Aviation and Military History
Gibraltar was rightly seen by the British in World War II as one of the three keys to the Mediterranean, and thus the prosecution of the war against Italy after that country had declared war on the UK on 10 June 1940. With the Far East and Australasia vital to British strategic, political and economic …
Continue reading “Operation ‘Tracer’ – a British oddity in the defence of Gibraltar”
Succeeding the turbojet-powered Raduga KS-1 Komet and K-10S (AS-1 ‘Kennel’ and AS-2 ‘Kipper’) subsonic and supersonic missiles in the stand-off role against major surface forces, especially those centred on an aircraft carrier, the Raduga Kh-22 is known to NATO as the AS-4 ‘Kitchen’. This substantial long-range missile is still in service, and in an air-launched …
For a transoceanic passage, the LST Mk 2 could carry one landing landing craft (LCT Mk 5 or LCT Mk 6) for side-launching, and this was a feature which was sometimes also used for the carriage of LCTs to the vicinity of an amphibious assault. In LST beaching operations, a satisfactory manner to bridge the …
Continue reading “Amphibious Warfare – The Tank Landing Ship (III)”
The world’s first powered, sustained and controlled aeroplane flight had been made only in 1903 by the Wright brothers. Furthermore, technical developments were made only slowly up to the start of World War I (1914/18),where many pioneers foresaw the emergence of the aeroplane as a weapon. The potential of the aeroplane as a war machine was …
Continue reading “The anti-aircraft cruiser – the US ‘Worcester’ class”
A history of the development and building of the US ‘Sims’ class of destroyers, which consisted of 12 ships, all of which served during WW2.
A history of France’s Le Fantasque class destroyers operated during WW2 and which were known for their high speed, including their service history and specification.
The history of the American-Mexican War of 1846/48, from the Battle of Buena Vista till the withdrawal of the last American forces in Mexico City.
The first part of an account of the American-Mexican War of 1846/48 following the admission of the state of Texas into the United States of America.
The final part of our history of the Spanish-American War covers the Philippine Insurrection, with details of decisive episodes of the war.
In this part of our series on the Spanish-American War, we focus on the episodes of the war that took place in the Philippines and Puerto Rico.