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Nazi Germany Built the World's First Jet Fighter. It Was 120 MPH Faster Than Anything the Allies Had. It Arrived Too Late to Matter. We Photographed the Real Thing.
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (721+ words) The Me 262 remains one of the most consequential aircraft of the Second World War. It was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter, fielded by Nazi Germany during World War II. While it arrived too late and in insufficient numbers to alter…...
A 100, 000-Ton Aircraft Carrier Drag-Raced a Cruiser in the Middle of the Ocean. It Was Only Using 3 of 4 Engines. It Almost Won
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (823+ words) A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, despite weighing over 100, 000 tons, uses its massive nuclear reactors to move at speeds over 30 knots or almost 35 mph. In a reported incident, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) supercarrier, running on only 3 out of 4 shafts (roughly 75 percent power),…...
A B-52 Bomber Pilot Was Told Not to Exceed 45 Degrees. He Did 90. His Commander Watched the First Time and Said Nothing. The Second Time, Everyone Died.
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1164+ words) This one is ranked #1 due to the sheer number of lives lost, i. e. , an entire 9-man crew. " The command pilot reduced engine power, but he overcompensated, causing all eight engines to flame out. Due to a loss of speed, the aircraft…...
Weekend U. S. Navy Quote of the Day By Admiral Chester Nimitz: 'Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men"
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (941+ words) Chester Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet weeks after Pearl Harbor " when American naval power was at its lowest point in history. He turned it into the force that destroyed the Imperial Japanese Navy and signed the surrender on…...
Saturday Military Quote of the Day by Dwight D. Eisenhower: "When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (1045+ words) General and President Dwight Eisenhower commanded the largest invasion in human history and watched thousands of men die on the beaches he sent them to. He spent the rest of his life making sure it never happened again. "When people…...
Japan Built A Fleet of 70, 000 Ton WWII Battleships (Bigger Than U. S. Navy Iowa-Class). They Were All Sunk.
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1256+ words) The Yamato-Class Battleships Were Completely Destroyed During WWII: The Musashi was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships for the Imperial Navy of Japan. The Yamato and Musashi, whose hulls were laid down in November 1937 and April 1938, were completed as designed....
The U. S. Navy's Iowa-Class Battleship Comeback Is Never Going To Happen
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1799+ words) I walked away impressed, grateful, and a little sad, if I can be rather blunt." No one who steps aboard USS Iowa fails to feel the ship's weight, history, and brute force." You don't stand near those 16-inch guns and…...
Army Quote of the Day by General George Patton: 'The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation. .."
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (1787+ words) Army Quote of the Day by General George Patton: "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing…...
WWII P-47 Thunderbolt "Flying Bathtub" Destroyed 86, 000 Railroad Cars, 9, 000 Locomotives, and 6, 000 Armored Vehicles " The Two Top American Aces in Europe Refused to Fly Anything Else
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (990+ words) This writer is already on record as buying into the strong (though not universal) consensus that the North American Aviation (NAA; sadly now defunct) P-51 D Mustang was the best fighter plane of World War II. However, I objectively noted that the…...
'Best Field Commander': The Case for General George Patton Starts in Mexico, Not World War II
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1808+ words) General George S. Patton Jr. was arguably the United States" best combat field commander. Although highly controversial, he was a very respected commander and was esteemed by the men under his command." Most well-known for his service in World War II…...