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This is a list of battlecruisers of World War II. A battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a capital ship built in the first half of the 20th century. They were similar in size, cost, and carried similar armament to battleships, but they generally carried less armour to obtain faster speeds.
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
World War II Service Awards USS Enterprise (CV-6) 20 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation Navy Unit Commendation [1] USS San Diego (CL-53) 18 Battle Stars [2] [3] though the Naval Historical center only lists 15 battle stars. [4] USS San Francisco (CA-38) 17 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation [5] USS O'Bannon (DD-450) 17 Battle Stars
In World War II, Lexington conducted several raids on Japanese bases before being sunk during the Battle of Coral Sea in May 1942. [10] Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons three months later, then supported a number of American operations in the Pacific before being attached to the ...
At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]
The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, fought during 25–27 October 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or Third Battle of Solomon Sea, in Japan as the Battle of the South Pacific (Japanese: 南太平洋海戦 Minamitaiheiyō kaisen), was the fourth aircraft carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Tirpitz (1941). In late 1940 and 1941, a range of engagements saw battleships attacked by carrier aircraft. The first example of the power of naval aviation was the British air attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto that took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940.
Media in category "World War II images" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. A Daily News headline dated August 7, 1945 featuring the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.jpg 274 × 364; 23 KB