Tag: WWII
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Japanese Aircraft Carrier Jun’yō
Japanese Aircraft Carrier Jun’yō Jun’yō was a Hiyō-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Laid down as the passenger liner Kashiwara Maru, she was purchased by the IJN in 1941 while still under construction and converted into an aircraft carrier. Completed in May 1942, the ship participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign the following… Read more
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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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Danish Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel
The Danish training cruiser Niels Juel was one of Denmark’s most significant naval vessels during the interwar period and the early years of the Second World War. Named after the seventeenth-century Danish admiral Niels Juel, the ship embodied both the maritime heritage and the modernization of Denmark’s small but professional navy. Her story, especially during… Read more