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Rise and Fall of the Zero: Japan’s A6M Fighter in WWII
The A6M Zero was Japan’s answer to air superiority in the early years of the Pacific War—light, fast, and deadly. But as the ...
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How the F4F Wildcat Outsmarted the Japanese Zero
The F4F Wildcat changed the way WWII dogfights were fought. While it couldn’t match the speed or agility of the Japanese Zero ...
Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...
Japanese emperor visits Iwo Jima to honor war dead 80 years after one of WWII's fiercest battles
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's ...
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The accidental Word War II victory of a little PT boat that could
Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II ... on a Japanese warship. Kovar’s moment came on the night of Oct. 24, 1944, when two separated Japanese battle groups ...
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Japanese emperor visits Iwo Jima to honor the dead in one of WWII's fiercest battles
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one ...