Monthly Archives: June 2012

Wreck of Italian Battleship Roma Discovered

The wreck of the Italian battleship Roma has been located by Italian Navy divers off the coast of Sardinia after a lenghty multi-year search. The battleship Roma was sunk by German aircraft on September 9, 1943 while underway to Malta … Continue reading

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Two PTs Battle Two German DDs

U.S. PT boat action in the Mediterranean from the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), July 1944. Two PTs Battle Two German DDs Two U.S. PT boats took on two German destroyers recently in the Mediterranean, lured … Continue reading

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A Fifth Army Report from the Beachhead

Fifth Army reports from the Anzio beachhead during Operation Shingle: [ Video not available. ]

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Naval Aviators

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British Aircraft

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1/6th Figure: 1./PzRgt-5, Wiking Division, Hungary 1945

New 1/6th-scale Dragon WWII figure covering the Wiking Division fighting in Hungary in 1945: Item No. 70830, Hauptsturmfuhrer “Paul Senghas”, Commander, 1./PzRgt-5, “Wiking” Division, Hungary 1945. Scheduled for release June 2012.  

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