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Battle of Leyte (landings and ground operations)

The Philippine archipelago consists of more than seven thousand islands and islets and is only five hundred miles from the Asian continent. It occupies an extremely important position in relation to China and Japan. The largest island in the Philippines is Luzon. The island of Mindanao occupies the second position. Other important islands include Samar, Panay, Cebu, Negros and certainly Leyte. Description of landings and ground fighting in the Philippines.
🕔︎ 06.03.2009 👁︎ 29.049

Battle of Leyte (naval engagement)

The Battle of the Gulf of Leyte was one of the greatest naval battles of World War II in the Pacific and one of the greatest naval battles in history. It took place in October 1944 between the US and Japanese navies off the island of Leyte in the Philippines.
🕔︎ 11.02.2009 👁︎ 38.754

Battle of Makin (landings and ground operations)

Already in January 1943, when Guadalcanal was still being fought, Admiral King presented a plan for further combat operations in the Pacific area at the Casablanca conference. According to him, the next attack against Japan was to be conducted through the islands of the Central Pacific. But General MacArthur was strongly opposed. He demanded that the main direction of attack should come from the Solomon Islands area and then proceed through the Philippines and Taiwan to Japan.
Where will the fight be after Guadalcanal?

🕔︎ 07.04.2009 👁︎ 35.486

Battle of the Yalu River (1904)

The Battle of the Yalu River ran from April 27 to May 1, 1904. It was the first major military engagement in the Russo-Japanese War on the mainland. Already this first battle convinced the Russians that the Japanese were by no means underestimated. It refuted not only the Russians' idea of a short war, but also their tactical and qualitative superiority over Japan.
🕔︎ 29.10.2009 👁︎ 26.336

Combat Yak-1

The combat version of the Yakovlev Yak-1 aircraft is not a separate version and does not bear any special designation. This modification belongs to a large family of the first Jak-1 aircraft, which were produced with various modifications, but without further distinction. It can be said that it was another modification (development stage) of the serial machine Jak-1. Because in this case there were no significant interventions in the design of the aircraft, this modification was not conducted as a new version of this fighter.

🕔︎ 21.09.2021 👁︎ 4.014

Curtiss-Wright CW-21 or American Interceptor in the hands of Dutch pilots, part 1

On April 17, 1940, the Dutch signed an order for twenty-four Curtiss-Wrights CW-21Bs for $ 1,747,905. What did they actually buy for the planes? What was their service in the Dutch Air Force? Did they intervene in the fighting? Who did they fight against? The following article will try to answer these questions.

🕔︎ 30.04.2010 👁︎ 28.248

Curtiss-Wright CW-21 or American Interceptor in the hands of Dutch pilots, part 2

The first Japanese raid on Java occurred on February 2, 1942. The Curtiss-Wrights remained on the ground that day. They first flew against the enemy the next day, February 3, 1942. The Japanese attacked seventy Mitsubishi G3M Nell bombers from Takao Kókútai, Kanoya Kókútai and 3. Kókútai, whose air cover was provided by forty-four fighters Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero) from Tainan Kókúi. Kókútai.

🕔︎ 30.04.2010 👁︎ 24.151

Daimjó Nobunaga Oda

Daimyo Oda Nobunaga ( 1534 - 1582 ) was a hard and ruthless warrior, an excellent strategist, but also a good farmer who understood economics.
🕔︎ 24.09.2008 👁︎ 26.076

Daimjó Shingen Takeda

Daimyo Shingen Takeda became famous mainly as an excellent strategist, who made extensive use of the knowledge from the war writings The Art of War written by the Chinese military leader Sun-c '. He was one of the most powerful daimyo of central Japan and was certainly one of the most interesting personalities of the Sengoku period.
🕔︎ 04.05.2009 👁︎ 20.918

Daimjó Sóun Hojo

Daimyo Soun Hojo was not only a very capable military leader, but also a skilful and respected politician. His ever-evolving dominion is indisputable proof of that. He laid the foundations of a powerful clan that, at the time of its greatest expansion, completely controlled six provinces in eastern Japan.
🕔︎ 21.04.2010 👁︎ 18.791

Daimjó Ujijasu Hojo

Ujijasu Hojo, the son of Ujicun Hojo and the grandson of Soun Hojo, was the third ruling lord of the Hojo clan. He is considered one of the leading nobles of the Sengoku period and at the same time the most capable of all the men who have ever ruled the Hojo clan. The first battle in Ujijas took place in 1530 at the Battle of Ozawahara. He was fifteen at the time.
🕔︎ 10.10.2013 👁︎ 13.431

Douglas TBD-1A Devastator

Description of a relatively little known prototype of a float torpedo bomber, which characterizes a typical pre-war construction.
🕔︎ 12.03.2009 👁︎ 8.565

Eurocopter EC 175 helicopter - what we already know about it

The multi-purpose helicopter Eurocopter EC 175 with a take-off weight of 7 tons is to fill the gap between the multi-purpose types AS 365 Dauphin and AS 332 / EC 225 Super Puma. Eurocopter is collaborating with Avicopter on this project, which originated from Harbin Aircraft Inustry Goup (HAIG).
🕔︎ 21.03.2010 👁︎ 9.580

Eurocopter EC225 LP

Eurocopter EC 225 is an improved version of the multi-purpose helicopter Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma. It is also referred to as the Super Puma Mk II +. The helicopter is equipped with two Turbomeca Makila 2A engines and a so-called glass cockpit. The modified support rotor with a new profile reduces the level of vibrations compared to its predecessor. This model is currently available in four versions. In addition to the basic transport version, it is also available in a version for VIP transport with a lounge. Other variants are the rescue / medical version and the SAR model.

🕔︎ 24.09.2020 👁︎ 4.075

Fairey Battle

A brief description of an interesting pre-war tactical (then called day bombers) British single-engine bomber, which was characterized by modern design, but which was a typical product of the old thinking of the responsible staff of the Ministry of Aviation.
🕔︎ 28.10.2009 👁︎ 16.763

Fairey Spearfish

A brief description of an interesting heavy British torpedo / dive bomber from the end of World War II, whose serial production was ruined by the end of the war and minor, but further removable shortcomings.
🕔︎ 18.09.2009 👁︎ 18.753

Fairey Swordfish

A monograph of a British aircraft carrier, which became famous in the battles of World War II.
🕔︎ 03.11.2008 👁︎ 14.928

Ilyushin Il-10

At the beginning of 1943, the command of the Soviet Air Force became clear that the Ilyushin Il-2 fighters would soon need to be replaced by a far more powerful type. Because fighters providing direct air support to the fighting units were irreplaceable in the tactics used by Soviet troops, in May 1943 J.V. Stalin issued an order to design an aircraft that could replace the type of Il-2 in the armament of the Front Air Force.
🕔︎ 10.11.2008 👁︎ 36.386

Ilyushin Il-38

A brief monograph of a Russian patrol anti-submarine aircraft.
🕔︎ 18.11.2008 👁︎ 18.153

McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II

Mitsubishi / McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ is a modification of the F-4E Phantom II aircraft designed for the Japanese self-defense forces.
🕔︎ 31.01.2019 👁︎ 3.902

Mitsubishi / McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Kai

Mitsubishi / McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Kai is a modernized version of the Mitsubishi / McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ fighter, which has been in service with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force JASDF (Japanese Air Self Defense Force ... Japanese Nihon Koku Jieitai) since 1972.
🕔︎ 31.01.2019 👁︎ 4.054

Russian helicopter Ansat-2RC - what we already know about it

At the MAKS 2005 exhibition, the new Russian light combat helicopter Ansat-2RC, which was developed by the Kazan helicopter plant from their multi-purpose Ansat-2 helicopter, was introduced to the world for the first time. In the following text, the author tried to compile a brief description of this piece of information.
🕔︎ 14.09.2009 👁︎ 25.879

SNCASE SE.100

In 1936, the French Air Force announced a competition for a new twin-engine multi-purpose (in the primary role - heavy fighter) aircraft, which should in the first phase replace heavy fighters Potez 630/631 and then other types (combat, light bombers) aircraft.
🕔︎ 31.01.2019 👁︎ 3.973

SNCASE SE.100

A monograph of a prototype of an unusual French heavy fighter from 1939.
🕔︎ 22.02.2014 👁︎ 7.194

The ruins of Bezděz castle

Bezděz is a picturesque castle ruin in the Česká Lípa district. It was probably built between the years 1265-1278 on the hill Velký Bezděz, near Mácha's lake and the village Doksy. It is a castle with a perimeter development, which is adapted to the narrow ridge of the hill.
🕔︎ 02.12.2008 👁︎ 15.261

Vixen 500E radar - what we already know about it

There is not much information about this new radar yet. Only short reports about him have appeared in various periodicals, and even the company documents that are available to the public are not yet comprehensive. In the following text, the author tried to compile a brief description of this piece of information.
🕔︎ 31.03.2009 👁︎ 6.999

Westland Welkin F Mk.I

The monograph of the British high-altitude fighter, which achieved good performance, did not interfere in the fighting.
🕔︎ 04.11.2008 👁︎ 12.459

Yakovlev Yak-1

A brief monograph of the winter adaptation of this famous Soviet fighter jet.
🕔︎ 22.07.2008 👁︎ 11.212

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