were Held Captive By the Enemy During World War II
What you might not be aware of is that there were a fair few who were captured during the action and held as prisoners of war ...
National Interest on MSN8d
Musashi: The 73,000 Ton Monster Yamato-Class Battleship
After years of analysis, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's team discovered the wreck of the Japanese battleship Musashi in ...
National Interest on MSN9d
Ranked: 5 Worst Battleships of All Time
The article highlights five battleships deemed ineffective or "a waste of steel" due to design flaws, poor performance, or ...
On this day in history, October 25, 1944, first kamikaze suicide pilots attack US Navy in World War II
Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, ...
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ThayerMahan technology enables Aleutian Islands discovery of Japanese vessels sunk in only WW II battle fought on U.S. territory
The foreign vessels are the only Japanese military ships believed to be situated within U.S. state waters. The research marked the first underwater archaeological survey around Attu and marks the ...
A US invasion of Taiwan in WWII would have been a disaster. A Chinese operation faces similar dangers.
An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...
Hawaii Public Radio13d
Efforts to repatriate Japanese flags of those who died in World War II
HPR talked to USS Battleship Missouri Memorial curatorial assistant Molly Hagan about the practice called Yosegaki Hinomaru, ...
BBC5mon
Wreckage of US World War Two submarine found after 80 years
The wreckage of a US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces. The USS Harder ...
US and Canadian warships transit the Taiwan Strait a week after Beijing’s war games
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan ... or encroachment” by Beijing. Taiwan was a ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati27d
'Ghost ship' from WWII sailed by both Axis and Allied forces found
The USS Stewart became known as the "ghost ship of the Pacific" during World War II when American troops spotted it sailing in Japanese waters, despite the ship sinking at a Japanese port over a ...
Newsweek28d
US Helps Japan Build First Aircraft Carriers Since WWII Amid China Threat
It bears the name of the World War II-era aircraft carrier Kaga ... resembling U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships, which also operate the F-35B. Both Japanese warships are expected to carry ...
Irish Examiner on MSN15d
US, Canadian warships transit Taiwan Strait week after Beijing’s war games
US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, almost a week after China held massive war games around ...