Finally came the Battle of Kula Gulf, a turning point which cost the Jap something between nine and eleven cruisers and destroyers. It cost the U.S. one ship: the Helena. Last Train, Last Battle.
The Japanese Navy had been lying low for months. The last time Japanese units had shown themselves in battle was in Kula Gulf on July 7, and the last time before that was in the final tussle off ...
It was 17 hours of concentrated hell and the most amazing thing about the battle was that our Pacific ... through our naval blockade and enter Leyte gulf, they could have wiped out every ship ...
And here's a view directly on top of either the Fusō or Yamashiro as it's bombed by US aircraft from above, some of which were launched by the famed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
On Oct. 26, 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in ...
If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944. One of the world’s largest and most advanced battleships was discovered this ...
The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...
Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...
NORFOLK, Va. - Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial hosted an event on Saturday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The battle was a key U.S. victory during World War ...
The Persian Gulf Battle" is a 2016 Iranian animated war film directed by Farhad Azima. Set during the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, the story unfolds with an unprovoked attack by Saudi F-15 Eagles ...
UPDATE (Nov. 4): The results of the second annual Gulf Coast Paddle & Racket Battle are in. The weekend tournament raised over $7,000 to benefit the American Heart Association in Mobile ...
New York: Osprey Bloomsbury, 2023. Pp. 320+. Illus., maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $30.00. ISBN: 1472851757 A Fresh Look at the Greatest Sea Battle This new look at America’s retaking ...