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Battle of Strumica The Battle of Strumica took place near Strumica ( or " Strumitsa , " present - day Republic of Macedonia ) in August 1014 between Bulgarian and Byzantine forces . Shortly after the disaster at Kleidion , Bulgarian troops under Emperor Samuil ' s son Gavril Radomir defeated the army of the governor of Thessaloniki , Theophylactus Botaniates , who perished in the battle . After his death the Byzantine Emperor Basil II was forced to pull back from Bulgaria and could not use his success in the battle of Kleidion . The battle . After his victory on 29 July 1014 , when a large part of the Bulgarian army was destroyed , Basil II marched westwards and seized the small fortress of Matsukion near Strumitsa , but the town itself remained in Bulgarian hands . That is why the Byzantine Emperor sent an army led by one of his most capable generals , Theophylactus Botaniates , to destroy the palisades to the south of the town , which had been built by Samuil before the campaign . Thus he would clear the way of the Byzantines to Thessaloniki through the valley of the Vardar river . The historian Vasil Zlatarski specifies the battlefield at the Kosturino gorge between the mountains Belasitsa and Plavush . The Byzantines could not organize their defense in the narrow pass and were annihilated . Most of their troops perished including their commander . According to bishop Michael of Devol , Botaniates was killed by the heir to the Bulgarian throne Gavril Radomir , who pierced the Byzantine general with his spear . Upon the news of that unexpected and heavy defeat , Basil II was forced to immediately retreat eastwards and not through the planned route via Thessaloniki . He also lifted the siege of Strumitsa . In order to break the spirit of the Bulgarians , Basil II blinded thousands of soldiers previously captured at Kleidion and sent them to Samuil .
General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania ( " Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija " ) is a state - sponsored institution of higher learning based in Vilnius , Lithuania . It was founded in 1994 by the Lithuanian Seimas , and is overseen by the Ministry of National Defense . Originally known as the Military Academy of Lithuania , it was renamed in 1998 in honor of General Jonas Žemaitis , a commander of the armed anti - Soviet resistance in Lithuania . Facilities . The Academy , comprising nine departments , also holds a library , a research center , sports complexes , a museum , and barracks . Affiliations . It works in cooperation with other NATO countries , and has established relationships with the Virginia Military Institute , the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , and the École spéciale militaire de Saint - Cyr . Program . Programs lead to bachelor ' s degrees in personnel management , transport engineering management , and international relations , and post - graduate degrees in personnel management and military diplomacy .
Sizergh Castle and Garden Sizergh Castle and Garden is a castle , stately home and garden at Helsington in the English county of Cumbria , about south of Kendal , and in the care of the National Trust . Details . The Deincourt family owned this land from the 1170s . On the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239 , the estate passed into the hands of what became the Strickland family , who owned it until it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950 . The Strickland family still live at the Castle . The core of the medieval castle is a 14th - century solar tower surrounded by a Tudor house . It was extended in Elizabethan times and has oak - panelled interiors , including the Inlaid Chamber , complete with period furniture and panelling inlaid with poplar and oak . The contents of the Inlaid Chamber had been sold to the Victoria and Albert Museum ( V & A ) . During the last part of the 20th century , the V & A starting loaning the panelling back piecemeal . The entirety of the panelling was restored in 1999 under a long - term loan . Around 1770 , the great hall was again expanded in the Georgian style . Catherine Parr , the sixth wife of Henry VIII and a relative of the Stricklands , is thought to have lived here after her first husband died in 1533 . Catherine ' s second husband , Lord Latymer , was kin to the dowager Lady Strickland . The estate covers , in the midst of which is a garden including two lakes as well as an award - winning rock garden . The estate dates from 1336 , when a grant from Edward III allowed Sir Walter Strickland to enclose the land around Sizergh as his exclusive park . The rock garden is the largest limestone rock garden belonging to the National Trust and includes part of the National Collection of hardy fern s . The Castle contains a variety of paintings , including the following :
Tongue Point Naval Air Station Tongue Point Naval Air Station is a former United States Navy air station located in Astoria , Oregon In 1919 , the United States Congress approved the construction of a submarine and destroyer base on Tongue Point , a peninsula jutting into the Columbia River East of Astoria , Oregon . Construction was not started until 1921 and was completed in 1924 . However , with the military downsizing following World War I , the base was never used . Prior to World War II Tongue Point was designated as the site of a Naval Air Station ( NAS ) . Ground Breaking took place in 1939 but there were a numerous delays until construction was finally completed in 1943 . PBY Catalina seaplanes then arrived and began coastal patrols . The facility was also used as a site for pre - commissioning and commissioning escort aircraft carrier s built in shipyards in the Portland - Vancouver area . After World War II the NAS was closed and converted into a Ready Reserve site . In 1962 , the Navy transferred the base to the General Services Administration . One of the first Job Corps centers in the Nation was opened at the site in 1964 .
USS Halawa ( AOG - 12 ) USS " Halawa " ( AOG - 12 ) was a gasoline tanker acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . " Halawa " was built as " Blue Sunoco " in 1929 by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co . , Chester , Pennsylvania , and operated as a tanker for the Sun Oil Co . until acquired by the Navy through the Maritime Commission in 1942 . She was renamed " Halawa " and commissioned 10 April 1942 , at Pearl Harbor , Lt . Comdr . W . J . Lane in command . World War II service . " Halawa " was based at Pearl Harbor and vicinity during the entire war . She operated at the Naval Base and at Naval Air Station Kaneohe supplying fuel oil and diesel fuel . The ship made occasional voyages to Palmyra , Canton , and Johnston Islands 1942 - 1944 , supplying those bases with fuel . While returning to Pearl Harbor from Canton Island 21 December 1944 " Halawa " suffered a serious generator failure and was towed the rest of the way by tug " ATR - 12 " . After her arrival 26 December she stayed at Pearl Harbor until being towed to San Francisco , California , after the war . Decommissioning . " Halawa " arrived San Francisco 25 September 1945 and decommissioned 25 October . She was returned to the Maritime Commission , was placed in reserve for a time , and was sold 5 July 1948 to Foss Launch and Tug Co . Fate : unknown .
Foça Naval Base Foça Naval Base ( ) is a base of the Turkish Navy on the eastern coast of Aegean Sea , south by south - east of Foça in İzmir Province . The base is home to the Marines ( Naval Infantry ) for amphibious operation s . At the Foça Naval Base , the Southern Sea Area Command of the Turkish Navy maintains several Marines and Special Operations units . Homeported vessels are various landing ships and crafts of LST , LCT and LCM .
Ferdinand Čatloš Ferdinand Čatloš ( October 7 , 1895 , Liptovský Peter - December 16 , 1972 , Martin , Slovakia ) was a Slovak military officer and politician . Throughout his short career in the administration of the Slovak Republic he held the post of Minister of Defence . He was also the commanding officer of the Field Army Bernolák during the Invasion of Poland . At the conclusion of World War II , he was imprisoned for three years and released in 1948 . He spent the remainder of his life working as an ordinary clerk in Martin , Slovakia .
Supreme War Council ( Japan ) The was established during the development of representative government in Meiji period Japan to further strengthen the authority of the state . Its first leader was Yamagata Aritomo ( 1838 – 1922 ) , a Chōshū native who has been credited with the founding of the modern Japanese army and was to become the first constitutional prime minister . The Supreme War Council developed a German - style general staff system with a chief of staff who had direct access to the emperor and who could operate independently of the army minister and civilian officials . The Supreme War Council was the " de facto " inner cabinet of Japan prior to the Second Sino - Japanese War . Liaison Conference . From November 1937 and following Emperor Shōwa ' s order , the " Gunji sangikan kaigi " was in effect replaced by the Imperial General Headquarters - Government Liaison Conference . The Liaison Conferences were intended by the emperor to bring the chiefs of Army and Navy General Staff into closer consultation with his government and to assist in integrating the decisions and needs of the two military sections of Imperial General Headquarters with the resources and policies of the rest of the government . The final decisions of Liaison Conferences were formally disclosed and approved at Imperial Conferences over which the emperor presided in person at the Kyūden of the Tokyo Imperial Palace . Amongst its members were the following people : On the eve of the Attack on Pearl Harbor , the most notable members of the conference consisted of : Supreme Council for the Direction of the War . In 1944 , Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso established the " Supreme Council for the Direction of the War " ( " Saikō sensō shidō kaigi " ) , which replaced the earlier " Supreme War Council " . At the end of the war on August 14 , 1945 , it consisted of :
Republic of Vietnam Military Forces The Republic of Vietnam Military Forces or RVNMF ( – QLVNCH ) , were the official armed defense forces of the Republic of Vietnam ( RVN ) , a state that existed from 1955 to 1975 in the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . The QLVNCH was responsible for the defense of South Vietnam since its independence from France in October 1955 . Branches . The QLVNCH was formally established on December 30 , 1955 by the Strongman and republican first President of the Republic of Vietnam ( known simply as ‘ South Vietnam ’ ) Ngo Dinh Diem , which he declared on 26 October that year after winning a rigged referendum for either making South Vietnam a constitutional monarchy , or a presidential republic . Created out from ex - French Union Army colonial Indochinese auxiliary units ( French : " Supplétifs " ) , gathered earlier on July 1951 into the French - led Vietnamese National Army – VNA ( Vietnamese : " Quân Đội Quốc Gia Việt Nam " – QĐQGVN ) , Armée Nationale Vietnamiènne ( ANV ) in French , the armed forces of the new state consisted in the mid - 1950s of ground , air , and naval branches of service , respectively : Their roles were defined as follows : to protect the sovereignty of the free Vietnamese nation and that of the Republic ; to maintain the political and social order and the rule of law by providing internal security ; to defend the newly independent Republic of Vietnam from external ( and internal ) threats ; and ultimately , to help reunify Vietnam – divided since the Geneva Accords in July 1955 into two transitional states , one at the north ruled by Ho Chi Minh ’ s Communist Viet Cong regime and the other in the south under Diem ’ s anti - communist government .
Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 The Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 ( 75 mm M . 28 ) was a mountain gun manufactured by Skoda Works and exported to Yugoslavia . It was a modernized version of the Skoda 75 mm Model 15 . The gun typically had a 75 mm barrel ; however , it could be fitted with a 90 mm barrel . The Wehrmacht redesignated these guns as 7 . 5 cm GebK 28 ( in Einheitslafette mit 9 cm GebH ) or 7 . 5 cm GebK 285 ( j ) . The gun crew was protected by an armour ed shield .
Barclay Coppock " Edwin Coppock , Barclay ' s brother , redirects here . " Barclay Coppock ( January 4 , 1839 – September 4 , 1861 ) was a follower of John Brown and a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War . Along with his brother Edwin Coppock ( June 30 , 1835 – December 16 , 1859 ) , he participated in Brown ' s raid on Harpers Ferry . In historic documents their last name was variously spelled " Coppock " , " Coppoc " , or " Coppac " . The Coppock brothers were raised in Springdale , Iowa , where they met Brown while he was raising support for his Kansas anti - slavery raids . Edwin was hanged in Charlestown , Virginia , while Barclay eventually escaped to Canada ; his flight was aided by Iowa governor Samuel Kirkwood , who refused to extradite him when Barclay was discovered hiding in Iowa . Edwin Coppock is buried in Hope Cemetery in Salem , Ohio . Barclay later joined the Union Army during the American Civil War and served as a recruiting officer . Barclay was killed in action when Confederate sabotage derailed his train over the Platte River , an incident called the Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy . References . abolitionist
Australian Service Medal 1945 – 1975 The Australian Service Medal 1945 – 1975 recognises service in peacekeeping or non - warlike operations in the 30 - year period following World War II , and prior to February 1975 . The medal was established on 22 February 1995 . The Australian Service Medal recognises non - warlike service after February 1975 . Clasps . The medal has the following clasps : BERLIN . 30 days service Service with the ' Berlin Airlift ' , from 26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949 . FESR . 30 days service with the Far East Strategic Reserve ( FESR ) , from 2 July 1955 to 31 October 1971 . GERMANY . 30 days service during the occupation of Germany from 9 May 1945 to 19 October 1951 INDONESIA . 30 days service with : JAPAN . 30 days service with British Commonwealth Occupation Force ( BCOF ) in Japan from 3 September 1945 to 28 April 1952 KASHMIR . 30 days service with UN mission in India / Pakistan , from 13 August 1948 to 13 February 1975 . KOREA . 30 days service in total with any of : PNG . 30 days service in Papua New Guinea in nation building , training and administration of defence forces , and humanitarian relief from 3 September 1945 to 16 September 1975 SW PACIFIC . 30 days service associated with : MIDDLE EAST . 30 days service with any of : SE ASIA . 30 days service : SPECIAL OPS . For service on Special Operations , for activities and dates as specified by the Chief of the Defence Force , at some time in the period 3 September 1945 and 13 February 1975 . THAILAND . 30 days service : W NEW GUINEA . 30 days service with UNTEA from 3 October 1962 to 30 April 1963 .
Asa Pollard Asa Pollard ( November 15 , 1735 – July 15 , 1775 ) was an American soldier . He was the first soldier to fall at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War . Early life . Asa Pollard born on November 15 , 1735 in North Billerica , Massachusetts from John and Mary Pollard , two farmers . American Revolutionary War . Pollard enlisted in the Continental Army on May 8 , 1775 , and his first battle was the Battle at Lexington and Concord
Charles Jackson Paine Charles Jackson Paine ( August 26 , 1833 – August 12 , 1916 ) was an American railroad executive , soldier , and yachtsman who was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Biography . Paine was born in Boston , Massachusetts . He graduated at Harvard in 1853 and made a considerable fortune in railroad enterprises . In 1861 he entered the Federal service as a captain in the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry . The next year he was sent to Ship Island , Mississippi . In October , he was commissioned as the first colonel of the 2nd Louisiana Infantry . During the siege of Port Hudson ( May 24 – July 8 , 1863 ) he commanded a brigade . On March 4 , 1864 , Paine resigned his commission and returned to Massachusetts . The following July , he again entered the service as a brigadier general . On September 29 , Paine led a division of black troops at New Market Heights , located south of Richmond , Virginia . Paine participated in both expeditions against Fort Fisher ( December 1864 / January 1865 ) , although his troops played only a minor role . His division was however more actively engaged during the following battle of Wilmington . After the war , he served briefly as the district commander at New Berne , and managed to arrange the retrieval of Robert Gould Shaw ' s captured sword , so that it could be returned to the bereaved family . On January 15 , 1866 , he was brevetted as a major general of volunteers . During his later years , Paine took a great interest in yachting . He was the owner of the " Puritan " , the " Mayflower " , and the " Volunteer " , each of which successfully defended the " America ' s cup " against a British challenger . Paine , along with Charles Eliot , future president of Harvard , was one of the oarsmen in the first boat race between Harvard and Yale ( August 1852 ) , which was the first inter - collegiate sporting event in North America . He would be one of the charter members of The Country Club ( Brookline , Massachusetts ) , the prototype of country clubs everywhere , and built one of the first golf courses in North America in Weston , Massachusetts . He reputedly played with red golfballs , so as to be able to find them in the winter among the snowdrifts . Paine helped finance the founding of Middlesex School ( Concord , Massachusetts ) , of which his son - in - law Frederick Winsor was the founder and first headmaster . Paine ' s interest in sports continued into the next generation : two of his sons , John B . and Sumner , won pistol - shooting events at the first modern Olympic Games ( Athens 1896 ) .
Emanoil Bârzotescu Emanoil Bârzotescu ( born 1888 , died 1968 ) was a Romanian Major - General during World War II . He served as General Officer Commanding 1st Division from 1940 to 1942 , and retired in 1942 . In 1945 , he was first recalled , then put into reserve , and finally served as General Officer Commanding 6th Corps Area . He was put in reserve again in 1946 , re - retired in 1947 , and was arrested in 1950 . References . < br >
Charles Graham Robertson Charles Graham Robertson VC MM ( 4 July 1879 – 10 May 1954 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Robertson first served with the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War . Robertson was 38 years old , and a lance - corporal in the 10th Battalion , Royal Fusiliers , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . He served in World War II in the Home Guard . The Medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London , England . This and his other medals were presented to the museum by his widow in 1977 .
George Hollis George Hollis VC ( October 1833 – 16 May 1879 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He was about 24 years old , and a Farrier in the 8th Hussars ( The King ' s Royal Irish ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 17 June 1858 at Gwalior , India for which he was awarded the VC : Farrier Hollis - together with a captain ( Clement Walker Heneage ) , a sergeant ( Joseph Ward ) and a private ( John Pearson ) was in a charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars . His citation reads : Medal . In 1994 a man watching racehorses being trained on the Curragh in County Kildare , Ireland , glimpsed a small piece of metal being thrown up with mud by a horse galloping by ; this turned out to be a Victoria Cross ( minus its bar ) . It was presumed to have been one of the four awarded to the 8th Hussars , as they were based at the Curragh between 1869 and 1875 . Until 1881 soldiers were required to wear all their medals while on duty and it was believed that a member of the Hussars could have lost the medal while training on horseback on the Curragh . It was thought likely that the medal belonged to either George Hollis or John Pearson as the other two medals were accounted for ; however Pearson ' s VC subsequently turned up in auction at 2004 , along with his other medals .
Louis Gedeon Louis Gedeon was a United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor on February 4 , 1900 . During the Philippine - American War . He later obtained the rank of Sergeant . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : Private , Company G , 19th U . S . Infantry . Place and Date : At Mount Amia , Cebu , Philippine Islands , February 4 , 1900 . Entered Service At : Pittsburgh , Pa . Birth : Pittsburgh , Pa . Date of Issue : March 10 , 1902 . Citation : Singlehanded , defended his mortally wounded captain from an overwhelming force of the enemy . Note . One of the main sources of information about the action was provided by then Corporal Benjamin Foulois , who later became an aviation pioneer and U . S . Army Major General who wrote a letter to Gedeon ' s Mother .
Bombardment of Genoa The Bombardment of Genoa was a military event during the War of the Reunions when France bombarded the city of Genoa from the sea between May 18 and May 28 , 1684 . Background . The Republic of Genova , was a strategically very important ally of the Spanish Empire , as the Spanish Duchy of Milan was landlocked . All transport between Spain and Milan went over the port of Genoa . Furthermore , the financing of the Spanish crown by the Genovan bankers had made both countries natural allies ever since 1557 , when the state bankruptcy of Philip II had ended the reign of the German Fuggers as Spanish financiers . After the War of Devolution and the Franco - Dutch War , it was clear that France had replaced Spain as the most powerful country in Europe . In October 1683 France annexed some territory in the Spanish Netherlands , starting the War of the Reunions . When Spain sent reinforcements via the port of Genoa , the French decided to punish the city . Without a formal declaration of war a French fleet , commanded by Abraham Duquesne , bombarded the city of Genova between May 18 and May 22 , 1684 . About 13 , 000 cannonballs were shot at the city in ten days time with a pause from May 21 – 22 . The bombardment was terrible for the city and all the Genoan people because it was the first time in history in which explosive bombs were used , although of stone or iron . The French tried to land troops at Albaro ( as a diversion ) and Sampierdarena ( as main attack ) but they were defeated by Genoan troops and volunteers from Polcevera valley . Consequences . In 1682 , François Pidou de Saint Olon became the first French resident envoy to the Republic of Genoa , following the bombardment , he was actively involved in the bombardment : indeed he communicated precious information to the French about the defence of Genoa and the position of the batteries of guns , being practically a spy . The Republic of Genoa came under French influence for the next 100 years , although it remained independent and became neutral . The Genoan bankers and traders made new economic and financial links with France . Sources . Genova 1684 , World History at KMLA