by Matthew Wright | May 6, 2019 | History Article
By early 1943 the battle for Guadalcanal was in full swing. Japan was supplying its forces on the island by night, often by submarine. United States forces were supported by New Zealand and Australian ground, air and naval units, which included the three Bird-class...
by Matthew Wright | Apr 8, 2019 | History Article
Think ‘battleship’, and you might think of the steam-driven steel warships that emerged during the last decade or so of the nineteenth century, and which remained an important measure of sea-force until the Second World War. In that, you would be right. The word...
by Matthew Wright | Mar 26, 2019 | History Article
During the Second World War, Japan conducted a small but significant submarine campaign into the Pacific and Indian oceans, ultimately ranging as far as the west coast of the United States and the South Pacific. First to reach the South Pacific was the 2,550 ton Type...
by Matthew Wright | Feb 17, 2019 | History Article
During the 1930s, as the world’s major navies began rearming, it was clear that aircraft carriers were going to play a significant role in any future combat. Just how significant was not wholly anticipated at the time – but there was no question that carriers were...
by Matthew Wright | Feb 5, 2019 | History Article
The unprecedented cold that swept parts of the United States in early 2019 could be called ‘brass monkey weather’, though with the temperatures reported, that might be an understatement. According to legend, the term – in full, ‘cold enough to...
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