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14 records found on category [Naval Warfare]
The pride of the Kriegsmarine by Sakhal
[fl][b]Admiral Graf Spee[/b][/fl][p] [b]The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to limit the normal displacement of its warships to 10,160 tonnes, with a maximum caliber of 280 millimeters for their armament. However, according to the experience acquired du...
[ Date: 2020-11-05 | Length: 57 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][b]Admiral Graf Spee[/b][/fl][p] [b]The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to limit the normal displacement of its warships to 10,160 tonnes, with a maximum caliber of 280 millimeters for their armament. However, according to the experience acquired du...
[ Date: 2020-11-05 | Length: 57 Kb | Update: Never ]
Anti-submarine tactics in the First World War by Sakhal
[fl][i]In the spring of 1917, the offensive of the U-boat reached its peak point, threatening with forcing England to starvation. However, the development of anti-submarine weapons, such as depth charges, and the adoption of defensive tactics, particularl...
[ Date: 2019-09-11 | Length: 24 Kb | Update: 2020-09-05 ]
[fl][i]In the spring of 1917, the offensive of the U-boat reached its peak point, threatening with forcing England to starvation. However, the development of anti-submarine weapons, such as depth charges, and the adoption of defensive tactics, particularl...
[ Date: 2019-09-11 | Length: 24 Kb | Update: 2020-09-05 ]
The fate of the Scharnhorst by Sakhal
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
The modern escort warship by Sakhal
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
Bismarck and Prinz Eugen by Sakhal
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
The fate of the Admiral Graf Spee by Sakhal
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
Hornet and Chokai - Two faces of Guadalcanal by Sakhal
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
Amphibious landing craft of the Second World War by Sakhal
LCM At the beginning of World War Two, the belligerent powers, despite having developed in many cases a technology and a military technique of high level, had not still taken into consideration, in a proper perspective, the problem of eventual landin...
[ Date: 2015-10-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]
LCM At the beginning of World War Two, the belligerent powers, despite having developed in many cases a technology and a military technique of high level, had not still taken into consideration, in a proper perspective, the problem of eventual landin...
[ Date: 2015-10-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]
Assault means of the Regia Marina by Sakhal
Of surface Tourism Speedboat (1st and 2nd series) Characteristics: lenght: 5.20 meters; total weight: 1100 kilograms; warhead: 330 kilograms; maximum speed: 33 knots; operational range: 150 kilometers; year: 1936. Observations: explosive hulls den...
[ Date: 2015-08-30 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Of surface Tourism Speedboat (1st and 2nd series) Characteristics: lenght: 5.20 meters; total weight: 1100 kilograms; warhead: 330 kilograms; maximum speed: 33 knots; operational range: 150 kilometers; year: 1936. Observations: explosive hulls den...
[ Date: 2015-08-30 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
German innovations of submarine war in the Second World War by Sakhal
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the U-boat could not be considered as a secret weapon; but certainly they could be considered as secret all of those devices created with the purpose of strengthening their characteristics. Without interferences of...
[ Date: 2015-06-13 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2015-06-13 ]
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the U-boat could not be considered as a secret weapon; but certainly they could be considered as secret all of those devices created with the purpose of strengthening their characteristics. Without interferences of...
[ Date: 2015-06-13 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2015-06-13 ]
Cheap means of sinking a ship by Sakhal
Magnetic mines During 1940 Germany surrounded Britain with dangerous minefields to destroy the convoys that coming from the United States supplied the country and its war effort, and to sabotage any attempt from British armies to reach the continenta...
[ Date: 2015-06-12 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2015-06-12 ]
Magnetic mines During 1940 Germany surrounded Britain with dangerous minefields to destroy the convoys that coming from the United States supplied the country and its war effort, and to sabotage any attempt from British armies to reach the continenta...
[ Date: 2015-06-12 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2015-06-12 ]
The sinking of the Yamato and the Musashi by Sakhal
Sinking of the Musashi In the morning of the 24th October 1944, Admiral Kurita was in the command bridge of the superbattleship Yamato, sister of the Musashi and then flagship of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, commanding the Japanese naval force that n...
[ Date: 2015-02-03 | Length: 17 Kb | Update: Never ]
Sinking of the Musashi In the morning of the 24th October 1944, Admiral Kurita was in the command bridge of the superbattleship Yamato, sister of the Musashi and then flagship of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, commanding the Japanese naval force that n...
[ Date: 2015-02-03 | Length: 17 Kb | Update: Never ]
The hunt for the Bismarck by Sakhal
[fl][b]A new corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] In the spring of 1941, the Supreme Command of the German Navy held a series of meetings to set the most functional strategy for the immediate future. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Chief Commander of the fleet, know...
[ Date: 2015-02-02 | Length: 42 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]A new corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] In the spring of 1941, the Supreme Command of the German Navy held a series of meetings to set the most functional strategy for the immediate future. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Chief Commander of the fleet, know...
[ Date: 2015-02-02 | Length: 42 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
Experimental ships 1861-65 by Sakhal
During the American Civil War (1861-65) entered experimental action some of the first ironclads and submersible boats, whose impact on the war was certainly not decisive, but these undoubtedly opened a new stage in the history of naval warfare. This a...
[ Date: 2014-09-24 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: Never ]
During the American Civil War (1861-65) entered experimental action some of the first ironclads and submersible boats, whose impact on the war was certainly not decisive, but these undoubtedly opened a new stage in the history of naval warfare. This a...
[ Date: 2014-09-24 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: Never ]