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The "war on terror" that began with the September 11 attacks has been claimed by some to be World War III [106] or sometimes World War IV [100] [107] (assuming the Cold War was World War III). Others have disparaged such claims as "distorting American history". While there is general agreement amongst historians regarding the definitions and ...
With the rapid fleet buildup of World War II, the Navy ceased naming its carrier air groups with the carrier's name and initially numbered them with the carrier's hull number, and on 25 September 1943 Saratoga Air Group was redesignated Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3). After the war, on 15 November 1946 the air group was redesignated in accordance ...
The Nazca plate or Nasca plate, [2] named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction , along the Peru–Chile Trench , of the Nazca plate under the South American plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny .
During World War 2, in Guam alone one million gallons of aviation gasoline were needed each day. Over 325,000 Seabees troops built bases. The many bases were needed for the logistics needs of the troops around the world. [5] [6] On the home front many new ships and boats were built the West coast and East coast, Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. built Ohio as hull 190, [citation needed] launching her on 20 April 1940 [citation needed] and completing her that June. [4] She was a skillful compromise, promising broad cargo-carrying capacity to the merchant and speed, balance, and stability to the mariner.
In the early days of World War II, the Luftwaffe launched devastating air attacks against besieged cities. During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe, frustrated in its attempts to gain air superiority, turned to bombing British cities. However, these raids did not have the effect predicted by prewar theorists.
III Corps [3] is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas.It is a major formation of the United States Army Forces Command.. Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany.
Operation Corkscrew was the code name for the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 11 June 1943, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily, during the Second World War. [3] There had been an early Allied plan to occupy the island in late 1940 (Operation Workshop) but it was cancelled when the ...