a year after World War II came to an end. The battleship found itself serving as a flagship during a time of peace when it was built to be in the thick of combat. King George VI used the Vanguard ...
Lacking radar, a Combat Air Patrol ... survive one of the most controversial naval battles of World War II—perhaps the only time battleships single handedly took out an aircraft carrier.
American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... down American torpedo bombers”, the WW2 Database website says.
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer ... lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes ...