Military History

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How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier (The War Zone, 11 January 2023)

This June, the Naval Historical Foundation once again had the opportunity to engage with young scholars at the National History Day Awards Ceremony in College Park, MD. On hand to represent NHF was life member and volunteer Dr. Charles Chadbourn of the Naval War College. We were very pleased to present the Captain Kenneth Coskey National History Day Prize for the best entry on naval history to high school junior Maria Sutton of Padua Academy in Wilmington, DE. Her paper was titled “The Sinking of the USS Maine: A Turning Point in American Foreign Policy.” Each year since 1999, we have awarded a $500 prize to the high school or middle school history project that best captu…

When/why did NATO go from referring to these by letter (Y-Class) to spelling the name out (Yankee class)? 1967 CIA Report 1986 document

From Veteran Affairs Canada The Opening Day, Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Beaumont-Hamel is situated near the northern end of the forty five kilometre front to be assaulted by the French and British. The attack, originally scheduled for June 29, 1916, following a hitherto unprecedented five-day artillery bombardment, was postponed by two days to July 1, 1916, partly on account of inclement weather, partly to allow more time for the artillery preparation. At Beaumont-Hamel, the 29th British Division , with its three Infantry Brigades, the 86th, the 87th and the 88th, faced particularly formidable defences, resolutely manned by the experienced troops of the …

Probably of interest for most of us (Joint UK/Australia development of missile weapons and space systems, as Black Knight, in Woomera and similar 1946-1980), free 596 pages download!: https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/documents/Fire Across the Desert HR.pdf

Looking for data for the warplanes of the 50to65 DB, I've finded these two pages: A very impressive site about the Blackburn Buccaneer: http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/0_Contents.html And in a site for years knowned to me, only today casually I've finded on it a very detailed composition of post-war UK carriers Air Wings: http://www.btinternet.com/~a.c.walton/navy/rn-cv3.html

A deployment map on a very interesting site: http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/Bloodhound_map.html

Adolf Hitler's 'lost fleet' found in Black Sea Telegraph By Jasper Copping Last Updated: 1:52am GMT 04/02/2008 The final resting place of three German U-boats, nicknamed "Hitler's lost fleet", has been found at the bottom of the Black Sea. The submarines had been carried 2,000 miles overland from Germany to attack Russian shipping during the Second World War, but were scuttled as the war neared its end. Now, more than 60 years on, explorers have located the flotilla of three submarines off the coast of Turkey. The vessels, including one once commanded by Germany's most successful U-boat ace, formed part of the 30th Flotilla of six submarines, taken by ro…

From Air Force Magazine, October 2000 issue [excerpt] CV32: Could be a useful tool for anyone looking to write scenarios for the era.

From Navy Times [excerpt]

But it's not strictly that ... (AH-1Z included): http://incolor.inetnebr.com/iceman/index.htm

At least is a naval site unknown to me some minutes ago, at least this HMS Illustrious and derivatives entry is very complete and interesting: http://navalistica.com/index.php/royal-navy-united-kingdom/19-ukcv/151-2105-illustrious-fleet-aircraft-carriers-1940-1941

From CBC News Vimy Ridge remembered Shock and Awe, 1917 Last Updated April 2, 2007 Gary Graves, CBC News Easter 2007 is the 90th anniversary of the First World War Canadian military attack on Vimy Ridge in France. CBC is commemorating the events with special broadcast coverage, online photo galleries: Four Days in April about the battle and Building the towers about Canada's war monument, and thoughts from a young Canadian student visiting war memorial sites in Europe. The towering 10-storey white limestone Vimy Memorial Monument near Arras, France, fell into disrepair as rain eroded the soft stone and winters cracked some of the building blocks. After thre…

U.S. Gives Russia Info On Sub That Sank In '68 By Mike Eckel, Associated Press Moscow--U.S. military officials on Monday gave Russia a videotape and other archival materials on the Soviet K-129 submarine, whose sinking in 1968 is a lingering Cold War mystery. At a ceremony in the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific Fleet archive and museum received copies of formerly classified documents, including two ship logs related to the K-129 incident and to U.S. efforts to salvage the sub from the sea floor in the central Pacific. Also turned over was a videotape of a secret burial at sea for six Soviet sailors whose bodies were recovered when the Uni…

It is worth noting that 26 May is the 70th anniversary of the start of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk. CBC News story

Not a Floating Museum, but Razor Blades: Forrestal, the Navys First Supercarrier, Goes to the Breakers for a Penny (Defense Media Network)

As some of you may know, record setting aviator Steve Fossett and navigator Mark Rebholz are due to recreate the famous 1919 trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland achieved by British flyers Alcock and Brown. The flight will be (hopefully) made this weekend in a replica of the original Vickers F.B.27 Vimy bomber (the world's largest flying biplane), taking off from my home town here in St. John's, Newfoundland. This morning I was fortunate to get a closer look at this amazing aircraft and snap a few photos. Enjoy. The Vimy is an impressively large aircraft: The nose ... ... and the tail Accolades and honours…