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The Arctic convoys that saved the Soviet Union in World War II

During World War II, Allied ships sailed through the Arctic to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union. Facing German ...
Beyond Walks on MSN

The father who turned a bomber into a ship killer in World War II

In 1943, one American officer transformed the B-25 Mitchell into a devastating low-level assault aircraft that changed naval ...
SlashGear

Why Liberty Ships Are Some Of The Most Important Vessels Of World War 2

At the turn of the 1940s, World War 2 was in full swing, with the Allied and Axis forces doing battle across Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Ocean. The United States hadn't gotten directly involved in ...
SlashGear

What Was The Cruiser's Role Among Military Ships During World War 2?

The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...
KCCI Des Moines

World War II-era ship offers tours in Muscatine

SCHOOLS AND GARDENS. INTERESTING. WELL, A PIECE OF WORLD WAR TWO HISTORY IS NOW DOCKED AND READY FOR ALL TO SEE IN EASTERN IOWA. YEAH, THIS IS INTERESTING. TOURS OF A WORLD WAR TWO ERA LANDING SHIP.
The Bay City Tribune

USS Matagorda spent a quarter-century on the far edge of help

The name Matagorda usually lands on a map, not a ship’s stern, but in World War II it did both. USS Matagorda took its name from Matagorda Bay and went ...