Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the ... one of WWII’s most decorated aircraft carriers. Initially commissioned as CV-8, the Hornet played a pivotal role ...

They landed on the deck of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) ship Izumo off the southeast coast of Japan—the first landing on a Japanese carrier by a U.S. fixed-wing aircraft ...

In the three years following the Battle of Midway, the Japanese built six aircraft carriers. The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment ...