The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...
It was the largest loss of life during a ship convoy in World War II. Volunteers with the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars have memorialized PA’s 75 victims of the Dorchester tragedy and have ...
Brazil’s ‘Vital de Oliveiro’ was attacked by Bazi Germany in the summer of 1942 (Picture: Brazilian Navy) A World War Two ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast ...
WASHINGTON — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members ... through the North Atlantic for Greenland. When the ship departed St. John's, Newfoundland, Jan. 29, 1943 ...
Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.
The Doomsday Clock, symbolizing humanity's proximity to catastrophic destruction, has been moved to 89 seconds to midnight, its closest point ever. The bulletin of atomic scientists cited threats ...