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Pacific War, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Location: Southwest of Solomon islands, Pacific Ocean Date: May 7-8, 1942 Commanders and Forces: U.S: Task force 17 (Fletcher), Task Force 44 (Crace); Japanese: Carrier Striking Force (Tajaki), Port Moresby Invasion Group (Hara) Casualties U.S: 1 aircraft carrier destroyed, 1 damaged, 1 oiler and 1 destroyer sunk, […]

Armies of WW11 continued…. Japanese Infantry Division A Division was commanded by a lieutenant general, with a colonel of the General staff as Chief of Staff. The staff was in two sections – the General Staff section and the administrative section. To the staff were attached five departmental sections and an ordinance, a signal, and […]

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During World War I, the German Army had decided that it’s standard Rifle, the Gewehr 98, was too long for effective use. By 1924, Mausers had developed a shorter rifle, but it did not enter full production until 1935 as the Karabiner 98k. Millions of these weapons in several variants were made before Germany’s defeat […]

HEAVY TANKS The desire to produce tanks with more armor protection and greater firepower resulted in some steel monsters being built in WW11. Though they were capable of knocking out most enemy tanks, their slow speed, high fuel consumption, and even higher production costs meant relatively few were built. Only 1300 German Tiger 1’s were […]