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Crisis : The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asia Crisis : The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asia is a 1992 book written by Allan Beekman , who also wrote " The Niihau Incident " and " Hawaiian Tales " . " Crisis " organizes into a coherent whole the elements that coalesced into the tragedy of Pearl Harbor .
Walter Cheshire Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Graemes Cheshire GBE KCB RAF ( 21 March 1907 – 10 December 1978 ) was a senior Royal Air Force intelligence officer during World War II and a senior commander in the 1950s and early 1960s . RAF career . Educated at Downing College , Cambridge , Cheshire joined the Royal Air Force in 1926 . He served in World War II as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command , as Air Attache in Moscow and as Chief Air Intelligence Officer at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia before becoming Air Officer Commanding AHQ Indo China in October 1945 . After the War he was made Air Officer Commanding RAF Gibraltar and then Commandant of the RAF Staff College , Andover . He went on to be Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1953 , Air Officer Commanding No . 13 Group in 1955 and RAF Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1957 . Promoted to air marshal , his last roles were as Air Officer Commanding RAF Malta in 1959 and Air Member for Personnel in 1961 before retiring in 1965 .
HMS Western Isles HMS " Western Isles was a command ship of the Royal Navy during World War II , serving as the flagship of the Anti - Submarine Training School at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull under Vice Admiral Gilbert Stephenson . Launched in 1902 as the Dutch Batavier Line passenger ship Batavier IV " , after the war she served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as the training ship Hr . Ms . " Zeearend " ( A 892 ) . She was decommissioned in 1970 , and scrapped in 1972 . Ship history . The ship was built by Gourlay Brothers & Co . of Dundee as a passenger / cargo ship for Wm . H . Müller & Company ' s Batavier Line , and launched as " Batavier IV " in 1902 . Of , and with a length of , she was powered by a 3 - cylinder triple expansion engine , producing to give a maximum speed of . The ship carried 75 first class and 28 second class passengers , and up to 325 in steerage . In service on the daily Rotterdam to London route , after the invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 the ship was chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport and was sent to Guernsey to evacuate children in anticipation of the German occupation . In June she was transferred to the Royal Navy , and commissioned in September 1940 as HMS " Eastern Isles " , being renamed HMS " Western Isles " in March 1941 . She served as the flagship of Western Approaches Command ' s Anti - Submarine Training School at Tobermory where from about July 1940 all escort ships intended for Atlantic convoy duty attended before being allowed to deploy . A noted depiction of the establishment and its commander is given ( albeit in fictional form ) in Nicholas Monsarrat ' s novel " The Cruel Sea " . The Training School was closed following the end of World War II in Europe . In 1946 HMS " Western Isles " was sold to the " Koninklijke Marine " ( " Royal Netherlands Navy " ) . She was converted into a submarine warfare training ship and renamed HNLMS " Zeearend " ( A 892 ) . She was finally decommissioned in October 1970 , struck from the Navy List in July 1971 , and sold for scrapping in November 1972 .
Battle of Cetate The Battle of Cetate was fought during the Crimean War . In this battle an Ottoman force under Ahmed Pasha attempted to capture the town of Cetate in Wallachia , but were unsuccessful . Background . This battle took place during the Danube campaign of the Crimean War . In the build - up to war , Russia had occupied the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia , positioning troops on the northern ) left bank of the Danube , the border of Ottoman territory . The Ottoman Empire had responded by moving troops to the right bank to face them . In the west , on the border with Austria and Serbia , Russian troops in Cetate were faced by Ottoman forces in the fortress of Vidin . Following the Ottoman ultimatum on 4 October 1853 to withdraw within 2 weeks , Ottoman forces under Ahmed Pasha crossed the river and occupied the town of Kalafat , which they fortified as a bridgehead . Action . On 31 December 1853 Ahmed Pasha and a force of several thousand cavalry , supported by infantry , advanced to attack Cetate , which was held by a Russian detachment , under Colonel AK Baumgarten . This attack was repulsed , after which both sides called up reinforcements . On 6 January 1854 ( Christmas Day in the Orthodox calendar ) Ahmed renewed his assault with a force of 18 , 000 men . This was successful , and the Russian force was driven from the town with heavy losses . However , Russian reinforcements were also arriving during the day , and Ahmed , fearing an assault on his base and being cut off himself , abandoned the town and retreated to Kalafat . Aftermath . The battle at Cetate was ultimately indecisive . After heavy casualties on both sides , both armies were back at their start positions . The Ottoman forces were still in a strong position and barring contact between the Russians and the Serbs , to whom they looked for support , but were themselves no nearer driving the Russians from the Principalities , their stated aim .
1st Reserve Division ( German Empire ) The 1st Reserve Division ( " 1 . Reserve - Division " ) was a reserve infantry division of the Imperial German Army in World War I . It was formed , on mobilization in August 1914 , from reserve infantry units , primarily from East Prussia , and was part of I Reserve Corps . The division served on the Eastern Front from the beginning of the war until October 1917 , after which it was transferred to the Western Front for the war ' s final campaigns . It was rated a third class division by Allied intelligence , mainly due to its losses in heavy fighting and reduced quality of replacement troops . August 1914 organization . The 1st Reserve Division ' s initial wartime organization was as follows : Late World War I organization . Divisions underwent many changes during the war , with regiments moving from division to division , and some being destroyed and rebuilt . During the war , most divisions became triangular - one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments ( a " square division " ) . The 1st Reserve Division triangularized in June 1917 . An artillery commander replaced the artillery brigade headquarters , the cavalry was further reduced , the engineer contingent was increased , and a divisional signals command was created . The 1st Reserve Division ' s order of battle on January 1 , 1918 was as follows :
Kosmos 2381 Kosmos 2381 ( meaning " Cosmos 2381 " ) is one of a set of three Russia n military satellites launched in 2001 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . It was launched with Kosmos 2380 and Kosmos 2382 . This satellite is a GLONASS satellite , also known as Uragan , and is numbered Uragan No . 789 . Kosmos 2380 / 1 / 2 were launched from Site 81 / 24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . A Proton - K carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 18 : 04 UTC on 1 December 2001 . The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2001 - 053B . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 26988 . It was in the first orbital plane in orbital slot 3 . It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation .
Alanya Castle Alanya Castle ( Alanya Kalesi ) is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya . History . Most of the castle was built in the 13th century under the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm following the city ' s conquest in 1220 by Alaeddin Keykubad I as part of a building campaign that included the Kızıl Kule . The castle was built on the remnants of earlier Byzantine era and Roman era fortifications . After the area was pacified under the Ottoman Empire , the castle ceased to be purely defensive , and numerous villas were built inside the walls during the 19th century . Today the building is an open air museum . Access to the seaward castle is ticketed , but much of the area inside the wall , including the landward castle is open to the general public . The castle is located high on a rocky peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean Sea , which protects it from three sides . The wall which surrounds the castle is long and includes 140 towers . 400 different cisterns were built to serve the castle . In 2009 , city officials filed to include Alanya Castle and Tersane as UNESCO World Heritage Sites , and were named to the 2009 Tentative List .
Battle of Callann The Battle of Callann was fought in August 1261 between the Normans , under John FitzGerald , and the Gaelic forces of Fínghin Mac Carthaigh , King of Desmond , ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty . It took place in the townland of Callan or Collon near modern day Kilgarvan , County Kerry . MacCarthaigh was victorious . Contemporary accounts of the battle . All of the following excerpts were taken from the University College of Cork ' s Corpus of Electronic Texts ( CELT ) , which can be found online . " 1261 . 5 Very destructive war was waged against the Galls this year by Fingen son of Domnall Mac Carthaig and his kinsmen . " " 1261 . 6 A great hosting was made by the Fitz Geralds into Desmond , to attack Mac Carthaig ; but he attacked them and routed them and fitz Thomas , John by name , and his son killed there , as well as fifteen knights , besides eight noble barons and many young squires and countless soldiery . He killed Barrach Mor ( Barry More ) also . Afterwards Fingen Mac Carthaig was killed by the Galls and the kingship of Desmond was assumed by his brother , the Ex - cleric Mac Carthaig . " " 1261 . 4 John Fitz Thomas and the Barrymore were killed by Finghin Mag Carrthaigh and by the Desmonians likewise and a large number of other Foreigners were killed . " " 1261 . 5 Finghin Mac Carrthaigh was killed by the Foreigners . " " 1261 . 5 A great war was waged , and many injuries were inflicted , by Fineen Mac Carthy , son of Donnell Mac Carthy , and his brothers , on the English . " " 1261 . 6 A great army was marched by the Clann - Gerald Geraldines into Desmond , to attack Mac Carthy , i . e . Fineen . Mac Carthy attacked and defeated them ; and in this contest were slain eight barons and five knights , besides others of the English nobles , as also John Fitz Thomas and Barry More . Countless numbers of the English common soldiers were also killed in the aforesaid battle . " " 1261 . 7 Fineen Mac Carthy was afterwards killed by the English , and the lordship of Desmond was assumed by his brother , the Aithcleireach Mac Carthy . " " 1261 . 4 A great war was waged , and numerous injuries were committed , by Finghin , son of Domhnall Mac Carthaigh , and his brothers , against Foreigners in this year . " " 1261 . 5 A great hosting by the Clann - Gerald into Des - Mumha , to attack Mac Carthaigh ; and Mac Carthaigh attacked them , and defeated them , and Fitz - Thomas ( John proprium nomen ) , and his son , and fifteen knights and eight noble barons along with them , were slain there , besides several young men , and soldiers innumerable . And the Barrach Mór was also killed there . Finghin Mac Carthaigh was subsequently slain by the Foreigners , and the sovereignty of Des - Mumha was assumed after him by his brother , i . e . the Aithchleirech Mac Carthaigh . "
USS Dawn ( IX - 186 ) The third USS " Dawn " ( IX - 186 ) was a United States Navy tanker in commission from 1944 to 1946 . " Dawn " was built in 1920 as the commercial tanker " Vacuum " by Moore Shipbuilding Company at Oakland , California . During World War II it came under control of the War Shipping Administration , which transferred it to the U . S . Navy at Brisbane , Australia , on 25 December 1944 . It was commissioned on 26 December 1944 as the " miscellaneous unclassified " ship USS " Dawn " ( IX - 186 ) with Lieutenant Commander H . V . Perron in command . " Dawn " departed Brisbane on 7 January 1945 for Hollandia , New Guinea , where it completed its outfitting between 17 January 1945 and 24 January 1945 . It then carried gasoline to Leyte in the Philippine Islands , where it arrived on 2 February 1945 . It provided floating gasoline storage in the Philippines until 11 November 1945 . On 11 November 1945 , " Dawn " got underway for San Diego , California , arriving there on 1 January 1946 . On 8 January 1946 , it departed for Norfolk , Virginia , arriving there on 8 February 1946 . " Dawn " was decommissioned at Norfolk on 12 April 1946 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration the same day . It is currently in San Francisco Bay ghost fleet , row J .
USS Cardinal ( MHC - 60 ) USS " Cardinal " ( MHC - 60 ) was the tenth " Osprey " - class coastal mine hunter in the United States Navy . She was commissioned on 18 October 1997 , decommissioned on 7 January 2007 and sold to Egypt .
Adil Zulfikarpašić Adil Zulfikarpašić ( 23 December 1921 – 21 July 2008 ) was a prominent Bosniak politician and intellectual . Biography . Adil Zulfikarpašić was born in Foča , a town along the Drina river in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( now Bosnia and Herzegovina ) . In 1938 he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and became a Party organizer . In 1942 , during World War II , he was caught by the Ustaše ( the Croatian pro - Nazi forces ) in Sarajevo and was tortured by them and sentenced to death . With the help of Yugoslav Partisans he escaped and in 1945 with the war ending in victory over the Axis powers , the Communists came into power and Zulfikarpašić was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade . He soon became disillusioned with the Josip Broz Tito ' s government and fled into exile in Zurich , Switzerland . He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the lead up to the Bosnian War , as Bosnia and Herzegovina held an independence referendum for independence , Zulfikarpašić stood alongside the future Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegović . He was a member of Izetbegovic ' s Party of Democratic Action , but soon formed another party because of differing political views , the Muslim Bosniak Organization with Muhamed Filipović . In 2001 he established the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo . In 2002 he was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
John A . Seitz Brigadier General John " Andy " Andrew Seitz ( est . 1908 – January 4 , 1987 ) was the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps . Family and education . General Seitz was born in Leavenworth , Kansas and graduated from Leavenworth High School . His brother was Lieutenant General Richard J . Seitz . Seitz was a 1932 graduate of the University of Kansas . In 1987 , he was a recipient of the school ' s Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award . He had two wives . His second wife was Dorothy " Dottie " Seitz ( 1918 - 2010 ) , who was previously married to Colonel Seaborn . Seitz had a son , Colonel John Andrew Seitz III . Military career . An artillery officer , during World War II , Seitz served in the Pacific and with the War Department in Washington . From January to February 1960 he was the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Ft . Riley . From 1961 to 1963 he was the chief of staff of the Fifth Army . From there , he was the commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Ft . Bragg . Following his retirement in 1967 , General Seitz a vice president with the First National Bank and Trust Company in Junction City , Kansas . His military decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster , the Korean Order of Merit with Star , and the Master Parachutist Badge . The road leading to the officer ' s club at Ft . Riley is named for General Seitz .
Clarence R . Autery Clarence R . Autery was a Major General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Autery was born in Corrigan , Texas in 1933 . He would go on to graduate from Baylor University . Autery died on February 23 , 2010 . Career . Autery completed his training in 1959 . He was then assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base as a Boeing B - 52 Stratofortress pilot . In 1961 , he was stationed at Toul - Rosières Air Base , where he flew the Douglas B - 66 Destroyer . In 1965 , Autery was deployed to serve in the Vietnam War . He was first stationed at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base . Later , he was assigned to the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base , where he flew the McDonnell Douglas F - 4 Phantom II . After serving for a time at the headquarters of the Air Force , Autery assumed command of the 17th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Zweibrücken Air Base , again flying the McDonnell Douglas F - 4 Phantom II . He then served as Chief of Maintenance of the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing before transferring to the United States Air Forces in Europe in 1973 , serving as the Executive Officer to the Commander in Chief . After graduating from the United States Army War College in 1975 , Autery was stationed at Beale Air Force Base . While there , he eventually served as Vice Commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing . He joined the 28th Bombardment Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1977 , serving in the same position until assuming command the following year . Later , Autery joined Strategic Air Command . He would become Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations before assuming command of the 3rd Air Division at Andersen Air Force Base in 1982 . In 1984 , he was named Vice Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base . Autery later became Director of Programs and Evaluation in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff , Programs and Resources of the Air Force before retiring in 1988 . Awards he received during his career include the Legion of Merit , the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters , the Meritorious Service Medal , the Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters and the Air Force Commendation Medal .
Chilean submarine Tegualda Tegualda was an H class submarine of the Chilean Navy . The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom ' s Royal Navy as HMS " H16 , but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as H2 " . Career . " H16 " was a British H class submarine built by Fore River Yard of Quincy , Massachusetts . She was launched on 26 July 1915 . Because the United States was neutral ( having not yet entered World War I ) , " H16 " along with sister ships , , , , , , , , and were all interned by the United States government . As a result , " H16 " was never commissioned into the Royal Navy . Instead , she and " H13 " , " H17 " , " H18 " , " H19 " , and " H20 " were transferred to the Chilean Navy as partial recompensation for the appropriation of two 28 , 000 - ton dreadnoughts ( and ) . Originally named " H2 " when turned over to Chile in 1917 , she was renamed " Tegualda " in 1924 . She served with the Chilean Navy until she was stricken in 1945 .
No . 282 Squadron RAF No . 282 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air - sea rescue squadron during the second world war . History . No . 282 Squadron was formed at RAF Castletown , Scotland on 1 January 1943 as an air - sea rescue squadron . The squadron was equipped with the Supermarine Walrus and the Avro Anson . The squadron disbanded on 12 January 1944 when it was absorbed by 278 Squadron . The squadron reformed at RAF Davidstow Moor on 1 February 1944 to provide air - sea rescue cover of the Western Approaches . The squadron kept the Walrus aircraft and additionally operated the Vickers Warwick and Supermarine Sea Otter . At the end of the Second World War the squadron disbanded at RAF St Eval on 19 July 1945 .
USS Chicopee ( 1863 ) USS " Chicopee " ( 1863 ) was a large steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy for various purposes , but especially to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . " Chicopee " , a double - ended side wheel steamer , was built by Paul Curtis , Boston , Massachusetts ; launched 4 March 1863 ; and commissioned 7 May 1864 , Commander A . D . Harell in command . Assigned to blockade operations off the U . S . East Coast . From 10 June 1864 " Chicopee " sailed off the coast and in the inland waters of North Carolina . She joined in the operations which led to the capture of Plymouth , North Carolina , between 29 October and 1 November 1864 . Later she cooperated with the Union Army in the expeditions to Pitch Landing and against Rainbow Bluff , North Carolina , of December 1864 . After overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard in early 1865 , " Chicopee " returned to North Carolina waters , and resumed her cruising with the North Atlantic Squadron until 24 December 1865 when she arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard . She returned to Wilmington , North Carolina , 23 January 1866 , and continued to cruise off the North Carolina coast until 3 December , sailing then for Washington , D . C . Post - war decommissioning and sale . She was placed out of commission there 19 December 1866 and sold 8 October 1867 .
LÉ Grainne ( CM10 ) LÉ " Gráinne " ( CM10 ) was a in the Irish Naval Service . She was the former . She was named after Gráinne , a legendary princess who was promised to Fionn Mac Cumhail but ran away with his young follower Diarmuid . " Oulston " was purchased from the Royal Navy in 1971 , and commissioned as " Gráinne " . She was stricken in 1987 and sold to Spanish interests for breaking .
Operation Dunhill During World War II , Operation Dunhill was a Special Air Service operation which began on 3 August 1944 . Five teams , totalling 59 men , were to disrupt German activity in advance of Operation Cobra the American breakout from Normandy . In the event , four of the teams were relieved by the advancing Americans within twenty - four hours . The fifth team reported on German movements and secured about 200 Allied airmen before they linked up with the ground forces on 24 August .