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United States Navy in the 20th century

  • Washington Naval TreatyIn November 1918, the British Royal Navy interned the defeated German High Seas Fleet. The Allied powers held sharply differing views on what to do with…
  • Two-Ocean Navy ActOn the 17th of June 1940, Chief of Naval Operations Harold Stark stood before Congress and requested four billion dollars.
  • USS Panay incidentThe Yangtze River flowed past Nanjing in the early weeks of December 1937, carrying a heavy burden of war. Japanese forces had invaded China during the…
  • Destroyers-for-bases dealBy late June 1940, France had surrendered to Germany and Italy. The British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone in warfare against Hitler and Mussolini.
  • Allied submarines in the Pacific WarOn the afternoon of the 7th of December 1941, six hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Chief of Staff issued a directive to Pacific…