by Mark LoProto | May 31, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Aircraft, Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor Weaponry
The innocent-sounding “Kate” of World War II was anything but sweet. It was a warplane designed to lay waste to its targets through the bombs it dropped from higher altitudes. Officially known as the Nakajima B5N bomber, the “Kate” (the Allies’ name for the...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 10, 2017 | Aircraft Carriers, Attack of Pearl Harbor, Battleships, Learning Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor Weaponry
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a devastating chapter in American history, and as it recedes farther back in time it becomes ever more important to know what happened on that fateful morning. To gain a fuller understanding of the tragic events of Dec. 7, 1941,...
by Mark LoProto | Nov 17, 2017 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Aircraft, Pearl Harbor Weaponry
There were a lot of military assets involved in the Pearl Harbor attack, from the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters to the vessels lined up at Battleship Row. Working in Japan’s favor was not just the fact that nobody at the American naval base knew they were coming, but...
by Mark LoProto | Apr 28, 2017 | Pearl Harbor Weaponry
Though it sounds more like a mythological monster, the Thunder Fish was a real object that played a vital role in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Otherwise known as a variant of the Type 91 aerial torpedo, this pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy was the US Navy’s...
