World War II

BOLT FROM THE BLUE

Curators at The National World War II Museum solve readers’ artifact mysteries

This footlocker carries a startlingly impressive pan-ocean victory tally that includes both German and Japanese vessels. Not only were these enemy warships separated geographically, but they also ranged widely in type and size, from leviathan aircraft carriers and battlewagons to

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