Mid-August, the renewed Indomitable set sail from Sydney for the reoccupation of Hong Kong. VJ-Day was declared on 15th August 1945, but we were still fighting. The British Pacific Fleet was tasked ...
In the fall of 1941, the British government decided that the threat of war with Japan required a reinforced Eastern Fleet. The Royal Navy (RN) deployed three capital ships to the region; HMS Prince of ...
American troops raising a flag on Iwo Jima and a mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after it was bombed by the US Air Force, the most enduring images of the Pacific Theatre during the World War Two involve ...
HMS Prince of Wales was the most powerful surface unit in the Pacific (HIJMS Yamato would not enter service until later in December), and her sinking was a tremendous shock to local defenders and the ...
One hundred years ago today, the first official British statement on the Battle of Jutland reported the sinking of three battlecruisers during the largest naval battle of the First World War. It ...
My Grandfather [Pop] related various exploits to us as we grew up, after we discovered his collection of photographs, mainly taken aboard HMS Indomitable. From the late 1990's to his passing in 2004 I ...
My Grandfather [Pop] related various exploits to us as we grew up, after we discovered his collection of photographs, mainly taken aboard HMS Indomitable. From the late 1990's to his passing in 2004 I ...
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