Victory At Sea - HMS Rodney unit-artillery The importance of the Douglas

The importance of the Douglas SBD Dauntless’ performance over the course of the war cannot be overstated

Leather Brown- Trousers

The Panther claimed the first US Navy aerial victory of the war claiming a prop-powered Yak-9 in July 1950

who were given little training beyond the parade ground drill anyway

Victory At Sea - HMS Rodney unit-artillery The importance of the DouglasAn oddity among other capital ships of the Royal Navy, the Nelson class had a triple configuration of turrets in front of the bridge structure and no rearward facing main guns. It was also the only British battleship to be armed with 16 inch guns and, though it could not fire to its aft, having nine of these massive weapons to the fore negated any tactical disadvantage. A more painful disadvantage was the ships slow speed. The 16 inch guns of the HMS