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This ship, moored at a pier in the Gothenburg’s port, is destroyer Småland. She was built after World War II, but it was the destroyers of her class that became the first ships in the world to receive a new generation of weapon— anti-ship guided missiles. In order to preserve neutrality, a country needs a …
We’re out in the Thames estuary off the coast of Kent and Essex, in the United Kingdom. We’re visiting a set of anti-aircraft forts called Red Sands, which were put in place in 1942 and designed by Guy Maunsell. They were very very strategic in the saving of London from the Luftwaffe bombers during World …
Hey there! Has it ever happened to you, where you’re watching a Naval Legends episode about Yamato, and 3 hours later you’re browsing Wikipedia reading about Napoleon? If you are fan of Naval Legends, 1:42, Naval Fortresses or our new series “Dry Dock”— then you know what we are talking about. So we’re launching a …
Severomorsk. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was home to about 13 families of huntsmen and fishermen. Today, it houses the main base of the Russian Federation’s Northern Fleet, and it’s not easy to get permission to visit. But we haven’t come to one of the most secret cities in Russia just out …
They were designed to be the best… they met enemies face to face, endured tragedies and enjoyed victories… they went down in history due to the bravery of their crews… they are the ships that deserve to be called “Naval Legends!” In this episode, watch Yamato Life and Death of the Legendary Battleship. By spring …
Hi! This is War Thunder and WW2 Pages of History. In this episode: the history of of one of the most legendary, yet controversial fighters of WW2. The Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, or as it is better known – the Zero. This aircraft was first conceived in 1937, when the Japanese Imperial Navy announced that it …
Hi everyone and welcome back to the pages of history. Today we are going to talk about a curious, but unjustly obscure aircraft – the French Dewoitine D.520. Its history began in 1934, as the D.500 and D.501 fighter aircraft then in service were becoming obsolete and required a more modern replacement. A project by …