Military History

I reference this book for sake of clarification and to prevent erroneous purchases. I suppose the book is the result of a mainstream author/journalist writing about a subject she ignores previously, and write about it as she was the first person in writting about it or having original ideas/aportations about the matter (As analogy, the fans of Science-Fiction, and they are a lot in Harpgamer, know clearly the very bad results of mainstream authors writing "Science-Fiction" without knowledge of the previously writted ideas and conventions in the genre): http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/136356848/ar...fos-or-the-ussr As examples: - The Horten brothers developing Flying Sauc…

From Navy Times [excerpt]

I was reading erroneously the Google News of Philipinnes ..... http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-ma...oved-us-embassy

From BBC News Danton wreck found in deep water By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News A French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The Danton, with many of its gun turrets still intact, is sitting upright in over 1,000m of water. It was found by the Fugro geosciences company during a survey for a gas pipeline between Algeria and Italy. The Danton, which sank with 296 sailors still onboard, lies 35km southwest of the island of Sardinia. Naval historians record that the Danton's Captain Delage stood on the bridge with his officers and made no attempt t…

Navy Honors Submarine Hero Baltimore Sun - August 29, 2007 By Bradley Olson, Sun Reporter The nicknames of Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey -- "The Galloping Ghost of the China Coast" and "Lucky Fluckey" -- meant to bring a little levity to the exploits of one of the most decorated sailors in history. But as loved ones and shipmates approached an urn on display under the vast dome of the Naval Academy chapel yesterday to say a few words, many stopped in awe, bowing slightly as a last homage to the man who sank 29 Japanese ships as a submarine commander in the Pacific on his way to receiving the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses. About 250 people gathere…

From BBC News 17 April 1961: Exiles invade Cuba at Bay of Pigs Reports from Cuba say the island has been invaded by counter-revolutionary forces trying to overthrow the country's leader, Fidel Castro. The only news coming out of Cuba is broadcast by the government-run radio station. All other communications with the island have been cut. THe first landing is reported to have taken place in the early hours of this morning. Broadcasts from Cuban government radio appealing for medical help indicate that the raiders have successfully penetrated 25 miles (40km) inland. They appear to have come ashore on an area of the coast known as the Bahía de Cochino…

Memorial to remember battleship Iowa explosion The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Apr 19, 2009 14:28:27 EDT NORFOLK, Va. — Hundreds are expected at Naval Station Norfolk to mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion onboard the battleship Iowa that killed 47 crewmen. Sunday, people whose lives were touched by that deadly day will remember the men who died more than 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. The names of the dead will be read aloud. At first, Navy investigators accused a crewman of causing the accident because he was depressed over a relationship with another crewman. He was later cleared and the cause was blamed on a combination of inexperienc…

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

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

Breaking the Dragon's Jaw [excerpt] Link to Tony's Thanh Hoa Bridge scenario for HCE.

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Thank you to all those who served the cause of freedom.

From CBC News U-boat captain’s daughter visits St. John’s 29 men died when Marita Collings's father sank two ships near Bell Island Last Updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010 | 9:42 PM NT The daughter of a Nazi U-boat captain who sank ships near St. John's during the Second World War struggled with mixed emotions on a pilgrimage to Newfoundland this week to make peace with her father's past. Marita Collings says the difficult trip brought her closer to her late father, Rolf Ruggeberg. "I have felt very close to my father these past few days," she said. "I think in many ways he would've been proud that I brought up the courage to come over here and do these thi…

From Air Force Times Son of pilot Powers promoting Cold War history By Regina Lee - The Washington Times via AP Posted : Sunday Jul 15, 2007 17:39:55 EDT WASHINGTON — The 63-foot U-2 spy plane suspended from the ceiling of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is a constant reminder to Francis Gary Powers Jr. of his educational mission. The son of a historic U-2 pilot shot down over Russia, Powers has worked for 11 years to keep the history of the era that spawned the reconnaissance plane alive. Pondering the relic, which was used to photograph Russian facilities and was one of several planes his father flew, he says its work was instrumental in en…

From Air Force Magazine, June 2010 In 1966, Israel got its hands on a MiG-21, with major benefits for itself and the US Air Force. Click the link for more ...

What looks to be a useful site for World War Two order of battle (OOB) and organization info, gleaned from the Admiralty Trilogy mailing list: http://niehorster.orbat.com/000_admin/000oob.htm

WWII Navajo code talker dies The Associated Press Posted : Wednesday May 2, 2007 7:19:23 EDT TSE’ DAA’ KAAN, N.M. — A Navajo code talker who was awarded a congressional silver medal for his service in World War II has died. Stewart Clah of Tse’ Daa’ Kaan died Sunday in his sleep, his family said. He was 87. The code talkers were an elite group of Navajo Marines who confounded the Japanese during the war by transmitting messages in their native language. Clah’s family members said he told them little about his days of combat but enjoyed swapping tales with fellow code talkers. They would drink coffee and talk so loudly in Navajo that it drove Clah’s da…

Discussions on HarpGamer are always relevant (well, almost always). We were discussing on IRC the role of aircraft carriers in WWII and whether a German carrier would have made any difference. Then I see this report today from Defence Talk: Divers find Hitler's aircraft carrier Times Online Thu, 27 Jul 2006, 00:51 The location of the wreck of the Graf Zeppelin had been a mystery for more than half a century POLISH divers have discovered the rusting wreckage of Nazi Germany’s only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, solving one of the most enduring maritime riddles of the Second World War. For more than half a century the location of the huge vess…

From Marine Corps Times Last survivor of first Iwo flag raising dies By Chris Williams - The Associated Press Posted : Monday Jun 25, 2007 18:43:18 EDT EDINA, Minn. — Charles W. Lindberg, the last survivor of the six Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 86. Lindberg died Sunday at Fairview Southdale hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, said John Pose, director of the Morris Nilsen Funderal Home in Richfield, which is handling Lindberg’s funeral. Lindberg spent decades explaining that it was his patrol, not the one captured in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal, that raised the first fl…

From Globe and Mail, 6 June 2012 High resolution aerial images from WWII Normandy beaches, Pegasus bridge, and others, with zoom features.

From Air Force Magazine, October 2008 issue The Stuka Terror By Rebecca Grant Germany’s shrieking Ju 87 dive bomber lingered in the mind as a truly dreaded air weapon. Simultaneously, like some birds of prey, they fall upon their victim and release their load of bombs upon the target. ... Everything becomes blended together; along with the howling sirens of the Stukas in their dives, the bombs whistle and crack and burst." The time was May 1940. The diarist was one Sergeant Pruemers who, as part of Germany’s 1st Panzer Division, was at that moment buttoned down and waiting to strike westward across the Meuse River and into the heart of France. The G…