Tag: World War 2
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Italian Battleship Conte Di Cavour
Italian Battleship Conte Di Cavour The lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships (along with Giulio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci), Conte Di Cavour was launched om 10 August 1911 and commissioned into the Italian Regia Marina on 1 April 1915. She saw no action during World War One. During World War Two,… Read more
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West Head Army Track
West Head Army Track The West Head Army Track is a short, steep one-way/return bushwalk in the West Head precinct of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. It drops from the West Head lookout area down to the remains of a World War II coastal battery and gun emplacements perched on the headland above Broken Bay and… Read more
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Kawanishi H8K Flying Boat
Kawanishi H8K Flying Boat The Kawanishi H8K was designed as a replacement for the Kawanishi H6K, which entered service in 1938. The Imperial Japanese Navy ordered the development of a larger, longer-ranged patrol aircraft under the designation Navy Experimental 13-Shi Large-size Flying Boat. The H8K was powered by four Mitsubishi MK4Q Kasei 22 Engines giving… Read more