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Japan Considering Naming its GCAP Fighter After the WW2-Era A7M ‘Reppu': Reports
The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never flew. Reports from Japan, quoting ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
This Is the Strangest Resting Place for a World War II–Era Ford Woody Wagon
Oceanographers were startled to discover the car inside the wreck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, which participated in the Battle of Midway and is now on the ocean floor.
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Japan’s I-19 Submarine was a Nightmare for the U.S. Navy in WWII
The I-19 was a B1-Type submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Designed in the 1930s as part of Japan’s effort to build a formidable long-range submarine fleet capable of supporting its ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese Navy in the largest naval battle ... Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's main ...
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Boat on a Tokyo river has possible ties to Japanese fleet in WWII
A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...
NOAA camera dives down to sunken U.S. World War II ship — and finds a car inside
A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
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Short term cause -Defeat in the war with Japan
the Japanese besieged Port Arthur, a Russian naval base and attacked the Russian Pacific Fleet. Russian forces were left without supplies as the Trans-Siberian Railway was unfinished and there was ...