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Hermann Boehm ( admiral ) Hermann Boehm ( 18 January 1884 , Rybnik – 11 April 1972 , Kiel ) was a German naval officer who rose to the rank of General Admiral during the Second World War . Military service . Boehm joined the Kaiserliche Marine on 1 April 1903 as a cadet and did his basic training on SMS " Stein " . He was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 19 September 1914 and during the First World War commanded various torpedo boats . In 1919 he was dismissed from the service , but when the navy was reactivated as the Reichsmarine in 1920 he was recalled to it , mainly serving in staff posts until 1933 . On 3 October 1933 Boehm was made the commander of the " Hessen " for a year , until he was promoted to Konteradmiral in autumn 1934 and appointed commander in chief of the navy ' s reconnaissance forces . From 25 August 1936 to 3 August 1937 , during the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War , he commanded the German naval forces off the Spanish coast . On 1 April 1937 he was promoted to vice admiral and put in command of the North Sea Station . Early in 1938 he became a full admiral and in November the same year Flottenchef ( fleet commander ) . Shortly after the Battle of Poland , Boehm was relieved of command and left without a post for several months . After the invasion of Norway in April 1940 , he was made the commander of German naval forces there on 10 April 1940 , being promoted to General Admiral on 1 April the following year . In March 1943 he was recalled from Norway and on 31 May that year officially discharged from active service , effective on the following 1 June . From 1 March 1944 to 31 March 1945 he commanded the inspectorate of the Kriegsmarine ' s education programme , at the end of which post he was fully discharged from the Kriegsmarine .
SS Charles H . Cugle SS " Charles H . Cugle " was a Type Z - EC2 - S - C5 Liberty ship built by J . A . Jones Construction of Panama City , Florida , launched on 13 August 1945 . It was ordered by the War Shipping Administration under Maritime Commission Contract number 3145 . As part of the Army Nuclear Power Program the ship was transferred to the U . S . Army in March 1963 , and fitted with a pressurized water reactor , fuelled by used low enriched uranium , designed by Martin Marietta , becoming the world ' s first floating nuclear power plant , at a cost of $ 17 million . Now renamed USS " Sturgis " ( MH - 1A ) the reactor began operation on 24 January 1967 at Fort Belvoir , Virginia , generating 10 MWe of electrical power . The reactor barge was then towed to Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal Zone to provide power , owing to a lack of water for the hydroelectric plant . The ship returned to Fort Belvoir in early 1977 , and the reactor deactivated and de - fueled . The ship was decontaminated , sealed , and assigned to the James River Reserve Fleet for an expected 50 years of SAFSTOR .
Special Warfare Diving and Salvage The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage ( Bengali : স্পেশাল ওয়ারফেয়ার ডাইভিং অ্যান্ড স্যালভেজ ) or SWADS is an elite Special Operations Force of the Bangladesh Navy . The SWADS are professional soldiers and are recruited through the Bangladesh Navy . The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage ( SWADS ) is organized , trained and equipped along the lines of SEAL / UDT teams of the United States Navy SEALs and the Republic of Korea Navy UDT / SEAL . The SWADS are composed of one unit . Although information about individual units is classified , the size of the organization is believed to be around thousand and its command centre is in the southern port city of Chittagong . Its base is formally known as " Nirvik " . History . Although Bangladeshi navy personnel were trained in American soil since the 1970s , American navy instructors were instrumental in creating SWADS in late 2008 . SWADS was formally created in 2009 with 150 commandos and 200 divers recruited . US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena provided assistance in the creation of the unit . The unit ' s lineage is traced back to the Nau Commandos during the country ' s Liberation War against Pakistan . SWADS operators have participated alongside American Navy SEALs in Joint Combined Training Exchange programs under Tiger Shark exercises . Selection . SWADS operatives are recruited from the Navy and are trained in Bangladesh and abroad . They are also trained by various navy special forces instructors from South Korea , Turkey and the United States . Duties . Their missions are including but not limited to : Weapons & Equipments . The SWADS are equipped with the following weapons / equipment :
Vought XF3U The Vought XF3U was the prototype of a two - seat , all - metal biplane fighter , built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas , Texas for the United States Navy . Development and design . The XF3U was designed to meed the Bureau of Aeronautics 1932 " Design Specification No . 111 " , which called for a high - performance fighter with a fixed undercarriage and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R - 1535 Twin Wasp Junior air - cooled radial engine . Of the seven proposed aircraft the XF3U and the Douglas XFD were chosen . The XF3U was the first all - metal aircraft produced by Vought . The aircraft was also equipped with an enclosed cockpit . During flight testing in 1933 , it outperformed the Douglas entry and was chosen the winner . Operational history . The Navy no longer was interested in two - seat fighters , and therefore only the one XF3U prototype aircraft was built . The XF3U subsequently evolved into a dive bomber , and became the XSBU prototype for the SBU - 1 Corsair .
Ben Hardy ( GC ) Benjamin Gower Hardy GC ( 28 August 1898 – 5 August 1944 ) , known as Ben Hardy , was an Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed when Japanese prisoners of war staged an escape attempt on the 5 August 1944 in Cowra , New South Wales . Armed with improvised knives and bats the Japanese stormed the guards with what a military court of inquiry termed " a suicidal disregard of life . " Two hundred and thirty - one prisoners were killed during the ensuing fighting and 108 wounded . All of the escapees were recaptured within days . Hardy was killed in the outbreak , as was Private Ralph Jones , who was also awarded the George Cross . Private Charles Henry Shepherd was the third Australian victim of the fighting at the camp , while Lieutenant Harry Doncaster was ambushed and killed while recapturing the escapees . The court of inquiry found that the Australian soldiers had ceased fire as soon as they had reestablished control of the camp , and that many of the dead had either killed themselves or been killed by fellow prisoners , while many of the wounded had self - inflicted injuries .
USS Desire ( SP - 786 ) USS " Desire " ( SP - 786 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Desire " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by J . W . Munn at Galveston , Texas . In 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , Clifford Abeles of St . Louis , Missouri , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned on 14 June 1917 as USS " Desire " ( SP - 786 ) . Assigned to the 5th Naval District , " Desire " carried out patrol duties and transported customs inspectors for the rest of World War I . " Desire " was decommissioned and returned to Abeles on 2 January 1919 .
TOG2 The Tank , Heavy , TOG II was a prototype British tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in case the battlefields of northern France turned into a morass of mud , trenches and craters as had happened during the First World War . A development of the TOG 1 design , only a single prototype was built before the project was dropped . History . The second design to come out of the Special Vehicle Development Committee , or as it was called " The Old Gang " , the TOG 2 was similar to the TOG 1 and kept many of its features but mounted the turret of the Challenger A30 cruiser tank with the QF 17 - pounder ( 76 . 2 mm ) gun . Instead of the track path arrangement of the TOG 1 which was like that of the First World War British tanks , the track path was lower on the return run and the doors were above the tracks . Ordered in 1940 , built by Foster ' s of Lincoln , the prototype ran for the first time in March 1941 . Although equipped the same electro - mechanical drive as the TOG 1 , the TOG 2 used twin generators and no problems were reported . It was modified to include among other things a change from the unsprung tracks for a torsion bar suspension and as the TOG 2 * trialled successfully in May 1943 . No further development occurred , although a shorter version , the TOG 2 ( R ) was mooted . The TOG 2 can be seen at the Bovington Tank Museum .
William Ruthven Smith William Ruthven Smith ( April 2 , 1868 – July 15 , 1941 ) was a career United States Army officer who commanded the 36th Infantry Division during its deployment in France during World War I and later became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point , New York . Early life . William Ruthven Smith was born April 2 , 1868 , in Nashville , Tennessee , son of Robert McPhail and Lititia ( Trimble ) Smith . The younger Smith attended Vanderbilt University and was appointed to the United States Military Academy from his native state , graduating 10th out of 62 cadets in his class of 1892 . Military career . Smith ' s early postings alternated between garrison service in field artillery and teaching at West Point as instructor at various intervals of the separate subjects of chemistry , mathematics , ordnance , and gun nery . Made captain of the new Coast Artillery Corps in 1901 , he was a student of the school of submarine defense and commanded Fort Monroe in 1908 . In the years preceding the conflict to be called World War I , Smith commanded anti - submarine technology schools and departments , in February , 1917 stretching " the first submarine net put down in America , 2000 yards long , 84 feet at deepest point , extending from Fort Monroe to Fort Wool and closing entrance to Hampton Roads " Promoted to colonel of the Coast Artillery Corps in May , 1917 , Smith was made a brigadier general of the National Army and assigned to train the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade , 37th Division ( Ohio National Guard ) . After training that command for nine months at Camp Sheridan , Alabama , Smith traveled with the Guard unit to its embarkation for Europe , but was left on the docks when their ships departed on June 10 , 1918 , by order of the War Department . Smith was given command of the 36th Infantry Division and promoted to major general of the National Army in the Summer of 1918 . After arriving in Brest , France , the 36th Division , Smith established a combat course for training at Bar - sur - Aube . In October 1918 , Smith led the 36th Division while with 2nd Division it was attached to the French Fourth Army under Henri Gouraud on its push to the Aisne River . Smith remained in command of the 36th unit demobilization in June 1919 , when his National army rank dissolved , his rank reverted again to colonel , U . S . Army . After promotion again to brigadier , this time of the regular army , Smith had several garrison commands in the Philippines , Fort Sam Houston , Fort Monroe again , and Honolulu , Hawaii , then returned to the academy , this time to occupy the superintendent ' s billet from 1928 until 1932 . During his tour as superintendent , Smith helped secure Stewart Field in nearby Newburgh , New York as a base for the Army Air Corps and USMA pilot training . After retirement , Smith returned to his native state of Tennessee , settling in Sewanee where he became superintendent of the local military academy ( now St . Andrew ' s - Sewanee School ) and served in that capacity until his death on July 15 , 1941 .
George Ward , 1st Viscount Ward of Witley George Reginald Ward , 1st Viscount Ward of Witley , PC ( 20 November 1907 – 15 June 1988 ) , styled The Honourable George Ward until 1960 , was a British Conservative politician . He served as Secretary of State for Air under Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1960 . Background and education . Ward was the fourth and youngest son of William Ward , 2nd Earl of Dudley , and Rachel , daughter of Charles Henry Gurney . William Ward , 3rd Earl of Dudley , was his elder brother . He was educated at Eton and Christ Church , Oxford . Political career . Ward served in the Second World War as an RAF Group Captain . At the 1945 general election he was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester , a seat he held until 1960 , and served under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden as Under - Secretary of State for Air from 1952 to 1955 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1955 to 1957 . When Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister in January 1957 he was appointed Secretary of State for Air , which he remained until October 1960 . Ward was admitted to the Privy Council in 1957 and raised to the peerage as Viscount Ward of Witley , of Great Witley in the County of Worcester , in 1960 . Family . Lord Ward of Whitley married firstly Anne Diana France Aysham , daughter of Boy Capel , in 1940 . They had two children : the Hon . Anthony Giles Humble Ward ( 10 June 1943 – 4 May 1983 ) and the Hon . Georgina Anne Ward ( b . 13 March 1941 ) , an actress , but were divorced in 1951 . He married secondly Barbara Mary Colonsay McNeill , daughter of Ronald Frank Rous McNeill and former wife of Michael Astor , in 1962 . She died in 1980 . Lord Ward of Witley died in June 1988 , aged 80 . His only son had predeceased him and as a result his title became extinct on his death .
SU - 14 The SU - 14 was a prototype Soviet heavy self - propelled gun built on a T - 35 chassis . The SU - 14 - 1 variant of 1936 carried a 152 . 4 mm B - 10 ( also called 1935 model ) naval cannon which could fire 43 . 5 kilogram shells at ranges up to 20 km . Its armour was 20 to 30mm thick . It never entered serial production . Work on the vehicle began in 1933 , with a prototype built a year later . In 1935 , several disadvantages were reworked and another prototype was built and designated SU - 14 - 1 . In February 1937 , the prototypes successfully completed a series of performance tests . It was expected to go into production the following year . However , in 1937 , Chief Designer - PN Siaczyntowa was removed from the program , thus halting further development of the project . In 1940 , in connection with plans to use them during the war with Finland , armor was added to the two existing prototypes and they were redesignated SU - 14 - 2 . They later took part in the defense of Moscow in 1941 . The first one ( the original SU - 14 prototype ) was scrapped in 1960 . The second prototype , as an SU - 14 - 2 , is on display at the Tank Museum in Kubinka .
Siege of Suemori The was a battle during the Azuchi - Momoyama period ( 16th century ) of Japan . At the time of the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute , Sasa Narimasa had sided against Toyotomi Hideyoshi , while his former companion , Maeda Toshiie stook strongly with the Toyotomi . Narimasa and Toshiie came to their blows by battling at the castle of Suemori . Narimasa had laid siege to the Suemori castle during the 9th of October with the strength of 15 , 000 men . Okumura Nagatomi , along with his wife , had defended the castle to their fullest extent . The garrison soon become very desperate , in which Toshiie arrived after the middle of the night had come about , defeating the forces of Narimasa with his relief force . Through this action on the part of Toshiie , he became established as the most powerful of daimyo within that region of Japan . References . " The Samurai Sourcebook "
216th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 216th Brigade ( 216 Bde ) was a Home Service formation of the British Army during World War I and World War II . World War I . 216 Bde was raised in late 1916 as part of 72nd Division , which had the dual role of training men for overseas drafts and providing forces for home defence . Composition . The following infantry battalions served in 216 Bde during World War I : On 21 December 1917 orders were issued to break up 72nd Division . Disbandment began in January 1918 and its last elements disappeared on 8 April 1918 . World War II . A new brigade under the title of 216th Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 17 October 1940 under the Aberdeen Area headquarters . It was composed of Scottish infantry battalions , which assembled on 2 December 1940 . Composition . The following units served in 216 Bde : Commanders . The following officers commanded 216 Bde : Service . 216 Bde transferred from Aberdeen Area to Northumbrian Area on 25 February 1941 , and then became part of Northumberland County Division when that formation was creatd on 12 March 1941 . The Divisional headquarters began to disband on 1 December 1941 , and 216 Bde HQ disbanded on 13 December , all its battalions having been previously posted away .
Fokker E . III The Fokker E . III was the main variant of the " Eindecker " ( monoplane ) fighter aircraft of World War I . It entered service on the Western Front in December 1915 and was also supplied to Austria - Hungary and Turkey . Design and development . The E . III was basically an E . II fitted with larger , newly designed wings that had a slightly narrower chord of 1 . 80 meter ( 70 - 7 / 8 in ) , compared to 1 . 88 meter ( 74 in ) on the earlier Eindeckers , going back to Fokker ' s original M . 5 monoplane aircraft . The E . III retained the same 75 kW ( 100 hp ) Oberursel U . I engine , and therefore also used the larger diameter " horseshoe " pattern cowling that also mandated the inclusion of the E . II ' s soffit - like extensions to the sides of the upper nose sheet metalwork , but had a larger 81 l ( 21 . 5 gal ) drum - shaped main fuel tank just behind the cockpit , which increased the " Eindecker " s endurance to about 2½ hours ; an hour more than the E . II . Most E . IIIs were armed with a single 7 . 92 mm ( . 312 in ) Spandau LMG 08 machine gun with 500 rounds of ammunition ; however , after the failure of the twin - gun Fokker E . IV as a viable successor , some E . IIIs were fitted with twin guns . Fokker production figures state that 249 E . IIIs were manufactured ; however , a number of the 49 E . IIs were upgraded to E . III standard when they were returned to Fokker ' s Schwerin factory for repairs . Operational history . The E . III was the first type to arrive in sufficient numbers to form small specialist fighter units , " Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos " ( KEK ) in early 1916 . Previously , " Eindeckers " had been allocated singly , just as the E . I and E . II had been , to the front - line " Feldflieger Abteilung en " that carried out reconnaissance duties . On 10 August 1916 , the first German " Jagdstaffel n " ( single - seat fighter squadron s ) were formed , initially equipped with various early fighter types , including a few E . IIIs , which were by then outmoded and being replaced by more modern fighters . Standardisation in the " Jagdstaffeln " ( and any real success ) had to wait for the availability in numbers of the Albatros D . I and Albatros D . II in early 1917 . Turkish E . IIIs were based at Beersheba in Palestine while others operated in Mesopotamia during the Siege of Kut - al - Amara . Surviving aircraft . The only known surviving original " Eindecker " , bearing IdFlieg serial number 210 / 16 , was brought down in the Somme area in 1916 by the British and then evaluated by the War Office until it was transferred to the London Science Museum in 1918 . It is currently on display fully assembled , but with its fabric covering removed to illustrate its internal construction .
Treaty of the Dardanelles The Treaty of the Dardanelles ( also known as the Dardanelles Treaty of Peace , Commerce , and Secret Alliance , the Treaty of Çanak , the Treaty of Chanak or ) was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom on January 5 , 1809 at Çanak , Ottoman Empire . The treaty ended the Anglo - Turkish War . The Porte restored extensive British commercial and legal privileges in the empire . The United Kingdom promised to protect the integrity of the Ottoman Empire against the French threat , both with its own fleet and through weapons supplies to Constantinople . The treaty affirmed the principle that no warships of any power should enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus . The treaty anticipated the London Straits Convention of 1841 , by which the other major powers committed themselves to this same principle .
A . T . M . Zahirul Alam Lieutenant General A . T . M . Zahirul Alam ( born 1952 in Boalkhali , Bangladesh ) currently serves as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia ( UNMIL ) . He was appointed to this capacity by United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon in October 2008 . Prior to his appointment , he was serving as Commandant of the National Defence College , which he joined in 2004 . He joined the army in 1975 and has served in various capacities . From 1994 to 1996 , he commanded a mechanized infantry battalion within the United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observer Mission ( UNIKOM ) . From 2000 to 2003 , he was Director of Military Training at the Army headquarters . Alam obtained his master ’ s degree in war studies from King ’ s College , London and has studied at the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom .