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Ussher Fort Ussher Fort is a fort in Accra , Ghana . It was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur , a day ' s march from Elmina and to the east of Accra on a rocky point between two lagoons . It was one of three forts that Europeans built in the region during the middle of the 17th Century . Fort Crèvecœur was part of the Dutch Gold Coast . The Anglo - Dutch Gold Coast Treaty ( 1867 ) , which defined areas of influence on the Gold Coast , transferred it to the British in 1868 . History . Negotiations to build a Dutch fort on the site began in 1610 , but did not bear fruit until much later . Fort Crèvecœur was built in 1642 as a simple factory and then enlarged in 1649 by the Dutch West India Company . It was named after Fort Crèvecœur in ' s - Hertogenbosch in the Dutch Republic , which had played a crucial role in the Siege of ' s - Hertogenbosch . One of the Dutch representatives , Henry Caerlof , developed good relations with the Dey of Fetu , who gave Caerlof permission to build Osu Castle in 1652 for the Swedish Africa company . Fort Crèvecœur and Fort James were neither as imposing nor as important from the political point of view as Elmina or Cape Coast Castle , built 150 kilometers further west . Still , they brought their owners significant revenue . At the end of 1781 Captain Thomas Shirley in the frigate , together with the sloop - of - war " Alligator " sailed for the Dutch Gold Coast with a convoy , consisting of a few merchant - vessels and transports . Britain was at war with the Dutch Republic and Shirley launched an unsuccessful attack on 17 February on the Dutch outpost at Elmina , being repulsed four days later . " Leander " and Shirley then went on to capture the small Dutch forts at Mouri ( Fort Nassau - 20 guns ) , Kormantine ( Courmantyne or Fort Amsterdam - 32 guns ) , Apam ( Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns ) , Senya Beraku ( Berricoe , Berku , Fort Barracco or Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns ) , and Accra ( Fort Crèvecœur - 32 guns ) . Shirley then garrisoned those facilities with personnel from Cape Coast Castle . Fort Crèvecœur , which lies to the east of the present port , became known in time as " Ussher Fort " . Today . In all , Europeans built 27 forts on the coast of Ghana . The Dutch captured two forts from the Portuguese , and themselves built nine others . The British built ten , all before 1660 . Today , only 11 of these forts are in good shape . Ussher Fort is currently being restored with funds from the European Commission and UNESCO . The purpose is to convert it to a museum and International Documentation Centre .
Rudolf Freiherr von Roman Rudolf Ernst Philipp August Joachim Freiherr von Roman ( 19 November 1893 – 18 February 1970 ) was a German general who commanded several corps during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Rudolf Freiherr von Roman was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947 . Career . 1893 Nov 19 : born in Bayreuth . 1914 Aug 1 : Lt . in Bayr . 6 . Fa . R . 1936 Aug 1 : Lt . Col . 1939 March 1 : Colonel . 1939 Sept 1 : 10th Artillery Regmt . ( later 17th Art . Regmt . ) 1940 Nov 15 : Arko 3 . 1941 Sept 1 : Major General 1941 Dec 1 : 35th Inf . Div ( I . D . ) 1942 Feb 19 : awarded Ritterkreuz 1942 Oct 1 : Lt . Gen . 1942 - 1945 : XX A . K . 1942 Nov 1 : General der Artillery . 1943 Sept 3 : awarded Ritterbreuz m . Eichenlaub ( oak leaves ) . 1944 June : saw combat around Normandy invasion . 1945 May : captured . 1947 : released from POW camp .
My Gal Sal ( aircraft ) My Gal Sal was the nickname of a World War II B - 17E - BO Flying Fortress whose pilot was forced to land it on the Greenland icecap . Many years later it was recovered and taken to the USA to be restored . It is one of only three intact B - 17E ' s in existence . On 27 June 1942 , B - 17E , " 41 - 9032 " - part of the 342nd Bomb Squadron of the 97th Bomb Group - was one of 13 B - 17s flying the Labrador - to - Greenland leg of a ferry flight to the United Kingdom as part of Operation Bolero , the military build - up in Europe . Inclement weather broke up the flight ; five B - 17s returned to Labrador , while the remainder continued on to Greenland . Over Greenland three of the aircraft were forced to land by the weather , including " My Gal Sal " . The airplane ' s propellers lodged in the snow , rendering the engines unable to run so as to operate the generators to power the radio . The crew cut the propellers off of one of the engines so that the engine could run , powering a generator so as to provide power for a radio used to call for aid . A rescue airplane subsequently landed on a frozen lake bed 26 miles away . The crew of " My Gal Sal " then hiked to the rescue airplane , after camping in the B - 17 for nine days . The Norden bombsight was also recovered , by means of a dogsled mission approximately one month after the crash . The aircraft were abandoned , not to be seen again until a 1964 overflight by a USAF reconnaissance aircraft . At that time , " My Gal Sal " appeared to be intact . 31 years later , " My Gal Sal " was recovered from the ice , although high winds had flipped the plane completely over and damaged it . The plane was restored to a static configuration at Cincinnati - Blue Ash Airport ( ICAO designation : KISZ ) in Cincinnati and is now part of the collection of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans , Louisiana . On July 15 , 1942 , six P - 38Fs of the 1st Fighter Group and its B - 17 escort were also forced down on the Greenland icecap by inclement weather after unsuccessfully attempting to fly to Iceland . One of the P - 38s has been recovered and restored as " Glacier Girl " .
6th Battalion , CEF The 6th Battalion , CEF was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . It was authorized on 10 August 1914 , and embarked for Britain on 29 September 1914 . It formed the nucleus of the Remount Depot on 20 January 1915 , and the remainder of the battalion ' s personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Cavalry Depot , CEF , on 6 March 1915 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field . The battalion was disbanded on 5 April 1918 . The 6th Battalion , CEF is perpetuated by the 12th Manitoba Dragoons , currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle .
Tachikawa Ki - 36 The Tachikawa Ki - 36 ( named Ida in Allied reporting code ) was a Japanese army cooperation aircraft of World War II . It was a two - seat , low - wing monoplane with a single piston - engine and a fixed , tailwheel - type undercarriage . Design and development . The prototype , fitted with a 450 hp ( 336 kW ) Hitachi Army Type 98 Ha - 13 engine , first flew on 20 April 1938 . Having outperformed the Mitsubishi Ki - 35 in comparative trials , the Ki - 36 was designated the Army Type 98 Direct Co - operation Aircraft and ordered into production in November 1938 . Production ended in January 1944 after a total of 1 , 334 had been built . Operational history . The Ki - 36 first saw action in China where it saw success . Later , in the Pacific , it proved excessively vulnerable to opposing fighters . It was thereafter redeployed to the safer theater of China . Towards the end of the war , the Ki - 36 was employed as a " kamikaze " aircraft with a bomb of 500 - kg ( 1 , 102 - lb ) fitted externally .
SS Scoresby SS " Scoresby " was a British cargo steamship that was built in 1923 , sailed in a number of transatlantic convoys in 1940 and was sunk by a U - boat that October . Building . Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd of Bridge Dockyard , Sunderland built " Scoresby " , completing her in January 1923 . She had eight corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of that heated two 180 lb / in single - ended boilers with a combined heating surface of . The boilers fed a three - cylinder triple expansion steam engine that was rated at 436 NHP and drove a single screw . The engine was built by the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co , Ltd , also of Sunderland . " Scoresby " owner was Rowland and Marwood ' s Steam Ship Co , Ltd , who registered her in Whitby . She was managed by another Rowland and Marwood ' s company , Headlam & Sons . Second World War career . By January 1940 " Beatus " was sailing in convoys . That month she sailed from Liverpool with Convoy OB - 77 as far as the coast of Canada , whence she continued to San Domingo . In March she returned to the UK with a convoy of sugar , sailing " via " Halifax , Nova Scotia where she joined Convoy HX - 28 that reached Liverpool on 2 April . In May 1940 " Scoresby " crossed the North Atlantic from Britain to Saint John , New Brunswick . She sailed with Convoy OA - 150G from Southend , which merged with Convoy OA - 150G off Land ' s End to form Convoy OG - 30 to Gibraltar . In June she returned to the UK with a cargo of pit prop s , sailing " via " Halifax , Nova Scotia where she joined Convoy HX - 53 that reached Liverpool on 10 July . " Scoresby " spent the rest of July and August in home waters , sailing in short - haul convoys around Britain . Then on 31 August she sailed from Methil in Scotland with Convoy OA - 207 to Canada . Convoy SC - 7 and sinking . " Scoresby " sailed from Corner Brook , Newfoundland with a cargo of of pit props bound for the Clyde in Scotland . She sailed " via " St . Francis Harbour , Nova Scotia and Sydney , Nova Scotia , where she joined Convoy SC - 7 . Her Master was Lawrence Zebedee Weatherill , and she carried the Convoy Vice - Commodore . SC - 7 left Sydney on 5 October . At first the convoy had only one escort ship , the . A wolf pack of U - boat s found the convoy on 16 October and quickly overwhelmed it , sinking many ships over the next few days . At 0553 hrs on 17 October SC - 7 was about northwest of Rockall when , commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Bleichrodt , fired three torpedoes at the convoy . Two ships were hit and sunk : " Scoresby " and the French tanker . Captain Weatherill and his entire crew successfully abandoned ship , were rescued by the , and on 20 October were landed at Gourock in Scotland .
Daniel McCann Daniel " Danny " McCann ( 30 November 1957 – 6 March 1988 ) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) who was killed by British Army Special Air Service ( SAS ) soldiers in Operation Flavius . Background . McCann was born into an Irish republican family from the Clonard area of West Belfast . He was educated at primary level at St Gall ' s Primary School , Belfast , and at secondary level at St Mary ' s Grammar School on Belfast ' s Glen Road . McCann did not finish his education as he was arrested after becoming involved in rioting . He was charged and convicted of " riotous behaviour " and sentenced to six months in prison . Later that year McCann joined the Provisional IRA . He was also convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for the possession of explosives . Gibraltar . According to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1987 Seán Savage and Daniel McCann killed two Special Branch officers in Belfast docks . In 1988 , along with Mairead Farrell , they were sent to the British overseas territory of Gibraltar to plant a bomb in the town area targeting the British military band which paraded weekly in connection with the changing of the guard in front of the Governors ' residence ( see Operation Flavius ) . The SAS team was informed — incorrectly — that the IRA had already placed their bomb and were ready to detonate it . The three conspirators were stopped as they walked near the Shell filling station in Winston Churchill Avenue , the busy main road leading to the airport and the frontier with Spain . McCann was then shot as the SAS claimed he made an ' aggressive move ' towards a bag he was carrying . They stated that he was intending to trigger a car bomb using a remote control device . After McCann was killed , it was claimed that Farrell made a move towards her handbag and was shot on similar grounds . SAS members again claimed that Savage moved his hand to his pocket and the SAS killed him also . McCann was shot five times , Farrell eight times , and Savage between 16 and 18 times . All three were subsequently found to be unarmed , and without any kind of remote trigger . Materials for a bomb , including 64 kg of Semtex , were later found in a car 36 miles away in Spain , identified by keys found in Farrell ' s handbag . No radio or other detonating device was found on the bodies , nor was there any bomb in the car in Gibraltar which had been identified as belonging to the bombing team . A car used by the bombers was found two days after the killings containing of Semtex with a device timed to go off during the changing of the guard . A controversial British television documentary , " Death on the Rock " , was produced about the events surrounding McCann ' s death . Funeral . At the funeral of the ' Gibraltar Three ' , three mourners ( including one IRA member ) were killed in a gun and grenade attack by loyalist Michael Stone in the Milltown Cemetery attack .
Ballycastle Castle Ballycastle Castle was a castle located at Ballycastle in County Antrim in Northern Ireland . The castle existed during the time of John Mór Tanister and was rebuilt by Sorley Boy MacDonnell in 1564 . In 1565 , the castle was occupied by Shane O ' Neill . The castle was removed by Sir Randal MacDonnell , 1st Earl of Antrim in the 17th century . Another castle was erected in 1625 by Sir Randal McDonnell , Earl of Antrim . During the Irish Confederate Wars , the castle was seized by Scottish troops in 1642 and later occupied by Cromwellian forces . The castle was returned to Alexander MacDonnell , 3rd Earl of Antrim in 1665 . The castle fell into ruins and were removed in 1856 by Charles Kirkpatrick , of Whitehall .
Charles Pierre Corvisart Baron Charles Pierre René Victoire Corvisart ( KCMG ) ( 29 June 1857 – 7 May 1939 ) was a general in the French Army who rose to prominence in World War I and a diplomat . Biography . Corvisart was the grandnephew of Napoleon I ' s personal physician Jean - Nicolas Corvisart , and son of Baron Francois Remy Corvisart Lucien ( 1824 – 1882 ) , medical officer of Heath Service of the French Second Empire . He was born at Château de Saint - Cloud , outside of Paris , and was a playmate of the Prince Imperial as a child . In 1877 he entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint - Cyr , where he specialized in cavalry . From January 1900 to July 1904 , Corvisart was a lieutenant - colonel and military attache at the French Embassy in Tokyo , Japan , and subsequently served as an official observer to Japanese operations in the Russo - Japanese War of 1904 - 1905 . He was promoted to colonel in 1906 . During his stay in Japan , he learned Japanese , and translates and annotated the official Japanese Field Service Regulations of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1907 . On 28 July 1911 , Corvisart was promoted to brigadier general and was in command of the 11th Dragoon Brigade at the start of World War I . He was transferred to command the French 9th Infantry Division on 2 August 1915 and the 123rd French Infantry Division of 14 June 1915 . He rose to command the French 17th Army Corps on 30 April 1917 . He was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor by the French government and the Army Distinguished Service Medal by the United States government for his role in the Battle of Verdun . After the end of the war , he served as a military attache to the French Embassy in London from 2 September 1918 . He went into the reserves on 29 June 1919 and retired completely from military service on 31 October 1919 .
7th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 7th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation which saw active service in the First and Second World War s . It served with the British 3rd Infantry Division in France and Belgium in 1914 – 1918 and in 1940 . On 15 September 1941 , it was converted to the Guards Support Group . On 8 December 1941 , it was reformed from the 37th Infantry Brigade ( 12th ( Eastern ) Infantry Division ) , and served with the 9th Armoured Division from June 1942 to July 1944 followed by the British 47th Infantry Division from 10 September 1944 until August 1945 . On 30 September 1944 , it was reorganised as a reserve brigade . Structure . Second World War . ( As 7th ( Guards ) Infantry Brigade ) - 3rd Sept . 1939 ( After conversion of 37th Infantry Brigade ) - 8th Dec . 1941 ( As part of the 47th ( Reserve ) Division ) - 10th Sept . 1944
USS Sparrow ( AMc - 31 ) USS " Sparrow " ( AMc - 31 ) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . World War II service . The purse seiner " Pacific " was acquired by the Navy on 14 November 1940 at San Diego , California . Fifteen days later , she was assigned the name " Sparrow " , and designated a coastal minesweeper , " AMC - 31 " . Reclassified harbor tug . On 12 December 1940 , she was reclassified as a harbor tug , and the name " Sparrow " was cancelled . On 5 February 1941 , she was named " Marin " , and redesignated a net tender , " YN - 53 " .
USS Don O . Woods ( APD - 118 ) USS " Don O . Woods " ( DE - 721 / APD - 118 ) was a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport in the United States Navy built by Dravo Corporation , Neville Island , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Her keel was laid 1 December 1944 and then launched on 9 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . H . R . Woods ( mother of Hospital Apprentice Woods ) . " Don O . Woods " was reclassified APD - 118 on 17 July 1944 and floated to Orange , Texas for completion as a high speed transport by the Consolidated Steel Corporation . She was commissioned there on 28 May 1945 with Lieutenant Commander L . H . Crosby , USNR , in command . " Don O . Woods " sailed from Norfolk 9 August 1945 and was making her transit of the Panama Canal on the day hostilities ended between Japan and the United States . She called at San Diego and proceeded to Pearl Harbor , arriving 7 September . Five days later she got underway with US Army and US Navy passengers for Saipan , continuing to Leyte , where she arrived 7 October . She served in the Philippines until 23 January 1946 when she departed Manila for the west coast . Arriving at San Pedro , California on 13 February . She was placed out of commission in reserve 18 June 1946 . " Don O . Woods " was sold and transferred to the custody of Mexico in December 1963 and renamed " Usumacinta " ( H - 06 ) , then redesignated ( B - 06 ) and renamed " Miguel Hidalgo " , her speed being reduced to 13 knots . " Miguel Hidalgo " was scheduled to be decommissioned from the Mexican Navy in the year 2000 . Namesake . " Don O . Woods " is named in honor of Hospital Apprentice First Class Don Otis Woods . He was born on 19 May 1922 in Kearney , Nebraska and enlisted in the Navy on 12 June 1940 . Hospital Apprentice Woods died of wounds received in enemy action on 8 August 1942 while serving with the Marines against Japan ese forces on Gavutu , Solomon Islands . On his own courageous initiative , Woods , in an effort to rescue several injured Marines , waded into the sea near a rock cliff where numerous hostile snipers were menacing troops . Although repeatedly warned of his imminent peril , he refused to abandon his heroic work but continued , less than twenty - five yards from the enemy position , to render medical assistance to the helpless men until he himself was mortally wounded . He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country . As a result of his exceptional courage he was posthumously presented the Silver Star .
Salvidienus Rufus Quintus Salvidienus Rufus was a Roman general and one of the closest advisors of Octavian during the early years of his political activity . Despite his humble origin he was one of Octavian ’ s best friends , together with Marcus Agrippa . Salvidienus and Agrippa were with Octavian at Apollonia at the time of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC . He became one of the most trusted of Octavian ’ s generals during the civil wars following Caesar ’ s death . In 42 BC he commanded the fleet of Octavian against Sextus Pompeius , who had taken control of Sicily and was harassing the coasts of Italy . However , Salvidienus was defeated in a naval battle fought off Rhegium , largely because of the inexperience of his crews . On Octavian ' s return from Greece after the Battle of Philippi , Salvidienus was sent to Spain with six legions , but he hastily retreated to Italy to oppose Lucius Antonius and Fulvia ( Antony ' s wife ) , who had taken up arms against Octavian , starting the so - called Perusian War . Salvidienus captured and destroyed the city of Sentinum and then , with Agrippa , surrounded Lucius Antonius ' s forces in Perusia . The other Antonine generals , who had no clear orders from Antony , remained out of the struggle and Lucius Antonius was forced to surrender after a few months of siege ( Winter 40 BC ) . After the end of the Perusian War Octavian sent Salvidienus to Gallia as a governor , with a large army of eleven legions . He was also designated as consul for 39 BC , although he had not reached senatorial rank . Despite all these honours , when Antony came from the East with large forces to confront Octavian , Salvidienus offered to desert to Antony with his legions . Apparently this proposal came after Antony had already made an agreement with Octavian ( the Pact of Brundisium ) . Antony revealed to Octavian the treachery of Salvidienus , who was accused of high treason in the senate and condemned to death in the Fall 40 BC . He was either executed or committed suicide , as reported by Livy .
Bristol Braemar The Bristol Braemar was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed at the end of the First World War for the Royal Air Force . Only two prototypes were constructed . Development . The prototype Braemar was developed in response to the establishment of the Independent Air Force in October 1917 , as a bomber capable of the long - range bombing of Berlin if necessary . A large triplane , it had internal stowage for up to six 250 lb ( 110 kg ) bombs . The initial design featured a unique engine installation with a central engine room housing all four engines . The engines were to be geared in pairs and power taken from the engines to the four propellers by power shafts . This design was abandoned early in development , and both the completed Braemars had a conventional engine installation , with the engines in inline tandem pairs , driving pusher and tractor propellers . However , the engine - room design was resurrected later in the Braemar ' s development life , for the proposed steam - powered Tramp . A contract from the Air Board for three prototypes was awarded to Bristol & Colonial on 26 February 1918 . The first prototype Braemar flew on 13 August 1918 , with four Siddeley Puma engines . The prototype showed generally good performance with a top speed of , but there were complaints from the test pilots about the view from the cockpit and the controls , and so the next aircraft produced was an improved version designated Braemar Mk . II . The Mk . II had considerably more power , in its four Liberty L - 12 engines , which gave it an improved speed of . The Braemar never entered service with the RAF , and the two prototypes were the only Braemars built . The third prototype was completed as a Pullman 14 - passenger civil transport .