The HMS Trooper vanished in 1943 during a secret mission in Greek waters to land three agents of the Greek resistance on the ...
During World War II there was a major effort to develop better mine clearing ... Some 4.8 million tons of enemy shipping was sunk with torpedoes. For every US submarine sailor lost using submarine ...
In the Soviet Union, submarines played a crucial role during World War II, shuttling weapons, supplies, and special forces ...
where they would inflict the maximum possible casualties before being inevitably overwhelmed. ‘Take her down!’ WWII submarine ...
Two years out of Annapolis, a young officer in the Navy was up on the tower of a submarine during a horrible storm. He later ...
The former president, a peanut farmer turned politician, was known as much for his charity and diplomatic work later in life ...
it lost more Confederate crew members than enemy sailors. Over the next century, submarines changed greatly; World War II was a critical turning point in their military platform performance.
Talking about World War II for the National ... Weir said: "In all, U.S. submarines destroyed 1,314 enemy warships in the Pacific, representing 55% of all Axis power warships lost and a total ...
As the Allies began to turn the tide during the Second World War, the Axis powers desperately sought for any means to salvage their war efforts and stem their losses. Technology, it seemed ...
makes the American submarine force in the Pacific one of the unsung heroes of World War II. They did still lose a lot of subs. It was 52. Um, that were lost over the course between 1941 and 45.
The former president, who served aboard submarines as a young naval officer, was “in awe” when he learned the capabilities of ...
The United States and China appear destined for a military conflict, with bellicose rhetoric on both sides, an escalating ...