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USS Graham County ( LST - 1176 ) USS " Graham County " ( LST - 1176 / AGP - 1176 ) was a built for the United States Navy during the late 1950s . Named after counties in Arizona , Kansas , and North Carolina , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . " Graham County " was laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Newport News , Virginia 4 February 1957 ; launched 9 September ; sponsored by Mrs . Ralph Otis Davis ; and commissioned 17 April 1958 with Lieutenant Commander Gordon H . McCrea in command . Service history . After shakedown " Graham County " continued tests and repairs throughout 1958 . Assigned to the Atlantic amphibious force , the LST engaged in training exercises along the Atlantic coast until late November , 1960 when she embarked a detachment of marines and sailed for her first extended deployment . Touching ports in the Caribbean and Brazil , she sailed on to Africa , arriving Monrovia , Liberia 5 January 1961 . She stopped at other ports in Africa including the Congo , where she embarked 500 Guinean troops of the U . N . peacekeeping force for transport to their country . " Graham County " returned to Little Creek , Virginia 17 May . Following the assassination of Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo on 30 May 1961 the LST , together with units of the fleet , steamed toward the Caribbean ready to assist if needed . Returning in early July , she resumed training operations for the next two years . On 10 January 1964 , " Graham County " with 170 marines on board departed Little Creek for amphibious exercises in the Mediterranean . Training was postponed , however , when the Cyprus crisis erupted ; and " Graham County " , along with other units of Amphibious Squadron 4 , rushed to the scene prepared for any mission . After 78 consecutive days in the area , she resumed her training exercises with the fleet . Returning home 21 June , " Graham County " resumed amphibious operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean for the rest of the year . Assigned to the Amphibious Force , Atlantic Fleet , " Graham County " conducted operations off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean and Mediterranean for the next 14 years . Redesignated USS " Graham County " ( AGP - 1176 ) in 1972 , her primary mission became the support of patrol gunboat s , and her home port was changed to Naples , Italy . Decommissioned on 1 March 1977 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register that same day , " Graham County " was sold by MARAD 1 March 1978 and subsequently scrapped .
Museum of the Great Patriotic War , Moscow The Museum of the Great Patriotic War is a history museum located in Moscow at Poklonnaya Gora . The building was designed by architect Anatoly Polyansky . Work on the museum began on March 3 , 1986 , and the museum was opened to the public on May 9 , 1995 . The museum features exhibits and memorials concerning World War II , known in Russia as " The Great Patriotic War " . Exhibits . The museum features 14 , 143 square meters of exhibit space for permanent collections and an additional 5 , 500 square meters for temporary exhibits . Near the entry to the museum is the Hall of Commanders , which features a decorative " Sword and Shield of Victory " and bronze busts of recipients of the Order of Victory , the highest military honor awarded by the Soviet Union . In the center of the museum is the Hall of Glory , a white marble room which features the names of over 11 , 800 of the recipients of the Hero of the Soviet Union distinction . A large bronze sculpture , the " Soldier of Victory , " stands in the center of this hall . Below lies the Hall of Remembrance and Sorrow , which honors Soviet people who died in the war . This room is dimly lit and strings of glass beads hang from the ceiling , symbolizing tears shed for the dead . The upper floors feature numerous exhibits about the war , including dioramas depicting major battles , photographs of wartime activities , weapons and munitions , uniforms , awards , newsreels , letters from the battlefront , and model aircraft . In addition , the museum maintains an electronic " memory book " which attempts to record the name and fate of every Russian soldier who died in World War II . Setting . The museum is set in Victory Park , a 2 , 424 - hectare park on Poklonnaya Hill . The park features a large , paved plaza , fountains , and open space where military vehicles , cannons , and other apparatus from World War II are displayed . Also in the park are the Holocaust Memorial Synagogue , the Church of St . George , the Moscow Memorial Mosque , a triumphal arch , an obelisk , and a number of sculptures .
Lauri Heino Lauri A . Heino ( August 24 , 1918 in Somero – February 3 , 2001 ) was a Finnish soldier , awarded the Mannerheim Cross ( 2nd class ) on November 11 , 1943 . At the time , he held the rank of sergeant and was serving as a tank driver in the 3rd Company , I Armoured Battalion of the Finnish Armoured Brigade . Heino was the first foreign soldier to capture an intact Soviet T - 34 tank and drive it .
Fort de Champillon The Fort de Champillon is a twentieth - century Swiss fortification located in the heights overlooking the Rhône valley from the north between Montreux and Monthey . Completed in 1944 , the fort secures the road and rail lines running east from Lausanne to the mountainous interior of Switzerland . The position is an advanced work protecting the approaches to Fortress Saint - Maurice , part of the Swiss National Redoubt . It is entered from the plateau just downhill from Corbeyrier , a village on the heights at the foot of the Tour d ' Aï . Description . The Fort de Champillon ( Swiss Armed Forces designation A365 ) is an artillery fort , intended to provide coverage to advanced positions in the Chablais plan at the eastern end of Lac Léman , and to support advanced positions such as the Fort de Chillon to the west and other positions to the south . The Chablais and Chillon forts were not considered part of Fortress Saint - Maurice proper , but were important advance works to delay and weaken an attacker before they reached the Saint - Maurice stopping line , or " fort d ' arrêt " . The entire region is fortified with anti - tank barriers , permanent minefields and other barriers , while tunnels , bridges and retaining walls are mined or prepared for demolition . Construction at Champillon began in 1942 , and was complete in 1944 . Construction at Champillon began in 1942 , and was complete in 1944 . The fort is located in a massif overlooking the Rhône beneath Corbeyrier . The shelf stands high over the flat floor of the Rhône valley , which in this area is known as the Chablais plain . The Fort de Champillon is armed with two 105mm guns in northwest - facing casemate s , cut into the rock face of the west - facing cliff . An underground passage runs back into the mountain to ammunition magazines , utility areas and two - story underground barracks . The fort ' s entrance is on the plateau behind the fort . Two additional 105mm casemates , each with their own magazine , were planned but never built . A variety of smaller blockhouses , observation posts , anti - tank lines and infantry shelters are in the immediate area , none connected directly to Champillon . The position was manned by elements of Fortress Regiment 19 , and was designated part of Fortress Group 4 . Present situation . The Fort de Champillon was decommissioned in 1994 and sold to private owners in 2005 . In 2010 plans were announced to install the Swiss Explosives Museum in the site , called " Pyromin " . A portion of the fort is used by NL Pyrotechnics as a warehouse . The fort and museum are planned to be opened to the public .
Japanese gunboat Hira Hira & other IJN ships on 13 December 1937 engage Chinese positions at Xiaguan , China and attack Chinese boats and rafts on the Yangtze River . On 17 August 1944 Hira damaged by US 14th Air Force planes at Kiukiang , China . On 26 November 1944 Hira and Gunboat Hozu ran aground near Anking , China . Chinese aircraft bomb and sink Hozu and severely damage Hira . Scrapped July 1945 .
Heinrich Starke Heinrich Starke ( 8 January 1922 – 13 June 2001 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Heinrich Starke joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1981 as an Oberst im Generalstab .
James Reid , Baron Reid James Scott Cumberland Reid , Baron Reid , CH , KC FRSE ( 30 July 1890 , Drem , East Lothian – 29 March 1975 ) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge . His reputation is as one of the most outstanding judges of the 20th century . Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Jesus College , Cambridge , he was admitted as an advocate in 1914 . He was commissioned into the 8th Royal Scots in World War I and was seconded to the Machine Gun Corps in 1916 , reaching the rank of Major . He resigned his commission in 1921 . He was appointed a King ' s Counsel in 1932 . He was Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Stirling and Falkirk from October 1931 until his defeat in November 1935 , and for Glasgow Hillhead from June 1937 until September 1948 . He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from June 1936 until June 1941 , and as Lord Advocate from June 1941 until July 1945 , and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1941 . From 1945 to 1948 he was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates . In 1948 he was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and received a Law Life Peerage as Baron Reid , of Drem in East Lothian . He sat as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until 1975 . He was one of very few men to be appointed a Law Lord straight from the Bar , without any intervening judicial experience . Reid was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1967 .
Battle of Irish Bend The Battle of Irish Bend , also known as Nerson ' s Woods or Franklin , was fought between Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks against Confederate Major General Richard Taylor during Banks ' s operations against the Bayou Teche region near Franklin , the seat of St . Mary Parish in southern Louisiana . Prelude . While the other two Union XIX Corps divisions under Nathaniel Prentice Banks were comprising the expedition into west Louisiana crossed Berwick Bay towards Fort Bisland , Brigadier General Cuvier Grover ' s division went up the Atchafalaya River into Grand Lake , where they could either block a Confederate retreat , or force a retreat if the Confederates stayed and fought at Fort Bisland . The battle occurred two days after the Battle of Fort Bisland . Battle . On the morning of April 13 , 1863 , Grover ' s division landed in the vicinity of Franklin and scattered Confederate troops attempting to stop them from disembarking . That night Grover ordered the division to cross Bayou Teche and prepare for an attack towards Franklin , Louisiana , at dawn . Meanwhile , however , Major General Richard Taylor reacted , feeling the obvious threat to his rear . He started withdrawing his forces from Fort Bisland , and his advance guard arrived quickly . On the morning of April 14 , Taylor and his men were at Nerson ' s Woods , around a mile and a half above Franklin . As Grover ' s lead brigade marched out a few miles , it found Taylor ' s men on its right and skirmishing began . The fighting became intense ; the Confederates attacked , forcing the Federal soldiers to fall back . The gunboat " Diana " arrived and anchored the Confederate right flank on the Teche . Still , Grover ' s men outnumbered the Confederates and when he paused to deploy his full force , Taylor withdrew rather than risk a pitched battle against superior numbers . Grover ' s men had taken the strategic position they sought . This victory , along with the one at Fort Bisland , two days earlier , assured the success of the expedition into west Louisiana . Opposing Forces . Union . Army of the Gulf - Major General Nathaniel P . Banks Confederate . District of West Louisiana - Major General Richard Taylor
USS Fresno ( CL - 121 ) The second USS " Fresno " ( CL - 121 ) was a United States Navy " Juneau " - class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny , New Jersey , sponsored by Mrs . Ruth R . Martin ; and commissioned on 27 November 1946 , with Captain Elliott Bowman Strauss in command . She was reclassified CLAA - 121 on 18 March 1949 . Service history . During her first operational cruise , from 13 January - 7 May 1947 , " Fresno " not only concluded her preliminary training in the Caribbean , but also visited Montevideo , Uruguay , during a presidential inauguration and called at Rio de Janeiro . On 1 August , she sailed from Norfolk , Virginia for a tour of duty which took her to ports both of northern Europe and the Mediterranean , returning to Norfolk on 1 December . A second overseas deployment , from 3 March - 19 June 1948 , found " Fresno " visiting Amsterdam , Dublin , Bergen , and Copenhagen from her overseas base at Plymouth , England . Her coastwise operations from Norfolk included cruises to Prince Edward Island and Bermuda prior to her decommissioning at New York Naval Shipyard on 17 May 1949 . Placed in reserve , she was berthed at Bayonne , New Jersey . She was sold for scrap on 17 June 1966 .
Grillenburg ( Harz ) The Grillenburg is a ruined medieval castle in Grillenberg in the district of Mansfeld - Südharz in the German state of Saxony - Anhalt . It was a small knight ' s castle built for a " ministerialis " . History . The village of Grillenberg was mentioned as early as 880 / 890 in the Hersfeld tithe register ( " Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis " ) . At that time there is no indication of a castle , however . The latter was first recorded when , in 1217 , a certain " Tidericus de Grellenberch " is named as a vassal of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . The lower parts of the walls of the ruin , made of large rusticated ashlar s , must date back to the original Romanesque fortification . In 1286 the marshal s ( " Burgmannen " ) from the Muser and von Morungen families are named . In 1347 the Margrave of Meißen , Frederick the Serious , purchased the estate back from the Duke of Brunswick who by then were the joint landlords together with the Margraviate of Landsberg . During the Halberstadt Bishops ' Feud , which was prosecuted by Bishop Albert II of Brunswick ( 1325 - 1358 ) against territorial lords within the Harz region , mainly against the counts of Regenstein , the castle was fought over . It was captured by the Count of Mansfeld in 1362 . It is possible that the fieldwork about 100 metres east of the castle was established at that time as a counterwork ( " Gegenbefestigung " ) . The second phase of construction recognisable in the wall materials and characterised by brickwork is assessed by the sources as dating to the 14th century . In 1366 Duke Magnus of Brunswick was the owner of the castle . He exercised from here his rights of patronage over Sittichenbach Abbey . In 1485 the castle once more belonged to the prince - elector , Ernest of Saxony . From him it went into the hands of the Count of Mansfeld . From at least 1486 the lords of Morungen were vassals at the castle . In 1547 on the death of George of Morungen the lordship fell as an expired fief to the Saxon district ( " Amt " of Sangerhausen . At that time the castle was already falling into decay . The date when it was finally abandoned is unknown .
Biketawa Declaration The Biketawa Declaration is a declaration agreed to by all the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum constituting a framework for coordinating response to regional crises . The declaration was agreed to at the 31st Summit of Pacific Islands Forum Leaders , held at Kiribati in October 2000 in the regional context of the 2000 Fijian coup d ' état and ethnic tensions in the Solomon Islands . The Biketawa Declaration has led to military and police forces as well as civilian personnel of Forum states , chiefly Australia and New Zealand , participating in regional peacekeeping and stabilization operations in Solomon Islands ( 2003 - ) , Nauru ( 2004 - 2009 ) and Tonga ( 2006 ) . The Biketawa Declaration takes its name from the Kiribati islet of Biketawa , where negotiators met behind closed doors in order to draft the agreement .
Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon was an Indian freedom fighter and Sikh missionary who , as a member of the Ghadar Party , was instrumental in the planning of the failed 1915 Ghadar conspiracy in the British Indian Army . Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon was a close friend of Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon , famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader and prominent member of the Indian National Army . He was also close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose . Pritam Singh is also remembered for reviving the same idea during World War II by seeking Japanese support in the establishment of what came to be the Indian National Army . Pritam Singh died in a plane crash in 1942 .
Battle of Oxus River The Battle of Oxus River was a significant battle in the 7th century , fought between the armies of the Sassanid Empire and the Muslim Arab army that had overrun Persia . Following his defeat , the last Sassanid Emperor , Yazdegerd III , became a hunted fugitive who fled to Central Asia and then to China . Prelude . Khorasan was the second largest province of the Sassanid Persian Empire . It stretched from what is now present day north eastern Iran , Afghanistan and Turkmenistan . Its capital was Balkh , now in present day northern Afghanistan . In 651 the mission of conquering Khurasan was assigned to Ahnaf ibn Qais . Ahnaf marched from Kufa and took a short and less frequent route via Rayy and Nishapur . Rayy was already in Muslim hands and Nishapur surrendered without resistance . From Nishapur Ahnaf marched to Herat which in now in present day southern Afghanistan . Herat was a fortified town , Siege of Herat lasted for few months before Herat surrendered . With the surrender of Herat , the whole of the southern Khurasan came under Muslim control . With Herat under his firm control , Ahnaf marched north direct to Merv , in present Turkmenistan . Merv was the capital of Khurasan and here Yazdegerd III held his court . On hearing of the Muslim advance , Yazdegerd III left for Balkh . No resistance was offered at Merv , and the Muslims occupied the capital of Khurasan without a fight . Battle . Ahnaf stayed at Merv and waited for reinforcement from Kufa . Meanwhile Yazdegerd had also gathered considerable power at Balkh and also sought alliance with the Khan of Farghana , who personally led the Turkish contingent to help Yazdegerd III . Umar ordered that Yazdegerd ’ s allied forces should be weakened by breaking up the alliance with the Turks . Ahnaf successfully broke up the alliance and the Khan of Farghana pulled back his forces realizing that fighting with the Muslims was not a good idea and might endanger his own kingdom . Yazdegerd ' s army was defeated at the Battle of the Oxus River and retreated across the Oxus to Transoxiana . Yazdegerd III had a narrow escape and fled to China . Balkh was occupied by the Muslims , and with this occupation the Persian war was over . The Muslims had now reached the outermost frontiers of Persia . Beyond that laid the lands of the Turks and still further laid China . The old mighty empire of the Sassanids had ceased to exist . Ahnaf returned to Merv and sent a detail report of operations to Umar and a historic letter that Umar was anxiously waiting for , the subject of which was that the Persian Empire had been conquered and a permission was sought whether Oxus should be crossed to invade Transoxiana or not . Umar ordered Ahnaf to consolidate his power south of Oxus . Aftermath . Yazdegerd III after being defeated at the Battle of Oxus river was unable to raise another army and became a hunted fugitive . Following the battle he fled to Merv and was killed by a local miller for his purse . For many decades to come , this was the easternmost limit of complete Muslim rule .
Soviet partisan detachment 1941 – 44 Soviet partisan detachment ( 1941 — 1944 ) ( ; ) , was the principal organisational form of the Soviet partisan units . Numerical and structural complement of the partisan detachment varied , with usual number of about 100 to several hundred personnel , organised in the 3 — 4 companies , 3 platoons each , 3 sections each . Detachment was commanded by commander and commissary , who were aided by staff head and staff , and by deputies on recon , diversions and logistics with their respective sub - units . Bigger detachments had heavy weapons sub - units . Each detachment maintained primary structures of the Communist Party and Komsomol . From 9 September 1942 the Belorussian Headquarters of the Partisan Movement classified detachments by their numerical complement : 100 — 150 , 151 — 350 , 351 and more personnel . By their objectives , detachments could be : common ( unitary ) , diversionist - recon , cavalry , artillery , staff , reserve , local defense , marching . On the BSSR territory 1255 distinguishable detachments had operated in 1941 — 1944 , majority of them in the structures of the partisan brigades , but 203 separately . The bigger detachment in certain conditions could be expanded into a partisan brigade , or into a partisan regiment .
USS LST - 50 USS " LST - 50 " was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . LST - 50 was laid down on 29 August 1943 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation ; launched on 16 October 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Tito Tarquinio ; and commissioned on 27 November 1943 . Service history . US Navy , 1942 – 1946 . The tank landing ship was initially assigned to the European Theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy between 6 and 25 June 1944 and the invasion of southern France between 15 August and 25 September 1944 . She was later transferred to the Asiatic - Pacific Theater of operations where she took part in the Okinawa assault between 18 and 30 June 1945 . Following the war , LST - 50 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946 . Upon her return to the United States , the ship was decommissioned on 6 February 1946 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 September 1952 . Norway & Greece , 1952 – . On 14 November 1952 , she was redesignated USS " ARB - 13 and transferred to Norway as HNoMS " Ellida " ( A534 ) . She was returned to the United States on 1 July 1960 , but was retransferred to Greece on 16 September 1960 and served with the Greek Navy as Sakipia " ( A329 ) . Her final fate is unknown . LST - 50 earned three battle star s for World War II service .