World War II

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. Did Japanese pilots intentionally sink the USS Panay to provoke a war with America?On December 12, 1937, Japanese forces bombed and sank the USS Panay on China's Yangtze River. While Tokyo claimed a case of mistaken identity, onboard newsreel footage and interce…
2. The torpedo bomber that was better as a trainer than a weaponDesigned to strike Axis shipping, the Bristol Beaufort struggled with its own design. From overheating engines to a flight profile that made precision bombing nearly impossible, t…

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