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Type XIV “Milchkühe” U-Boats (1941)

Type XIV “Milchkühe” U-Boats, Hitler’s Milk Cows Germany (1941-42): 10 U-boats Maintaining Wolf Packs at sea One aspect of the…

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Zuihō class light fleet aircraft carriers (1940)

Japan, 1937-44. Zuihō (瑞鳳), Shōhō (祥鳳) The double life of the Zuihō pair Digitally colorized photo of IJN Shoho in…

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Type XXI U-Boats (1944)

Nazi Germany, 1,170 planned, 118 completed (1944) The Elektroboot saga: Too late to win The Type XXI were large scale…

Posted in ww2 Royal Navy

Implacable class fleet aircraft carriers (1942)

Implacable class Aircraft Carriers United Kingdom: HMS Implacable, Indefatigable (1942) The Illustrious near sister ships The Implacable-class were two aircraft…

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Mogami class cruisers (1934)

Mogami class cruisers (1934) Light/Heavy Cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano. As Japan signed the treaty of London, the Imperial Navy…

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Crown Colony class cruisers (1936)

Fiji (“Crown Colony”) class Cruisers United Kingdom (1939-42) HMS Fiji, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kenya, Trinidad, Jamaica, Gambia, Bermuda, Ceylon, Uganda, Newfoundland…

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WW2 IJN Destroyers

WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers About 80 destroyers 1919-1945 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer’s complete overview Japanese destroyers acquired a fearsome…

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HSwMS Oscar II (1906)

Panzerkepp HSwMS Oscar II (1906) Swedish Navy – coastal battleship 1907-1974 HSwMS Oscar II was a coastal battleship (Panzerkepp) of…

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Nagara class cruisers (1920)

Nagara class Cruisers (1920) Empire of Japan, 1920. Light Cruisers: IJN Nagara, Isuzu, Natori, Yura, Kinu, Abukuma The second “three…

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Shokaku class Aircraft Carriers (1939)

Japan, 1940-45. Fleet Aircraft Carriers: Shōkaku 翔鶴, Zuikaku 瑞鶴 The best ever IJN fleet carriers ? Shōkaku in Yokosuka, August…