The boats carried troops and large equipment, including tanks, to beaches in Japan and the Philippines. In fact, the Navy ...
The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...
Reynolds Tomter of Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin, was 108 years old. WCCO first met Tomter a year ago. He was 107 years old then, ...
Atlantic, still sailing as a luxury liner. Within days, she was painted grey, blacked out, and loaded with 16,000 troops. Now ...
The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...
GLIDING THROUGH WATER. AND EFFORTLESSLY SWITCHING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. BOSTON’S DUCK BOATS HAVE BECOME ICONIC. THE DUCK BOAT DOES NOT DRIVE LIKE A BOAT. IT DRIVES MORE LIKE A TRUCK, SO IT’S MORE ...
The Aleksandr Shabalin is a Ropucha-class landing ship serving in the Russian Navy. It was first introduced in 1985 and ...
Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...