World War II Weaponry

The Battleship That Never Was

November 19, 2019 ·

As tensions rose across the Pacific in the run-up to the outbreak of war, the Imperial Japanese Navy tried to intimidate the United States with the massive Yamato-class battleship. Little was known about the new class of battleship, though it was rumored to have battery configurations that violated the Second London Naval Treaty, which Japan […]

World War II Aircraft: North American T-6 Texan

October 22, 2018 ·

Despite the desperate need for pilots after the outbreak of World War II, American servicemen didn’t just undergo a few hours of on-the-ground training before being allowed to take control of actual warplanes. They needed time in the cockpit of an actual aircraft, one that was basic but still provided them with hands-on experience with […]

America's Surprising Original Atomic Target

September 06, 2018 ·

When the use of atomic weapons first became an option during World War II, when and where to use them became the biggest questions. Though the targets eventually chosen were the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Americans had first considered other locations to be the original atomic target. A recent search of the […]

World War II Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain

August 31, 2018 ·

As the threat of war in the Pacific loomed, the Douglas Aircraft Company took a look at its DC-3 fixed-wing propeller-driven civilian craft and saw the opportunity for a military version of the plane. The DC-3 first flew in 1935, but it would be another six years before the military version, known as the Douglas […]

Pearl Harbor Scourge: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

April 09, 2018 ·

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese A6M Zero Model 21 manufactured by Mitsubishi was one of the most iconic participants in the attack on Pearl Harbor. While the bombers inflicted the bulk of the damage, the Zero fighter planes kept the American forces at bay, strafing battleship decks and airfields to maximize the deadly efficiency […]

Balloons of War: The Japanese Fu-Go

March 20, 2018 ·

During the course of World War II, all sides had their own secret projects intended to give them a strategic edge. The United States was working on a massive bomb that could put an immediate end to the conflict. In Japan, researchers were hard at work on Fu-Go, a unique weapon that, on the surface, […]

The Mark 14 Torpedo: Problem Child of the US Navy

March 16, 2018 ·

In the early months of World War II, the US Navy was finding it difficult to get a leg up on their Japanese opponents. One of the thorniest issues was a piece of weaponry used by American submarines throughout 1942 and 1943. Though the United States had turned the tide of the war by the […]

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The Battleship That Never Was

World War II Aircraft: North American T-6 Texan

America's Surprising Original Atomic Target

World War II Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Pearl Harbor Scourge: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Balloons of War: The Japanese Fu-Go

The Mark 14 Torpedo: Problem Child of the US Navy

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