The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...
Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for the Japanese, seeing the sinking of Lexington, but a strategic win for the ...
As German paratroopers fought to secure a foothold on Crete, Allied forces launched urgent counterattacks to regain lost ...
The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...