The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents occurred on August 2 and 4, 1964. North Vietnamese torpedo boats and two American destroyers, USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS C. Turner Joy, exchanged cannon fire. The existence of the August 4 clash has long been controversial. Later evidence, including a 2005 report relea
The Battle of Hamburger Hill was one of the most controversial battles of the Vietnam War. The nickname Hamburger Hill (literally:hamburger hill) was given by American journalists to describe the carnage produced by the fighting led mainly by infantry. The battle During the spring of 1969, the Amer
Other aircraft had a rad the Douglas F3D Skyknight of the Navy the Vought-Corsair F4U-5N of the Marine Corps. This detail made it a maintenance nightmare. The transistors were not and the radars were stuffed with vacuum tubes, very sensitive to various conditions, including temperature. Korea was re
The fighters were first sent against the anti-aircraft batteries concentrated around the objective. This attack carried out, the real raid could begin either with attack and tactical support aircraft, or with Superfortresses flying at 5000 m altitude. To cut a single bridge thus required several att
The famous American engineer Clarence L Kelly Johnson, creator of the P-38 Lightning and the F-80 Shooting Star, traveled to Korea to talk to the pilots about their combats and their aircraft. He found them dismantling everything that was not absolutely essential for flight and combat. He saw Lt. Co
No doubt the Americans possessed superior equipment to that of the Chinese. But this fact was in no way considered an advantage, quite the contrary sometimes. An example of this is the APG-30 sight. This device, expensive and sophisticated, seemed infinitely superior to the optical sights of the MiG
The Communist pilots were inexperienced, but it soon became apparent that the Mig-15 would dominate all Allied aircraft. In any case, this was the impression of the Americans, seized with panic; . they ordered the urgent deployment to Korea of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group equipped with the ne
World War II aircraft such as the Martin Mariner and the Short Sunderland provided ocean surveillance and were later replaced by the Navys Lockheed P2V Neptune. It was not a seaplane, but it marked a considerable improvement over land-based patrol aircraft such as the Hudson or the Liberator. Faster
In the early months, the Allies used a motley assortment of aircraft, mostly remnants of World War II. The tracks were generally covered with pierced steel sheets placed on a more or less flat surface; these plates left dangerous holes and stones, which often punctured the tires. The average length
Worse, the new types of aircraft used in Korea proved to be unsuited to this war, and to their main mission:tactical ground support. This new generation of aircraft included some very interesting machines:the U.S. F-80 Shooting Star, F-84 Thunderjet and F-86 Saber. Air Force; the F9F Panther and F2H
The United States developed research into combat aircraft more than any other country in the immediate postwar period. However, the conflict in Korea took them by surprise; their armed forces were poorly equipped. Korea, occupied by the Japanese until 1945, had been divided in two at the end of the
The Chinese, for their part, had to admit that a war against a well-equipped and determined army was not won by repeated suicidal attacks. Nor could numerical superiority alone compensate for primitive logistics, inadequate communications, fragile and intermittent methods of supply, and sparse fight
At this point, the heroic resistance of the 29th Free Brigade (of volunteers) represented the main obstacle to the Chinese advance. This epic Gloucesters defense on the Imjin broke their momentum. It crippled their advance for 3 days and eventually caused their collapse, allowing the UN forces to fa
The method, which soon came to be given the evocative name of the drum hammer, involved a ruthless ramming of enemy positions on the hills. It began with long-range artillery fire, from a distance of more than 15 km. Then the barrage came closer and closer, using shorter-range light artillery, tank
Christmas was far from the joyful celebration expected by United Nations soldiers and many lost heart. It was particularly painful for them to note that despite their superior armament they had been unable to contain the Chinese advance. of modern warfare, took the brunt of the shock when they disco
With the front now gaping open, the Chinese rushed south, threatening to surround the entire United Nations troops retreating towards the Chongchon River. On November 28, the Eighth Army, pushed southward at an increasingly rapid pace, was hampered in its retreat by bands of terrified refugees who w
On November 2, other units of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, which had managed to elude the Chinese ambush, retreated southward along the narrow, winding mountain road from Unsan. As their vehicles trudged along a track made more for pedestrians and donkeys, they ran into ambushes set up by Peoples Volun
During the first ten weeks following the outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950, the new government of the Peoples Republic of China, in place for 9 months, was able to content itself with observing the unfolding of events. If these delighted the Communists, Chinese or otherwise, they were, on
Eventually, the blockade was simply lifted in May 1949, but the airlift continued to operate until September, and the four major powers resumed discussions on Germanys future. But by then the North Atlantic Treaty had been signed and the constitution of West Germany completed. In reality, it was not
During this period, it was also agreed that, against all odds, the airlift could work very well. Fuel, food and medicine could be flown to Berlin in sufficient quantity to keep the population of the western sectors alive. Finally, during the third period of the blockade, both sides recognized that t
The story of Viriatus is the story of the hero that each town needs to maintain the memory of its origins. Although sometimes it is easy to think that it is also the history that Rome needed, to magnify the conquest of the most valuable territory that it achieved in its thousand years of history. Pe
Atlas or Atlante was one of the titans of Greek mythology, son of Iapetus and the oceanic Climene, and brother of Prometheus. After the war against the Olympian gods, Zeus condemned him to hold the vault of heaven (or celestial sphere) on his shoulders for all eternity. Herodotus claimed that Atlan
Hello Deepa! Eyes opened at five oclock in the morning. Madhu made tea. Because of this tea, it does not seem that we are thousands of kilometers away from our home. After retiring from daily work, he sat down to write a diary. Keep writing till eight oclock. As soon as I finished writing, Deepa ca
The Sovremenny/Sarych (or Project 956) class ships were Soviet missile destroyers operating in tandem with the Udaloi class destroyers. This class was intended primarily for anti-ship warfare. History - The genesis of Project 956 The Sovremenny-class Missile Destroyers (Project 956/Sarych) were d