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- Yahachi Tanabe
Yahachi Tanabe was born in 1907. Entering the Imperial Navy Academy at Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan in 1925, he completed his studies in Mar 1928 and was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant second class by Nov 1929. In Dec 1931, he was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant first class. In Nov...
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:00 - Hey now...NEW DIGS!
The ww2file is pleased to say we've found a new home on ww2db.com. After a year and 25,000 visitors on the wordpress.com site, it was just time to move on. And now we're here and ready to roll. We'll bring you bits about art, lit, flix, media, as the title suggests....
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:21:40 - FDR Memorial in DC
With the summer travel season well underway, relatives from all over the US seem to converge on my centrally located villa for later adventures in DC. I don't mind so much, except that going to DC in the summer months, while educational, can get a little hot. But even a jaded suburban-local like m...
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:56:39 - L-18 Lodestar
L-18 Lodestar passenger aircraft were built upon a batch of L-14 Super Electra aircraft which had been returned by American airline company Northwest Airlines to the Lockheed Corporation after a series of crashes with that batch of aircraft. They were lengthened by 1.5 meters to add two more row...
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:00:00 - US Navy Report of Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor, Enclosure E, USS Arizona
BB39/A16/ USS Arizona Receiving Barracks, Pearl Harbor, T.H. December 13, 1941. From: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:22:00 - Interrogation Nav 116, Commander Ryosuke Nomura
Biography NOMURA, Ryosuke, Commander, I.J.N. NOMURA served seventeen years in the regular Navy. He is a pilot with 3,200 hours flight time. During the entire war he was attached to operating air units ranging from KENDARI to RABAUL to KYUSHU. He was thoroughly familiar with all air phas...
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:45:00- Interrogation Nav 39, Captain Hisashi Ohara
Biography OHARA, Hisashi, Captain, I.J.N. OHARA served twenty-three years in the regular Navy. He was Executive Officer on the Soryu (CV) and was wounded when it was sunk at the Battle of MIDWAY, 4 June 1942. During interrogation he was a stolid individual but answered all questions in ...
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:00:00- PPS-43
The PPS (Pistolet Pulemyot Sudayeva) submachine guns were introduced into service in 1942 (as PPS-42) as a response to a Soviet Army requirement for a lightweight weapon with greater accuracy than the PPSh-41 submachine guns. Weapons designer A. I. Sudaev headed up this project, which was de...
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:53:00- Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Germany's economy relied on over 11 million tons of iron ore imported from Sweden every year, transported over land into Norway before the ore was shipped to Germany. This was made possible with Norway's neutrality. The government of Norway, unwilling to become involved in the war, protected Ge...
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00- Arashio
Arashio had been a member of Japanese Navy's Destroyer Division 8 since the opening of the Pacific War. Between 4 and 24 Dec 1941, she acted as distant cover for Admiral Nobutake Kondo's Southern Force Main Body during the invasion of Malaya and the Philippine Islands. Between 31 Dec 1941 and 5...
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:00- European Gazetteer
As is commonly known, many cities are referred to by different names in different languages. For this reason, many cities referred to in German documents are more commonly known by their name in their original language. Two common examples are Munich, Germany, and Auschwitz, Poland. While inst...
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:00- Unresolved Dokdo/Takeshima Issue Continues to Stir Controversy
The Dokdo Islands (Korean), also known as Takeshima Islands (Japanese), is a group of two islands and about 90 islets and reefs in the Sea of Japan between Korea and Japan. When Korea became a colony of Japan in the early 20th Century, Japan assumed control. After World War II, when Japan retur...
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00- Su-2
In 1936, Joseph Stalin requested a multi-purpose combat aircraft for the Soviet forces capable of performing reconnaissance missions but also pack enough firepower to attack targets they come across. The development for such aircraft was assigned to Pavel Sukhoi (with guidance from Andrei Tupole...
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00- US Navy Report of Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor, Enclosure E, USS Antares
U.S.S. Antares AKS3/A16-3(0661) Pearl Harbor, T.H. December 10, 1941. From: The Commanding Officer. To: The Commander-in-Chie...
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:04:00- Interrogation Nav 79, Commander Shigeru Nishino
Biography NISHINO, Shigeru, Commander, I.J.N. NISHINO had 18 years of naval service. During the greater part of the war he commanded destroyers. As he was the only surviving commanding officer of the force under Vice Admiral NISHIMURA which attempted to force the southern entrance to LE...
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- Interrogation Nav 116, Commander Ryosuke Nomura
