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A collection of articles related to aircraft carriers.

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U-505: The German Submarine Captured in 1944

The following article on the U-505 is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In June 1944 USS Guadalcanal’s (CVE-60) hunter-killer group scored a spectacular coup off the African coast. The CVE skipper,…

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Eric “Winkle” Brown: The RN’s Most-Decorated Pilot

The following article on the career of Eric "Winkle" Brown, a World War II naval pilot, is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The world champion carrier aviator was Captain Eric M.…

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Battle of Midway: Japan’s Navy Suffers a Mortal Wound

The following article on the Battle of Midway is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Battle of Midway was a decisive blow to Japan's naval supremacy in the Pacific Theatre of…

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The Battle of the Coral Sea: The Debut of Aircraft Carriers

The following article on the Battle of the Coral Sea is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Battle of the Coral Sea was the world's first naval battle in which…

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War in the Pacific: American Naval Strategy in WW2

The following article on war in the Pacific during World War Two is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In December 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy alone combined ships, aircraft, and doctrine in…

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The Doolittle Raid — America’s Retaliation

The following article on the Doolittle Raid is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Though the U.S. Army and Navy had a long rivalry for funding and missions, the pressure of wartime…

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Operation Torch—A Torch to Vichy France

The following article on Operation Torch is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Until late 1942 much of northwestern Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) was under control of the Vichy French government,…

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HMS Avenger and Dasher

The following article on the HMS Avenger and Dasher is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. As the Guadalcanal campaign peaked in the Pacific, American carriers prepared for a major Allied offensive…

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Operation Pedestal: The Allies Rescue Malta

 The Origins of Operation Pedestal Operation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction…

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HMS Audacity: The Royal Navy’s Jack-of-all-Ships

The following article on the HMS Audacity is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Probably no warship had a more varied career in the Second World War than HMS Audacity. Launched in…

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