Sunken shipwrecks tell the story of Alaska’s ‘forgotten’ WWII battlefield
U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict can still be found on seafloor today, and the Indigenous people who used to call the islands home ...
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Fears bomb-laden 'Doomsday WW2 shipwreck' could unleash poison gas in River Thames
"The SS Richard Montgomery is one of the most well-documented wrecks in the world ... A total of 628 military victims were hospitalized with mustard gas symptoms after the sinking of the SS ...
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SS Sagaing: WW2 shipwreck refloated by Sri Lanka navy
Divers from Sri Lanka's navy had to reinforce the vessel's frame before raising it A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has been raised ...
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Australia’s Marine Ecosystem At Risk From WWII Shipwrecks—Experts Warn Of ‘Unmitigated Disaster’ Without Immediate Action
The World War II shipwrecks scattered across Australian ... located near vital shipping lanes and critical military targets in the Pacific, drew naval giants like the United States and Japan ...
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UK investigates WW2 shipwreck looting claims
How could a shipwreck disappear? Wreck could be sunken Athenia from WW2 British POWs sank on this WW2 ship - should it be raised? Submarine chaser HMS Tien Kwang and auxiliary patrol vessel HMS ...