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Steven Terjeson | October 26, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for October 26
26 October 1942 – The US carrier USS Hornet and destroyer USS Porter were sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz. It was the last time carrier based aircraft were used by the Japanese in the Guadalcanal campaign.
26 October 1944 – The Battle of Leyte Gulf [...]
Steven Terjeson | October 2, 2009
Letter home from Midshipman Derek Hirst HMS Zambesi 8th May 1945
forargyll.com published this on 10:51 am, Wednesday, 30th September, 2009
HMS Zambesi entered Bergen, Norway, on 8th May 1945, the day WWII formally ended. The following is from a letter by Midshipman Derek Hirst to his mother started on 14th May and completed shortly after leaving [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 24, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for August 24
08.24.1942 – U.S. forces sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo in the Battle of the East Solomon Islands. During this battle the “coastwatchers,” volunteers that reported on Japanese ship and aircraft movement, were a key to American success.
*Edit: The carrier sunk is the Ryujo, not [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 19, 2009
Sink the Bismark: 1941-05-31 BBC First Sea Lord A V Alexander On Sinking Of Bismark
World War II History - BBC Sinking of the Bismark - 05-31-1941 [0:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSteven Terjeson | August 10, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for August 10
10 Aug 1944 – Hitler moves the entire 2,000-plane Luftwaffe force to Western Europe in a bid to challenge the power of the Allies’ collective air strength.
10 Aug 1944 – U.S. forces defeated the remaining Japanese resistance on Guam, leaving the U.S. with an additional solid [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 15, 2009
Operation Ariel aka Operation Aerial
17 June 1940 – Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
Smaller-scale counterpart to Operation Dynamo and designed to remove by sea all British troops in north-west France, largely from the ports of Cherbourg, St Malo, Brest, St Nazaire and [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 2, 2009
Video Clip: WWII In Color – Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific
Table of WWII Aircraft Carriers
Fleet Carriers
ID
Name
Commission
Tons
Fleet
Lost
CV -1
Langley (AV-3)
redesignated
19,360
542
Java
CV -2
Lexington
12/14/2027
33,000
910
Coral Sea
CV -3
Saratoga
11/16/2027
33,000
910
CV -4
Ranger
6/4/1934
14,500
769
CV -5
Yorktown
9/30/1937
19,800
827
Midway
CV -6
Enterprise
5/12/1938
19,800
827
CV -7
Wasp
4/25/1940
14,700
739
Guadalcanal
CV -8
Hornet
10/20/1941
20,000
809
Santa Cruz
CV -9 [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 25, 2009
Bittersweet Reunion, Part 1 of 2
Wainwright and MacArthur, date unknown
“Drained of the confidence he had always shown”, journalist Clark Lee of the Associated Press noted when he saw Douglas MacArthur in March of 1942. Lee had no idea why, for the reason for MacArthur’s sadness was classified: he had just been ordered to evacuate [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009
Operation A
Operation A – Japanese naval counteroffensive (19/20 June 1944) planned after the US capture of the Marshall Islands between 20 November 1943 and 23 February 1944, the Japanese high command having appreciated that the next forward move would take the Americans to the Marianas Islands on the Japanese home islands’ strategic doorstep and this [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 19
19 June 1942 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President Roosevelt.
19 June 1944 – The U.S. won the battle of the Philippine Sea against the Imperial Japanese fleet.
In what would become known [...]
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