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21USS Saratoga (CV-3) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Saratoga. Career (United States) …
22History of the Luftwaffe 1933 - 1945 — The German Luftwaffe was one of the strongest, doctrinally advanced, and battle experienced air forces in the world when World War II started in Europe in September 1939. Officially unveiled in 1935, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, its… …
23List of Ashes to Ashes characters — This is a list of fictional characters that have appeared in BBC One s science fiction/police procedural drama, Ashes to Ashes. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Gene Hunt 1.2 Alex Drake …
24Supermarine Spitfire operational history — November 1942 photo of a very early Mk IXb of 306 (Polish) Toruński Squadron. Main article: Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as… …
25Convoy JW 54B — was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late November 1943, reaching the Soviet northern ports at the end of the month. All ships arrived safely. Contents 1… …
26Convoy PQ 18 — under attack Convoy PQ 18 was one of the Arctic convoys sent from Britain to aid the Soviet Union in the war against Nazi Germany. The convoy departed Loch Ewe, Scotland on 2 September 1942 and arrived in Arkhangelsk on 21 September 1942.… …
27Convoys in World War I — An transatlantic convoy approaching Brest on 1 November 1918. Photograph taken from aboard USS Rambler. The convoy a group of merchantmen or troopships travelling together with a naval escort was revived during World War I (1914–18), after… …
28USS San Francisco (CA-38) — For other uses and meanings of CA 38 see CA 38 (Disambiguation) .USS San Francisco (CA 38), a New Orleans class heavy cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. She saw extensive… …
29Anti-submarine warfare — (ASW or in older form A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, space craft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. Like many forms of warfare, successful anti submarine… …
30World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
