I replied‚ "I will have my fish within six months." He went forward with the interview and said‚ "You will do fine if you know this much every time." Later that day I was studying in the Combat Systems Electronics Space when I heard "Fire in the torpedo room. Fire in the vertical launch system". I did not know what to do‚ so I ran into sonar and the watch section explained that it was just a drill. Then‚ of course‚ everyone laughed at me. The Sonar Supervisor explained my responsibilities for casualty
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to combat the blocked ports; they used torpedoes‚ what is presently known as sea mines‚ to sink the ships docked there. In addition to the torpedoes‚ the first fully submerged submarine came and assisted with the use of torpedoes. This is because “Torpedo boats were designed low in the water so that they presented a low profile.The first successful submarine attack was carried out by the Confederate submarine.it sank the USS Housatonic.” (Changes in naval technology.). By successfully sinking one of
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The Treaty of Versailles was intended to be a peace agreement between the Allies and the Germans‚ instead with the harsh end terms for Germany‚ it created political and economic chaos in Germany. By the end of the First World War‚ Germany had surrendered and signed a peace agreement. The task of forming a peace agreement was now in the hands of the Allies. In December of 1918‚ the Allies met in Versailles to start on the peace settlement. The main countries and their representatives were: The United
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Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic played a very significant part in World War Two. In World War Two‚ after the escape atDunkirk and the inspiration of the Battle of Britain‚ the Battle of the Atlantic was Britain ’s next nightmare. The Battle of the Atlantic was "the only thing that ever frightened me." Winston Churchill. As an island Britain needed to bring in a vast amount of food and military equipment to survive the war. The German submarine force (U-boats) severely damaged
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NAME: PHILLIP H. KNIGHT Position: Chairman of Board of Directors in NIKE‚ INC The Nike boss wasn’t a big fan of advertising‚ but the company’s flair for promotion launched an athletic-shoe revolution. "Play by the rules. But be ferocious."-Philip H. Knight In 1993‚ the man whom The Sporting News voted "the most powerful person in sports" wasn’t an athlete‚ a manager or a team owner. He was Philip H. Knight‚ the dynamic iconoclast who for nearly 30 years has shod the feet of sports legends and
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World War 1 was fought as a result of secret alliances formed in Europe in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The event which sparked the war was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28th 1914 at the hands of Gabriel Principe. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was touring the nation of Serbia when a group of Bosnian nationalists named the Black Hand ordered his assassination. This act had a domino effect‚ and it quickly evolved into a war which spread rapidly through Europe. Secret
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The Kaiser’s Foreign Policy Section 1: Causes of World War 1 The personality of the Kaiser‚ his foreign policy and his naval policy in particular were major contributory factors to the outbreak of WW1. However other factors were also important. System of Alliances: Bismarck united Germany by war culminating in the Franco-Prussian war. After 1870‚ his foreign policy concentrated on keeping France isolated. Bismarck’s nightmare was a two-front war and so forged agreements with Austria and Russia
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The power of money today When people think about what they want to do with the rest of their lives they tend to think about whether or not it will make them a lot of money. Given the choice to work somewhere they love for a reasonable amount of money or somewhere they hate just to receive a big paycheck which would they choose? Many people want to live without having to struggle financially. They want a job that will help pay their bills with a little left over for fun and games. On the other hand
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enact the neutrality law was also written about as America pledged to remain removed from World War 2‚ despite the Navy stating its ships already stationed in the Pacific would stay. Also described in the smaller World War 2 headlines was the torpedo attack already made by the Germans on the British steamer Athenia‚ which had around 1400 refugee passengers that were mostly Canadian with some Americans. The Athenia was bound from Glasgow to Montreal when it was bombed 300 miles east of the Hebrides
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it fell towards us! The plane that dropped the bomb was gone so we merely shifted our fire to the next plane. We continued firing. Then the bomb hit”. At the crucial moment‚ with the decks of the Japanese fueled aircraft and fighter chasing the torpedo planes‚ American dive bombers attacked and destroyed Akagi‚ Kaga‚ and Soryu. A turning point in the war in the Pacific changed the course of the war and caused Japan to withdraw its powerful aircraft carrier force from the Indian Ocean to defend their
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