Military History

A well know site, but ever worth of mention: http://russian-ships.info/eng/ Beware, they are more ships waiting translation in the Russian language version of the site than in the English version. Also, some boats (As SSGN Charlie II with 2x650mm TT) are descripted as on the original design, not as they were builded actually. A some chaotic site, but with very old ships and also not only Russian/Soviet types: http://www.battleships.ru/frame/by_namemalkov.html

From Air Force Magazine, June 2012 issue [excerpt]

Command of the Sea: The Naval Side of the Korean War (Defense Media Network)

Wreckage From USS Indianapolis Located In Philippine Sea (Paul Allen website)

From Wall Street Journal Richard "Dick" Winters, the Easy Company commander whose World War II exploits were chronicled in the book and TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," died last week in central Pennsylvania at age 92. [excerpt]

Boston Globe April 16, 2007 Kittery, Maine Ceremony Honors Sub, Crew Forty-four years after it sank off Cape Cod, the USS Thresher and its crew were remembered at a ceremony Saturday near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The nuclear sub sank during sea trials out of the yard on April 10, 1963, killing 129 men. A mechanical error caused the submarine to lose power, causing it to sink below crush depth in the Atlantic. On Saturday, Irene Harvey, widow of Captain John Harvey, the sub's commander, dropped a wreath into the Piscataqua River to remember the crew. To honor each man, a bell was rung as their photographs were displayed on a screen. "They are on eter…

Into the Rising Sun: The Doolittle Raid By Barrett Tillman Long before jointness became doctrine and purple entered the military vocabulary, U.S. naval and air forces were operating hand in glove in a manner that is not possible today. The best example remains the Doolittle Raid against Japan 65 years ago. Officially it was the First Special Aviation Project, a bold concept devised by a naval officer—a submariner, no less—and executed by Sailors and Airmen. The timing could not have been better, as it occurred only four-and-a-half months after the debacle at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Only two weeks later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a stu…

Added some inter-wars French destroyers guns: http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons_Source_Notes.htm

USA Today March 28, 2007 Pg. 1 'One Of The Last': WWI Vet Recalls Great War 90 Years Later, Its Impact Endures In Iraq And Beyond By Andrea Stone, USA Today CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — When the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, exactly 4,734,991 Americans had served in World War I. Four are known to be alive. "I am one of the last," says Frank Woodruff Buckles, who at 106 is among the few living links — and perhaps the healthiest — to what was known as the Great War. "I didn't know it would be down to one to a million." April 6 will mark the 90th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I. The soldiers who went Over There thought they w…

From Defence Talk Britain's sinking of Argentine cruiser still stirs emotions Agence France-Presse | Mar 30, 2007 LONDON: The sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano by a British nuclear-powered submarine with the loss of 323 Argentine lives still stirs controversy, 25 years after the Falklands War. Argentine lawyers have argued that the warship was outside of the 200-mile (322 kilometre) exclusion zone established by British forces around the archipelago when it was sunk on May 2, 1982. But they have failed to win their case that British committed a "war crime" when the HMS Conqueror fired conventional torpedoes into the Belgrano, a World War II-era wars…

Very interesting entries in the Wikipedia about Cold War interceptions and shootdowns finded by hazard when I was looking for other things. I think it can be perhaps inspirational for potential scenarios, or at least as historical reference of not widely knowed incidents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unite..._and_shootdowns Also, I remember now a similar but shorter list on: http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=...3&Itemid=47

From CBC News Link to CBC's Digital Archives re 6 June 1944.

History of the Russian Nuclear Weapon Program (Los Alamos National Lab, via Federation of American Scientists) Large (107 pages) PDF file, with plenty of images.

31-Knot Burke Gets His Nickname: The Battle of Cape St. George (Defense Media Network)

Not a complete site, but many curious data, mostly posted because is the official Dassault web site and difficult to find! https://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/passion/avions/dassault-militaires/mirage-iii/

Somewhat of interest after recent amphibious assault discussion. Global Security The Opposed Amphibious Assault Dilemma CSC 1992 SUBJECT AREA Warfighting EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Title: The Opposed Amphibious Assault Dilemma Author: Major D. L. Brush, United States Marine Corps Thesis: This last is the situation that existed during Desert Storm and is the crux of the problem how to successfully eliminate continuing deficiencies to ensure the Marine Corps retains the ability to conduct an opposed amphibious assault. Background: The Marine Corps is charged to maintain the nation's ability to project forces across a hostile beach. During Desert Storm the …

Very interesting and scenario fodder: https://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/missions-secret-australian-submarines-cold-war-revealed.html

Very useful for scenario creation and forces evaluation: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmib20/109/1

PT boat officers hold last reunion By Mary Foster - The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Apr 22, 2007 11:04:51 EDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It was the end of the line for the battered hulk of a PT boat at New Orleans’ National World War II museum, and an appropriate setting for the final reunion of a group of veterans who served on such vessels. The 16 elderly survivors — down from 21 last year — of Peter Tare, Inc., an organization for former officers of PT boats, lined up next to the boat Friday, taking one last sail down memory lane. For them, World War II is really almost over now. “It’s sort of pitiful the way the crowd has dwindled,” said William Payn…

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