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Edgard de Larminat Edgard de Larminat ( 29 November 1895 - 1 July 1962 ) was a French general , who fought in two World War s . He was one of the most important military figures who rejoined the Free French forces in 1940 . He was awarded the Ordre de la Libération . Larminat joined the French Army at the outbreak of the First World War as a private and by 1915 had completed his officer training and later fought at the Battle of Verdun . During the course of the war , Larminat was wounded three times and gassed once . He achieved the rank of captain by the close of the war . Completing his military studies at Saint - Cyr in October 1919 , Larminat volunteered to serve in the colonial infantry . In this capacity , he saw combat against rebels in Morocco , and later served in Mauritania and Indochina . At the outbreak of the Second World War , Larminat was a lieutenant - colonel stationed in the Levant . Larminat was still serving in the Middle East when France surrendered in June , 1940 . He refused to comply and was imprisoned in Damascus , but escaped and fled to join Free French forces in Palestine . He was later active in Africa and during the liberation of Italy and France , serving as the commander of the 1st Free French Division in north Africa , the French Pursuit Corps in Italy , and the French II Corps and Atlantic Army Detachment in France . De Larminat led the controversial bombardment of the city of Royan in April 1945 . After the war , Larminat served in several positions , notably as the Inspector - General of overseas troops and the inspector of colonial forces . He also served as the first president of the Association of the Free French . Larminat retired to the reserves in 1956 and was briefly recalled to active duty in 1962 to chair the Court of Military Justice charged with judging the actions of French officers who took part in the rebellion of colonial troops in Algeria in 1961 . Before the court convened , Larminat committed suicide on 1 July 1962 . References . http : / / www . ordredelaliberation . fr / fr _ compagnon / 556 . html
Battle of Thessalonica ( 2nd 1040 ) The battle of Thessalonica ( , ) took place in the fall of 1040 near the city of Thessalonica in contemporary Greece between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines . The battle ended with a Byzantine victory . Origins of the conflict . The news for the successes of the uprising of Peter Delyan which broke out in the beginning of 1040 in Belgrade soon reached Armenia where many Bulgarian nobles were resettled after the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire in 1018 . The most influential from these was Alusian , the second son of the last Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Vladislav ( 1015 – 1018 ) . Dressed as a mercenary soldier he went to Constantinople from where he managed to get to Bulgaria despite the strict control . The battle . His arrival would mean more tensions in the rebel camp because Alusian could also claim the throne and he kept his origin in secret until he found supporters . Peter II Delyan welcomed his cousin although he knew that Alusian might be a potential candidate for his crown . Peter II gave Alusian 40 , 000 army to attack Thessalonica , the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire . Alusian proved to be an incapable general : when he reached the city he attacked the Byzantine army with his tired troops . The Bulgarians could not fight effectively and were defeated . They suffered heavy casualties - 15 , 000 perished in the battle . Alusian fled from the battlefield leaving his arms behind . Aftermath . The catastrophe at Thessalonica worsened the relations between Peter Delyan and Alusian . The later was ashamed from the defeat and Delyan suspected a treason . Alusian decided to act first and after a feast in the beginning of 1041 he blinded the Emperor . After that he tried to continue the rebellion but was defeated once more and he decided to change sides and abandoned his army . His betrayal was richly rewarded . Although blind , Peter II Delyan faced the Byzantines with the rest of the Bulgarian army but was defeated in the battle of Ostrovo later that year and the uprising was crushed .
Pierre Benoît Soult Pierre Benoît Soult ( 19 July 1770 – 7 May 1843 ) joined the French royal army before the French Revolution . He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars , emerging from the conflict as colonel of a cavalry regiment . A good deal of his early career was spent as aide - de - camp to his more talented brother Nicolas Soult who became Marshal in 1804 . Transferred to Spain during the Napoleonic Wars , he first led a corps cavalry brigade , then after 1813 he commanded a cavalry division . He led a cavalry division during the Hundred Days . After 1830 , he was brought out of retirement when his brother became part of the government . His surname and first initial represent one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe .
No . 3 Squadron IqAF The 3 Squadron is one of two reconnaissance squadrons of the Iraqi Air Force ( ! qAF ) , the other being the 70 sqn IqAF based in Basra . 3 Sqn is based at Kirkuk Air Base and flies the SAMA CH2000 and the Comp Air 7SL .
USS City of Lewes ( SP - 383 ) USS " City of Lewes " ( SP - 383 ) , later USS " Lewes " ( SP - 383 ) , was a minesweeper and patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 . " City of Lewes " was built as a commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1912 by W . G . Abbott at Milford , Delaware . In May 1917 , the U . S . Navy purchased her for use on the section patrol as a minesweeper and patrol vessel during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " City of Lewes " ( SP - 383 ) on 12 May 1917 with Lieutenant J . S . Davis , USNR , in command , although her purchase apparently did not become official until 19 May 1917 . In accordance with a United States Department of the Navy general order that all section patrol craft should have their names shortened to surnames or single words ( as applicable ) , " City of Lewes " was renamed USS " Lewes " ( SP - 383 ) in July 1917 . However , she still often was called USS " City of Lewes " for the remainder of her Navy career . After fitting out as a minesweeper , " Lewes " departed Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 14 August 1917 bound for Brest , France , which she reached on 18 September 1917 . Following voyage repairs , she took up patrol and convoy escort duties , which she pursued for the remainder of World War I . She also engaged in minesweeping to keep shipping channels free of German naval mine s , and she continued minesweeping work after the end of the war and into 1919 . " Lewes " was decommissioned at Brest on 8 September 1919 and sold abroad .
Red Snow Red Snow was a British thermonuclear weapon . Its physics package was identical to that of the United States W28 nuclear warhead used in the B28 nuclear bomb and AGM - 28 Hound Dog missile , with an explosive yield of approximately 1 . 1 megaton . The Red Snow warhead was developed after a September 1958 decision to adopt the US warhead for British use , following the 1958 US - UK Mutual Defence Agreement . It entered service in 1961 , remaining in use until 1972 , when it was replaced by the WE . 177 bomb . Perhaps 150 were produced . Red Snow was used as both a free - fall bomb and as the warhead of the Blue Steel missile . In the gravity bomb role , it was fitted into the casing of the Yellow Sun weapon , even though the Red Snow warhead was considerably smaller than that of the original Yellow Sun bomb . The Red Snow warhead was later reduced in size , weight and yield , and fitted with a smaller more modern primary , intended as a Red Beard replacement . Known as Una , this was later reduced in diameter and renamed Ulysses as the warhead intended for the UK warhead for the Skybolt project .
Barrackpore Air Force Station Barrackpore Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base located at Barrackpore in the state of West Bengal , India . Barrackpore is one of the oldest stations in the IAF , operating transport units . History . During World War II , the airfield was used as a reconnaissance airfield by the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force , which flew unarmed P - 38 Lightning aircraft from the station , equipped with several mapping cameras to gather intelligence on Japanese forces in occupied Burma . Barrackpore was also home to several Spitfire Squadrons in the early 1950s . In 1963 No . 11 Squadron IAF was located at Barrackpore flying Douglas Dakota s . That year two Dakotas were sent to Bandung ( Husein ) in Indonesia to carry air and ground crew to pick up Indonesian Air Force de Haviland Vampire fighters which were to be transferred to the IAF . Several Spitfire airframes were salvaged from Barrackpore in the 1970s and 1980s and are currently restored to flying status in the west . Nowadays the CO is Sqn Ldr Aniket Roy . VSM
Yeni - Kale Yeni - Kale ( ; ; ; , also spelled as " Yenikale " and " Eni - Kale " ) is a fortress on the shore of Kerch Strait near Kerch city ( Crimea , Ukraine ) . Yeni - Kale was built by Ottoman Turks in 1699 – 1706 on the Kerch peninsula that belonged to the Crimean Khanate . The name " Yenikale " means " New Fortress " in Turkish ( " yeni " - new , " kale " - fortress ) . The fortress was built under the guidance of Goloppo , who was an Italian convert to Islam . Several French engineers also took part in the construction . Yeni - Kale was armed with powerful cannon s and took an important strategical place on the coast of Kerch Strait . The fortress occupied area of 25 , 000 m² and had two powder - magazines , arsenal , water reservoir , living houses , bath - house and mosque . About 800 Turkish and 300 Crimean Tatar soldiers were garrisoned in Yeni - Kale . The weak spot of the fortress was a lack of drinking water in the area , so an underground water - pipe was made to bring water from a source located several kilometres away from the fortress . Yeni - Kale was served as a residence of pasha . During the Russo - Turkish War of 1768 – 1774 the Russian Army invaded Crimea in the summer of 1771 . Though reinforcements from the Ottoman Empire had arrived beforehand , the Turks decided to abandon Yeni - Kale . Russian units under command of general Nikolay Borzov entered the fortress on 21 June 1771 . Abaza Muhammad Pasha who was a commandant of Yeni - Kale fled to Sinop and the sultan sentenced him to death for the number of military failures . After the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in 1774 , Kerch and the fortress of Yeni - Kale were ceded to Russia . The fortress became a part of the Kerch - Yenikale city municipality of the Taurida Governorate . In the 19th century the fortress was used by Russians as a military hospital . Since 1880s Yeni - Kale was completely deserted . Today ruins of Yeni - Kale is often visited by tourists . The neighboring district of Kerch also is named Yeni - Kale .
CAD camp CAD ( Central Ammunition Depot ) is in the Wardha District of Maharashtra state in India , in the town called Pulgaon . Pin code 442303 . It is one of the world ' s biggest ammunition depot s . CAD camp has a perimeter of around 150 km and is still expanding towards the villages behind it . It is becoming India ' s largest military - civil camp with almost all kinds of facilities and securities monitoring the area continuously . Environment . A few years back , it used to be a very nice place to visit , easily accessible for picnics , get togethers and some spiritual activities at " Bhairav Baba Temple " at the bottom of one of the three hills in the nearby area . There are beautiful lakes , a great cool environment with greenery everywhere , one theater " The Garrison " , two schools , Labor Camp and Central School , etc . Militarization . It was a place of minimal risk until around 1999 - 2000 , before the September 11 attacks . After that , and the attack on Sansad Bhavan , some terrorists found this , and the surrounding area , resulting in the tightening of security up to a very high level and the stopping of all the activities and entertainments . This put the area out of focus for the people in the Pulgaon Town and nearby . Pulgaon . Pulgaon is a small town but one of the major activity centers in Wardha District , after Wardha and Hinganghat . The population is over 45 , 000 but the town still could not receive the Tahsil Status because of the politics in area and the CAD camp . It is not easily identifiable through most of the maps . It is on the bank of the Wardha River and easily accessible to three districts , Wardha , Amaravati and Yavatmal . Local industry . There are two companies in the town , Shri Krushna Industries ' Cotton Mills ( erstwhile PCM ) and Vidarbha Phosphates .
Oleg Ostapenko Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko ( ) ( born 3 May 1957 ) is a Colonel General in the Russian Military , Deputy Minister of Defence , and former commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces , a position he held from their foundation on 1 December 2011 until his promotion in November 2012 . Prior to this he was commander of the Russian Space Forces from 2008 , replacing Vladimir Popovkin . Ostapenko joined the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces in 1979 after graduating from the Felix Dzerzhinsky military academy , specialising in ' Strategic Missiles , Engines , and Production Equipment ' . He undertook higher military studies , ending in 1992 and moved into the Ministry of Defence Space Units . He held a number of roles at Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre ending with being Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2004 . In 2004 he was promoted to be First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Space Forces and after undertaking a PhD in military sciences he became the commander of Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 2007 . A year later on 30 June 2008 he was promoted to be commander of the Russian Space Forces replacing Vladimir Popovkin who became a Deputy Defence Minister . He was commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces from 1 December 2011 to 9 November 2012 and was promoted to the rank of Colonel General on 9 August 2012 . On 9 November 2012 he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Defence and relieved of his command of the Aerospace Defence Forces . On October 10 , 2013 , it was published that Ostanpenko has been discharged from military service and relieved of his post to head Roscosmos , the federal space agency . Military education . General Ostapenko earned PhD in Military Sciences in 2007
USS Glendoveer ( SP - 292 ) USS " Glendoveer " ( SP - 292 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Glendoveer " was built as a civilian vessel of the same name in 1907 by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans , Louisiana . The U . S . Navy purchased her from her owner , Ernest L . Jahncke , on 3 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel . She was commissioned on 9 May 1917 as USS " Glendoveer " ( SP - 292 ) with Boatswain Jacob Hansen , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 8th Naval District , " Glendoveer " served in Pensacola Harbor at Pensacola , Florida , at New Orleans , and at Biloxi Mississippi , as a section patrol boat and inspection boat for merchant ships . She occasional also served as a mail boat and on rescue missions ; she responded to a distress call from a seaplane lost in the fog off Pensacola on 14 February 1918 and succeeded in towing it into the safety of the harbor . " Glendoveer " continued her patrolling duties until she was decommissioned on 8 February 1919 at New Orleans . She was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold to Charles DeLerno on 2 September 1919 .
Gordon Granger Gordon Granger ( November 6 , 1822 – January 10 , 1876 ) was a career U . S . army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War . He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga . Early life & Mexico . Granger was born in Joy , Wayne County , New York , in 1822 . He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1845 . During the Mexican - American War , he fought in Winfield Scott ' s army . Between wars , he served on the western frontier . Civil War service . Granger ' s first fight in the Civil War was the Union defeat at Wilson ' s Creek , Missouri , in August 1861 , where he was in command of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry . He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on March 26 , 1862 , and commanded the Cavalry Division in the Army of the Mississippi during the Battle of New Madrid and the Siege of Corinth . He was promoted to major general of volunteers on September 17 , 1862 , and took command of the Army of Kentucky . He conducted cavalry operations in central Tennessee before his command was merged into the Army of the Cumberland , becoming the Reserve Corps . He is most famous for his actions commanding the Reserve Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga . There on September 20 , 1863 , the second day of the battle , he reinforced , without orders , Major General George H . Thomas ' s XIV Corps on Snodgrass Hill . This action staved off the Confederate attackers until dark , permitting the Federal forces to retreat in good order and helping earn the sobriquet " Rock of Chickamauga " for Thomas . Granger ' s success at Chickamauga earned him command of the newly formed IV Corps in the Army of the Cumberland . Under his command , this force distinguished itself at the third Battle of Chattanooga . Two of the IV Corps ' divisions , those commanded by Thomas J . Wood and Philip Sheridan , were among the force of units that assaulted the reinforced center of the Confederate line on top of Missionary Ridge . There , the Union forces broke through and forced the Confederates , under General Braxton Bragg , to retreat . After Chattanooga , Granger took part in lifting the siege at Knoxville , Tennessee . Despite these successes , his outspokenness prevented him from gaining more prominent commands . Nevertheless , he was sent to the Department of the Gulf , and continuing to lead troops and gain recognition . He commanded the land forces that captured Forts Gaines and Morgan in conjunction with the Union naval victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Granger commanded the XIII Corps during the Battle of Fort Blakely , which led to the fall of the city of Mobile , Alabama . Postbellum . When the war ended , Granger remained in the Army , and was given command of the Department of Texas . On June 19 , 1865 in the city of Galveston he declared the institution of slavery dead in the state , setting off joyous demonstrations by freedmen and originating the annual " Juneteenth " celebration , which commemorates the freeing of the blacks in Texas . In 1876 , Granger died in Santa Fe , New Mexico , where he was serving in command of the District of New Mexico . He is buried at Lexington Cemetery in Kentucky .
Shimushu - class escort ship The were a class of ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II . The Japanese called these ships " Kaibōkan " , " ocean defence ships " , ( " Kai " = sea , ocean , " Bo " = defence , " Kan " = ship ) , to denote a multi - purpose vessel . They were initially intended for patrol and fishery protection , minesweeping and as convoy escorts . The four ships of the " Shimushu " class would provide the foundation for the five following classes of 171 Japanese " Kaibōkan " - type escort ships . The " Shimushu " class was initially armed with just twelve depth charges , but this was doubled in May 1942 when their minesweeping gear was removed . The ASW weaponry would later rise to 60 depth charges with a 8 cm trench mortar and six depth charge throwers . The number of AA machine guns was increased to 15 .
Bill Fischer ( Australian footballer ) William Nicholson " Bill " Fischer ( 3 October 1883 – 15 October 1917 ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) . He was killed in action in Belgium in World War I . Family . One of the six children of Henry and Isabelle Fischer , née Mathieson , he was born at Kilmore , Victoria on 3 Oct 1883 . He attended Kilmore State School . Football . Recruited from Tatura , he played his first and only senior game for Melbourne against Carlton , at the MCG on 29 May 1909 ( round nine ) . It was a close match until three - quarter time , when Carlton drew away to win by 23 points , 12 . 8 ( 80 ) to 8 . 9 ( 57 ) . Soldier . His brother , also an excellent footballer , Henry Mathieson Fischer ( 1880 – 1960 ) , had served in the Boer War , and became a policeman , retiring as the officer in charge of the police station at Hawthorn , Victoria . Bill Fischer enlisted in the First AIF on 13 December 1915 , giving his occupation as draper — he had been working in Kyabram prior to his enlistment — and his status as single . He was promoted to sergeant on 9 July 1917 . Death . He was killed in action , serving with the 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery , during the Battle of Passchendaele on 15 October 1917 , and is buried at the Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery , Belgium . His name is located at panel 15 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial .
Close Combat Badge The Close Combat Badge ( or CCB ) was an approved badge that was never issued . It was quickly scrapped and replaced by the Combat Action Badge . The U . S . Army would have awarded the CCB to armor , cavalry , combat engineer , and field artillery soldiers in military occupational specialties . It could also have been awarded to corresponding officer branch / specialties recognized as having a high probability to routinely engage in direct combat , and they must be assigned or attached to an army unit of brigade or below that is purposely organized to routinely conduct close combat operations and engage in direct combat in accordance with existing rules and policy .
French ship Hautpoult ( 1807 ) Hautpoult was a 74 - gun French Navy ship of the line . Commanded by Captain Amand Leduc , Chevalier of the " Légion d ' honneur " , she had a crew of 680 . " Hautpoult " s maiden voyage was a mission to Martinique with reinforcements and supplies , as flagship of a squadron of three 74 - gun ships ( the others being and ) , and two frigates , under the overall command of Commodore Amable Troude . Learning of the capture of Martinique Troude ' s squadron turned back but were pursued by the British . " Hautpoult " was captured by her now - British sister ship , , on 17 April 1809 , after a chase over three nights and two days by " Pompée " , , and . " Recruit " hung on the tail of the French squadron and managed to cripple " Hautpoult " s mizzen mast , so " Pompée " could bring her to action and capture her after exchanging fire for 75 minutes . Between 80 and 90 men from " Hautpoult " were killed or wounded , including several officers . Taken as a prize , she was renamed Abercrombie , and was briefly given to the commander of " Recruit " , Charles Napier , who was made post captain for his part in the action , as acting captain , before she was handed over to Captain Sir William Fahie of " Pompée " , who had fallen ill after capturing her . While she was at anchor in Basque Roads on 26 October 1811 , lightning damaged her fore topmast and foremast . " Abercrombie " was sold in 1817 .