Submitted by Jason McDonald on Mon, 2014-07-28 00:45
Truk was part of the Japanese Mandated Islands ceded to Japan in 1919. A major fleet anchorage was created there soon after occupation, and over the next twenty-five years the Japanese used Truk as their main base of operations for the Southern Pacific.
Submitted by Jason McDonald on Sat, 2014-07-26 23:29
Submitted by Jason McDonald on Sat, 2014-07-19 21:33
In April 1940, obsolescent British Swordfish biplanes, nicknamed "stringbags" for their flimsy construction, struck the Italian fleet at Taranto. Within minutes significant damage was done to Italy's Mediterranean Fleet. To get around the inability to operate torpedoes in the shallow waters of the harbor, the British attached fins to the tail.
Submitted by Jason McDonald on Sat, 2014-07-19 20:52
With the attack on the United States Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941, Japan had brought the most powerful nation on earth into the war on the side of the Allies.
Submitted by Jason McDonald on Fri, 2014-07-04 18:49