Operation Downfall: The Planned Assault on Japan - Allied Advance on Japan 1941-45Map 3: Allied Advance on Japan 1941-45 (courtesy of University of Texas )Return To:Operation Downfalll articleHelp - F.
EnglishRobert Henry English, born 16 January 1888 in Warrenton, Gal, was i member of the Naval Academy class of 1911, and early in his naval career became a submariner. In 1917, while commanding 0-4 (SS-65), he won the Navy Cross for his great heroism in rescuing an officer trapped in 0-5 (SS-66) after an explosion.
Was it common to find foreigners in Germany during Weimar Republic and the beginning of the Nazi regimes? Because they do not seem particularly attractive historical periods but I found many stat…
Riverside, California, was originally developed after an investment company purchased the land in hopes of turning it into desirable property. The plans for a community were laid out in 1870 and became fully adopted when a large increase in population gladly accepted the plans.Much of the increase in population to the area was based upon the ease of producing crops.
On October 9, 1936, harnessing the power of the mighty Colorado River, Hoover Dam begins sending electricity over transmission lines spanning 266 miles of mountains and deserts to run the lights, radios, and stoves of Los Angeles.Initially named Boulder Dam, work on the dam was begun under President Herbert Hoover’s administration but completed as a public works project during the Roosevelt administration (which renamed it for Hoover).
Specifically from Lauscha in 1862, does anyone know how extensive railways were then?
Shawsheen(SwTug: t. 180; 1. 118& 39;; b. 22& 39;6& 34;; dph. 7& 39;3& 34;; cpl. 40; a. 2 20-pdr. P.r.)Shawsheen.—a side wheel tug. Built at New York City 1855—was purchased by the Navy at New York as Young America on 21 September 1861. No record of her commissioning has been found, but Acting Lieutenant Edmund R.
