3.8K views · 79 reactions | Footage of Navy aviation cadets practicing landings on the training carrier USS Wolverine (IX-64) on Lake Michigan. The Wolverine was originally built as the Great Lakes side-wheel steamer Seeandbee that the Navy converted into a freshwater aircraft carrier in 1942 for advanced training of naval aviators in carrier take-offs and landings. (NA) | Remembering the CBI - China Burma India in WWII | Facebook

127K views · 2.9K reactions | On February 9, 1945, two submarines are poised to engage in a direct, underwater confrontation. It's the first — and only — underwater submarine dogfight in recorded naval history. Hell Below | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

55K views · 1.7K reactions |  This Day in History On this day in 1942, the Battle of Midway began in the Pacific Ocean. The 4-day battle between the U.S. and Japan, fought almost entirely with aircraft, was one of the most important American naval victories of WWII.  Get an inside look tonight at 11PM on Battle of Midway: The True Story. https://bit.ly/3mRiEIO | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

32K views · 782 reactions | During WWII, the 1945 attack on Balikpapan was described as "hell on earth" by those who witnessed it. This rare footage shows the epic scale of the assault, in which 3,000 tons of aerial bombs and 46,800 naval ammunitions were used. Fall of Japan | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook