The first ship to be sunk by a submarine was called ‘Housatonic’. It was destroyed using a spar torpedo from the submarine. The submarine in this process also destroyed itself. There was soon a law around saying that the ships could be attacked from below and be sunk. Robert Whitehead in 1869 made a perfect self propelled torpedo. The Whitehead torpedo could go up to 700 meters. “The first Whitehead torpedo had a range of 700
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patrolled the area between the Japanese carrier force and Niihau‚ so they could prevent the task force from being caught by a surprise counterattack. At 6:00 a.m. on 7 December‚ the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers‚ dive bombers‚ horizontal bombers and fighters. The first wave approached land‚ and one at least radioed a somewhat incoherent warning and other signs were ships off the harbor entrance were still being processed or awaiting confirmation when
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Before World War I‚ a German U-boat sank the British cruise ship the Lusitania. 1‚195 people were lost. Could at least some of these deaths been avoided? What is some of the “hidden stories” behind this event? First off‚ yes many of those lives could have been saved‚ if not for ignorance. The Germans literally published warnings in major newspapers in America and Europe stating the danger of sailing on the Lusitania in May of 1915. And the morning the Lusitania was to set sail‚ a warning was
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torpedoed but the Captain believed going straight would make it hard for them to keep up and land a torpedo. On May 7‚ 1915 the Lusitania had made it through most of the travels and it was on the final stretch to Liverpool. It was going at the ship’s phenomenal top speed when a crew mate spotted something in the water coming towards them. The men gathered around and watched and held on as the torpedo struck the side of the boat. The boat shook and everyone was startled coming out of their rooms to
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bombers and torpedo planes in two waves‚ launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged‚ with four being sunk. Of the eight damaged six were raised‚ repaired and returned to service later in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers‚ three destroyers‚ an anti-aircraft training ship‚ and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2‚402 Americans were killed and 1‚282 wounded. The power station‚ shipyard‚ maintenance‚ and fuel and torpedo storage
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In the period leading up to the First World War‚ international tensions ran at an all time high. The sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 was all that was needed to inflame the passions of millions of people. But such a tragedy left the world with the question of who was really responsible hanging on their minds. Attention quickly centered on three main groups: the Cunard Line‚ Germany‚ and the English government. Though much of the evidence went down with the ship‚ one may produce a valid conclusion
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In total‚ the entire Japanese fleet consisted of 353 planes. Nagumo’s force arrived 275 miles northwest of Oahu‚ and at 6:00 A.M. It launched the first attack wave‚ consisting of 49 bombers‚ 40 torpedo planes‚ 51 dive‐bombers‚ and 43 fighter aircraft. When they arrived at the Harbor‚ they dropped a torpedo on the U.S.S. Arizona and blew it up killing over 1‚100 people on board. They also did the same thing to Oklahoma and it completely turned upside down and sunk under the water. During the attack
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Written by: Daniel Rogers Pearl Harbor: Military Briefing Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto After pondering deeply the opportunities and military status of our Empire today‚ we have decided upon a risky but not to be missed opportunity to begin expansion into Western territories. Our first point of attack will be Pearl Harbor. This decision calls for extraordinary and drastic military action to be taken. Despite the seemingly overwhelming odds of failure we must approach this mission pragmatically
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German Kapitänleutnant Walter Schweiger was captain of the U-20 that sunk the Lusitania by shooting a torpedo just below the water and straight into the hull of the massive liner‚ which was loaded with munitions and weapons dedicated to the British war effort. Since the British were actually using higher-class civilians as a cover-up to secretly transport
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