Amphibious Warfare from scratch (1941) US Navy 1941-45, 16 major landing operations The US Navy is remembered in WW2 for its amazing industrial effort to rebuilt a fleet after the losses at Pearl Harbor, with a scale that steamrolled the Japanese, reclaimed the Atlantic and mastered the Mediterranean. It was the instrument of the “pax … Read more
“Battle” of the Atlantic (1940-44) We will see why, and how the battle turned to be almost a winning factor for the axis, the main concern for the allies, more than the war on land, which was carried out by the Soviet Union by then in 1942, when this battle reached its zenith. The next … Read more
US Navy VS. Imperial Japanese Navy The turning point of the Pacific The Battle of Midway was one of these moments in history that acts a bit as a hinge, or a crest between two slopes. A downward slope for Japan in this occurence. Until then, never had the USN in such bad position in … Read more
Introduction: After the Winter war ended, the 1940 treaty of Moskow allocated to USSR surrounding islands, several coastal artillery sites, harbor facilities and a large area suitable for an airfield, which they built quickly. Irritated by the numerous troop transports from USSR Finland soon accepted German transit in Northern Finland. This weighted much to precipitate … Read more
/ The largest planned combined axis amphibious operation of WW2 Strategic situation in the Mediterranean Strategic situation of Malta in June 1941. This map was tailor-made for Naval Encyclopedia, showing the extent of the naval air war in the Mediterranean and geopolitical situation. From November 1942 the map changes dramatically: Mainland Vichy France is totally … Read more
There is an aspect of the French Campaign of 1940 which often overlooked: Despite the bulk of the action occured between the Germans on one side, in the north, and the French, BEF, and Belgians on the other, Mussolini declared war on France and Britain in june, 10, expecting to gain quick territorial advantages as … Read more
A legendary Retreat That’s a name that will probably stays forever with a bitter-sweet taste for the British public and collective imagination, but its memory is still vivid after many documentaries and two movies (the first 1958) like Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. The name of the last harbor this side of the channel, pocket of resistance … Read more
