The American Civil War saw innovation in naval warfare like no other war before it. In the face of an ever tightening blockade and loss of ports due to advances by the Union Army, the Confederate States were forced to be innovative in their efforts to break the blockade. One of the most effective an ...
Das Boot (1981) This film, directed by Wolfgang Petersen is a film from Germany. It tells the story of a U-boat crew in the 1940’s. They are aboard the submarine U96, from Germany. With a crew and captain on board, they are joined by a new lieutenant who is a war correspondent of Germany. In ...
I stared at the circular opening above my head with some concern, thinking, “Uh, I can still see daylight through that.” The aperture I was concerned about was the thick hatch in the roof of the Russian Mir I manned submersible we were just about to use to plunge three miles down to the bottom ...
Trying to choose five of a plethora of top military inventions is like asking a kid in a candy store what his top favorite candies are. Throughout history the military has had a superfluity of inventions that have forever changed the dynamics of combat and the politics governing conflicts and wars. The top 5 inventions ...
The HMS Conqueror, a Royal Navy attack submarine, is best known for having sunk the Argentine light cruiser, the General Balgrano, in the opening days of the 1982 Falklands War. But he greatest mission was shrouded in secrecy until recently. But the UK Telegraph has recently revealed Conqueror’s most daring mission which took place just ...
Submarines can run on the surface of the water and under water and a military submarine is a warship. By definition warships carry guns and other weapons that navies use for war. Through history, navies have tried to build submarines that are both fast and able to submerge deep under water. A submerged submarine is ...
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