would seem that they would want to use anything that would ensure the defeat of the enemy. But just like with anything dealing with the government‚ it is a paradoxical situation. Not to be dissuaded‚ Tucker unveils his dream of building the Tucker Torpedo. An amazingly beautiful car unlike any car in existence‚ it would have the motor in the rear‚ seatbelts‚ windshields that popped out for safety‚ and a third headlight that moved in whatever direction the steering wheel was headed. The design and concept
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Battle of Midway was a major naval battle‚ widely regarded as the most important one of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.[3] It took place from June 4 to 7‚ 1942‚ approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea‚ five months after the Japanese capture of Wake Island‚ and exactly six months to the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy decisively defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll. Both sides sustained significant losses. Four Japanese aircraft
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Johnson purposely did this to make North Vietnam react so he would have a reason to increase warfare in Vietnam. Ironically‚ this is exactly how it happened. North Vietnamese torpedo ships attacked the ship‚ however with the help of a nearby large warship that carries planes‚ two were just damaged and the rest of the torpedo ships were destroyed. The USS Maddox only had minor surface damage. President Johnson live on both radio and television was broadcasting inaccurate facts on Vietnam. On August
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World War I was mainly a land based war‚ however there was one major battle that took place in a part of the North Sea called Skagerrak (97 km off the coast of Jutland‚ Denmark) between the British and the Germans called the battle of Jutland. Britain being an island‚ needed a great navy in order to protect itself from threats and protect its imported of food and other materials. During World War I‚ the British Navy planned to destroy the “German High Seas Fleet” in a quick battle and remain in control
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The Battle of Midway took place in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II‚ between 4 and 7 June 1942. Six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy was under the leaderships of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet‚ Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher as senior tactical commander Task Force 17‚ and Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance Task Force 16; the Imperial Japanese Navy was under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as Commader-in-Chief
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such as zigzagging to confuse U- boats plotting the vessel’s course. The caption of the Lusitania ignored these recommendations and at 2:12 pm on May 7‚ in the waters of the Celtic Sea‚ the 32‚000- ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard side. The torpedo blast was followed by a larger explosion‚ probably of the ships boliter. The Lusitania sank within 20 minutes”(History.com)My evidence show that if it was for the sink of Lusitania the United States wouldn’t get involved in world
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Summary of Evidence On September 6‚ 1941‚ the Japanese government decided to go to war with America. (Japan had been preparing for the possibility of war for several years.) Though the final decision to actually go to war was deferred‚ pending a possible diplomatic breakthrough‚ the machinery for war‚ especially in the Imperial Japanese Navy‚ was put in motion. In April 1942 Japan wanted to expand their defensive lines so they went east towards the island of Midway (1000 miles from Hawaii)‚ they
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than four hours flying time. Some of their dive-bombers could not dive-the fabric came off the wings. Their torpedoes were slow and unreliable‚ the torpedo planes even worse. Yet they were up against the finest fighting plane in the world. Their enemy was brilliant‚ experienced and all conquering. They took crushing losses – 15 out of 15 in one torpedo squadron…….. 21 out of 27 in a group of fighters …… many‚ many more. 2.
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On February 15th‚ 1898 the port city of Havana‚ Cuba was disrupted by the shriek and rumble of a massive explosion from the bow of the USS Maine. The Maine entered the port city of Havana on January 25th‚ 1898‚ the trip was peaceful and mostly just stretching the legs and flexing the arms of Americans new class of ship. The USS Maine was the first in the class of ACR ships‚ actually it was the first and the last ACR built. This so called unwarranted attack is known by many as the catalyst to the
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The submarine is known as an important invention that proved successful in the World War Two era. Eighty-five of Mussolini’s and a breath-taking seven hundred eighty-two of Hitler’s submarines were sunk during the war‚ in addition to an unknown amount of Japanese submarines (Rush 35). A 1943 German prototype of this submerged killing machine was capable of carrying fourteen torpedoes or up to sixty mines‚ showing how submarines were superior to their time period. For example‚ the USS Perch is renowned
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