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1942
In June 1942, the cruisers Chikuma and Tone were part of the Einsatzflotte during the fateful Battle of Midway. The task was to search the surrounding area before attacking the island.Read more - 1942
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1945
On 30 July 1945, I-58 sank the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis as it was returning from Tinian, where it had delivered components of the Little Boy atomic bomb.Read more - 1946
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1966
By the time the Vietnam War broke out in August 1964, the U.S. Marine Corps had phased out the type, but almost every carrier squadron still had a squadron of A-1H/Js. In Vietnam, however, A-1s of the squadrons VA-25 of the USS Midway and VA-176 of the USS Intrepid were able to shoot down several MiG-17s. The last combat mission was on 20 February 1968 aboard the carrier USS Coral Sea.Read more -
1968
The AEC Routemaster was first presented to the public in 1954. Compared to previous bus types, the Routemaster with its integral design of chassis and body was considered truly innovative. In particular, the open entrance platform at the rear left, which allowed quick hop-on and hop-off, characterised the double-decker, which went into series production in 1958.Read more - 1969
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2016
The Russian 2S35 Koalizija-SW self-propelled howitzer has a 152mm gun in an unmanned turret. it is a further development of the 2S19 self-propelled howitzer. It was first shown to the public at the Victory Day on 9 May 2015, at that time still on the chassis of the T-90 tank. The production version is to be mounted on the chassis of the Armata platform. According to some sources on the internet, series production should have started as early as 2016 and all howitzers should be delivered to the troops by 2020.Read more - 2023
