Hyūga (Japanese: 日向; named after the ancient Hyūga Province) was the second and last Ise-class battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s. Although completed in 1918, she played no role in World War I.
Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the fourth and last battlecruiser of the Kongō class, amongst the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built.
Throughout January of 1942, Hamakaze escorted the aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga throughout strikes on Rabaul, and throughout February escorted the carrier fleet during the attack on Port Darwin and failed attempts to track down allied…
Ww2dbaseThe four Kongo-class ships were the first modern warships in the Japanese Navy. They were designed by Britain's Sir George Thurston, and strongly influenced the design of the forthcoming Tiger-class battlecruisers.
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg,[3] was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.[4][5] The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid…
Jejím bojovým křtem byly boje o Marshallovy ostrovy. Mezi 29. lednem a 3. únorem Iowa podporovala letadlové lodě útočící na atoly Kwajalein a Eniwetok.
Battle of Okinawa - Intensified, Collapsed, Resistance: The elements of the 10th Army that had moved south toward the main population centres of Naha and Shuri encountered the fiercest kind of resistance.
World War 2 - Battle of Okinawa: 1 April - 22 June 1945. 5 Facts about the battle fought by United States Army & Marine Corps against the Japanese Army