来自MSN11 个月
Wreckage of WWII plane that vanished found in South Pacific after 80 years
A US Marines plane that went down during World War II has been discovered in the South Pacific, 80 years after it went missing. The wreckage of the Douglas SBD Dauntless was found by locals in the ...
来自MSN7 个月
Marines make first landing on renovated WWII airfield in the Pacific
The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. The KC-130J Super ...
BBC1 年
New footage shows historic World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific
Cut-down audio of air traffic controllers seemingly directing the helicopter to avoid the plane. An American Airlines flight collided in mid-air with a military helicopter in Washington DC.
The National Interest10 天
Head-to-head: The Douglas SBD Dauntless vs. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Bomber
What can be said about these iconic warbirds that hasn’t already been said? Let us tell you. As was the case with torpedo bombers, the heyday of the dive bomber did not last beyond World War II. But ...
PBS5 年
The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific ... World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...
PBS2 年
The War In the Pacific
Japan invades Malaya (known today as Malaysia); Japanese aircraft sink a British battleship and a battle cruiser off the coast of Malaya. Japan takes Guam and Wake Island in the central pacific.