World War II Journal Blog

The best way for today’s sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the U.S. Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed ac...

Battleship Texas: Naval History Special Edition | By Lawrence Burr | Format: Softcover | Pages: 120 pages | Illustrations: 110 b/w photos, 10 color photos, 10 b/w line drawings, 10 b/w maps | Published: April 15, 2024 | ISBN-10: 1591149096 | ISBN-13:...

Decoy Warfare: Lessons and Implication from the War in Ukraine. By Master Sergeant Jorge L. Rivero, U.S. Marine Corps | April 2024 Proceedings Vol. 150/4/1,454. A dummy tank found on Iwo Jima in May 1945. The utility of decoys on modern battlefield ...

A Nautical Knife Fight. In one of the more dramatic duels at sea during the Battle of the Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spencer attacked, boarded, and sank a convoy-stalking U-boat. By Chief Petty Officer William A. Bleyer, U.S. Coast Guard |...

Crewless Ghost Ships of the Interwar Navy. Despite lacking a sailor at the helm, these revolutionary radio-controlled auxiliaries helped the U.S. Navy perfect the aerial doctrine it would adopt in World War II. By Thomas Wildenberg. March 2014 Naval ...

Anchored in History: Celebrating Women of the Navy. "WAVE" Yn3c Betty Martin exits a 5"/38 gun mount during a tour of USS Missouri (BB-63).

German Naval Camouflage Volume Two: 1942-1945 by Eric Leon and John Asmussen published by Naval Institute Press. This work book completes a highly original and superbly illustrated two-volume survey of German naval camouflage and markings in the Nazi...

Japanese Battleships 1897-1945: A Photographic Archive by R.A. Burt published by Naval Institute Press. This unprecedented photographic collection contains 125 stunning black and white photographs of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The...

by Richard Haynes. In 1941, U.S. Marines were stationed half-way around the world, and approximately two thousand Marines were serving in China and the Philippines under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet. The 4th Regiment was...

Bellanca 28-90. The Bellanca 28-90 Flash was an American military aircraft derived from an earlier air racer developed in the 1930s for export to Spain to take part in the Spanish Civil War. Although it never reached Spain, the order was diverted to ...

The Aeroneer 1-B was an all-metal light aircraft built in the United States in 1936. It did not reach production, despite an attempt to interest the USAAC in it as a trainer, but it appeared in three Hollywood films.  The Aeroneer 1-B was initially d...