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Siege of Ōta Castle The 1585 was one of a series of assaults made by Toyotomi Hideyoshi against the Ikkō - ikki religious zealots towards the end of Japan ' s Sengoku period . This battle followed the siege of Negoro - ji , in which Hideyoshi ' s forces burnt a temple complex to the ground ; a number of the Saiga Ikki zealots escaped to nearby Ōta Castle , which was held by Ōta Munemasa . Due to the topography of the area , Hideyoshi determined that he could not easily burn this fortress as he had the Negoro - ji ; he decided to instead use flood tactics , as he had three years earlier in the siege of Takamatsu . The presence of the Ikki zealots was already straining Ōta ' s supplies of food and other resources even before the siege began . With the construction of a palisade and series of dikes roughly 300 meters from the castle , Hideyoshi began the process of isolating the castle from supplies , and flooding it , a process bolstered by heavy rains . At one point , part of the dike gave out , resulting in the drowning deaths of several of Hideyoshi ' s men . However , by the 22nd day of the fourth lunar month , the garrison could hold out no longer and surrendered ; fifty samurai committed seppuku . As Hideyoshi took over the castle , he ordered all those from samurai families killed , while peasants were simply disarmed of all weapons , and sent back to their lords ' fields .
Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base is part of the People ' s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison and small naval base in Hong Kong . It is home to the South Sea Fleet Squadron # 38081 and sub - base to the naval squadron of the South Sea Fleet . The area surrounding the base is off limits to civilian ship traffic . History . The naval base was built by the contractors during the handover period in 1996 - 1997 and one of a few military installations that was not transferred from the British . The naval base is located on the South Shore of the former Stonecutter ' s Island and located south of the former HMS Tamar station ( now a Government Dockyard ) . Most of the facility was created from dredging and in - fill project in the early 1990s in anticipation of the move of Tamar and the handover . The older buildings and recreation facilities were inherited from the Hong Kong Military Service Corps . Many buildings in the base date to the 1930s , but some are as far back as 1870s . A list of historic buildings at the naval facility : Roads within the base once had British names , but they have since been dropped : The most high profile visitor to the base was Hu Jintao in 2007 . Ships . Various ships of the People ' s Liberation Army Navy visit the base , but only a few ships remain on semi - permanent basis . ! Class or name ! width = 120px | Builder ! Type ! Quantity ! Year Entered Service ! ! Details Facilities . Like the last HMS Tamar , Ngong Shuen Chau is a low - frills and low key naval facility . Access to the base is made via Chi Ngong Road , but access into the naval yard is restricted and surrounding areas fenced off . A heavily wooded area to the north protects the base from unwanted visitors . During the summer months the base is open to the public , but otherwise closed during most of the year .
USS Conger ( SS - 477 ) USS " Conger " ( SS / AGSS - 477 ) , a " Tench " - class submarine , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger , an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths , common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean . Her keel was laid down on 11 July 1944 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard . She was launched on 17 October 1944 sponsored by Mrs . W . C . Ploeser , and commissioned on 14 February 1945 with Lieutenant Commander H . D . Sipple in command . " Conger " tested new submarine equipment at New London , Connecticut , until she cleared 21 July 1945 for Pacific service . At sea between Balboa , Panama , and Pearl Harbor upon the end of hostilities , she was ordered back to the Panama Canal Zone , and on 4 September arrived at Key West , Florida , to provide services to the Fleet Sonar School until 6 December . She sailed then for New London and Tompkinsville , New York , where she lay until sailing 10 January 1946 for her assigned home port at Cristobal , Canal Zone . " Conger " operated in the Caribbean Sea , calling at Memphis , Tennessee , and Vicksburg , Mississippi , in May 1947 , until 23 August , when she sailed for a complete circuit of the South American continent on special hydrographic work , passing through the Straits of Magellan . She returned to the Canal Zone 5 October to resume her Caribbean operations , and from 11 January 1948 made her base at Key West , Florida . On 3 June 1949 her home port became Norfolk , Virginia , and she operated along the East Coast and in the Caribbean assisting in the training of surface ships , taking part in fleet exercises , and perfecting her own readiness for action . She was again transferred in 1952 , arriving at New London , Connecticut , her new home port , 12 December . From that time through 1960 , she continued her East Coast operations , and frequently put to sea with student submariners on board . " Conger " was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine and given the hull classification symbol AGSS - 477 in 1962 . She was decommissioned on 29 July 1963 , struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1963 , and sold for scrapping in May 1964 .
Erhard Heiden Erhard Heiden ( b . Weiler , 23 February 1901 – c . September 1933 ) was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the " Schutzstaffel " ( SS ) . Heiden was a Nazi stormtrooper who , in 1925 , joined a small stormtrooper bodyguard unit known as the Schutzstaffel . Heiden was an early advocate of separating the SS from its master organization , the " Sturmabteilung " ( SA ) , and in March 1927 he was appointed " Reichsführer - SS " in an attempt to keep the SS from being disbanded under SA desires . Under Heiden ’ s leadership the SS declined in membership from 1000 to 280 , with SA desires made public that the SS should be disbanded . As Heiden attempted to keep the tiny group from going under , he hired Heinrich Himmler to serve as his deputy . Heiden regarded Himmler as a " keen young clerk " but did not see him as leadership material . Heiden fell into disgrace after allegations surfaced that parts of his uniform were customized by a Jewish tailor . On 5 January 1929 he was dismissed by Adolf Hitler and succeeded by Heinrich Himmler as Reichsführer - SS . In April 1933 Erhard Heiden was arrested on orders of Heinrich Himmler by members of the SS - Sicherheitsdienst ( SD , Security Service ) . He was killed shortly after , presumably at SD Headquarters in Munich . His corpse was found in September 1933 and he was buried on 15 September 1933 .
USS SC - 17 USS " SC - 17 , until July 1920 known as USS " Submarine Chaser No . 17 or USS " S . C . 17 " , was an " SC - 1 " - class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I . " SC - 17 " was a wooden - hulled 110 - foot ( 34 m ) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn , New York . She was commissioned on 8 November 1917 as USS " Submarine Chaser No . 17 " , abbreviated at the time as USS " S . C . 17 " . When the U . S . Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920 , " Submarine Chaser No . 17 " was classified as SC - 17 and her name was shortened to USS " SC - 17 " . On 24 June 1921 , the Navy sold " SC - 17 " to Joseph G . Hitner of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
Central Bolívar Bloc The Central Bolívar Bloc ( ) was a Colombian paramilitary organization and a bloc of the United Self - Defense Forces of Colombia ( AUC ) . Demobilization . The Central Bolívar Bloc demobilized in the early 2000s as a result of the agreement reached between the Colombian government and the AUC at Santa Fe de Ralito .
SIG Sauer Pro series The SIG Pro is a series of semi - automatic pistol s developed and manufactured jointly by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft ( SIG ) and J . P . Sauer & Sohn . It was the first polymer - frame handgun from either company and one of the first pistols to feature a built - in universal accessory rail and interchangeable grips . The SIG Pro was marketed as a lightweight and compact alternative to the " legacy " SIG - Sauer handguns in an increasingly competitive and budget - oriented law enforcement market . The pistol is the result of continued collaboration between two famous European arms makers : SIG ( now Swiss Arms AG ) of Neuhausen , Switzerland and Sauer & Sohn of Germany . As with other joint ventures between the two companies , these pistols are sometimes referred to as " SIG - Sauer " . It was originally developed as a . 40 S & W - caliber service pistol and introduced in June 1998 with the SP 2340 model , followed shortly by a version in . 357 SIG ( which retained the same model designation ) . About one year later , a 9x19mm Parabellum variant , the SP 2009 , was introduced and entered production in response to demand for the type . Design details . The SIG Pro is a short recoil operated , locked breech semi - automatic pistol . It uses a traditional Browning cam - operated locking system . The barrel locks into the slide via enlarged ejection port . The frame is made from polymer , with detachable grip panels . Grip panels can be easily replaced and are available in several different sizes and shapes . The overall design is slightly different from earlier SIG - Sauer pistols such as P220 or P226 , as there is no separate disassembly lever on the frame and the slide stop lever looks quite different . The standard SIG Pro does not have a manual safety but it does incorporate a decocking lever ( lowers the hammer without striking the firing pin ) , trigger - bar disconnect ( disconnects the trigger when the slide is out of battery ) , automatic firing pin lock ( does not free the firing pin until the trigger is depressed ) and a hammer safety intercept notch ( prevents the hammer from striking the rear of the firing pin until the trigger is depressed ) . Variants . The Sig Pro comes standard as a double - action / single action pistol with 10 lb and 4 . 5 lb trigger pulls , respectively . Double - action only conversion kits are also available from SIG .
Farman HF . 20 The Farman HF . 20 and its derivatives were a family of reconnaissance aircraft produced in France shortly before and during the First World War . It was a refined version of the Farman MF . 11 " Shorthorn " that did away with the type ' s distinctive landing skids , and incorporated design features from Henri Farman ' s designs . It entered service with the French Belgian and Serbian armies in 1913 ( two aircraft conducted reconnaissance during the Siege of Shkodër in the First Balkan War and one crashed ) , and with the British RFC and RNAS shortly after the outbreak of war . The type was also licence - built in the UK by Airco and Grahame - White . The HF . 20 was seriously underpowered , and a variety of engines were trialled in the hope of correcting this , none with much success . The problem was eventually solved only when an engine of twice the power of the original powerplant was fitted to the HF . 27 variant , by which time the aircraft was already obsolete . Nevertheless , the performance of the HF . 20 made it adequate for use on secondary fronts .
Shirburn Castle Shirburn Castle is at the village of Shirburn , south of Thame , Oxfordshire . Shirburn Castle was the seat of the Earls of Macclesfield . George Parker , 2nd Earl of Macclesfield ( c . 1695 – 1764 ) , celebrated as an astronomer , spent much time conducting astronomical observations at Shirburn Castle , which his father had bought in 1716 . Here he built an observatory and a chemical laboratory . The observatory was " equipped with the finest existing instruments " and the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield used it from 1740 . In 1761 the astronomer Thomas Hornsby observed the transit of Venus from the castle grounds . The present owner of the castle is the Beechwood Estates Company , the Macclesfield family estate management company . Following a long - running and acrimonious court battle , Richard Timothy George Mansfield Parker , the 9th Earl of Macclesfield , was evicted from the family seat at the end of 2004 .
6th Airborne Division ( United States ) The US 6th Airborne Division was a ' Phantom Division ' created for Operation Vendetta in 1944 . Like the British 4th and 5th Airborne Divisions , the notional formation was ' built up ' around real units , the 517th Regimental Combat Team , 1st Battalion , 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment & the 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion which were depicted as operating under a single command when in fact they were operating separately . During Operation Dragoon all of the units depicted as part of the 6th Airborne Division formed part of the short lived 1st Airborne Task Force . World War II . Supposedly arrived in Sicily from the United States in May 1944 . It was attached to the US 7th Army and was to be dropped on the town of Paulhan in France to support a fictional invasion of the Narbonne region . It was disposed of by announcing in July 1944 that the division had been disbanded . Composition . HQ in Sicily .
HMS Culloden ( 1747 ) HMS " Culloden " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built according to the dimensions laid out by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard , and launched on 9 September 1747 . She was the first ship to bear the name , and was named for the Battle of Culloden , which had been fought the previous year . " Culloden " was the first British 74 - gun ship built since in 1668 . Her dimensions matched those of an Establishment 80 - gun ship , but she was pierced with more gunports on her gundecks . She was also the smallest 74 of the eighteenth century , and was not considered a particularly successful ship by those who served in her . She was finally sold on 29 June 1770 , after 23 years in service .
First Winter Campaign The First Winter Campaign was a campaign between the army of the Ukrainian People ' s Republic ( UNR ) and bolshevik forces in Ukraine during the Ukrainian - Soviet War . It began on December 6 , 1919 , and lasted until May 6 , 1920 . The leader of the Ukrainian forces was General Mykhailo Omelianovych - Pavlenko . Background . The First World War saw tremendous upheaval in Ukraine , and in the short period between the spring of 1917 and late 1919 , three governments had taken shape in the capital , Kiev . However , the political situation was difficult because of the international pressure from Poland , and especially the Bolsheviks . By late 1919 , it became clear that conventional warfare against bolshevik forces in Ukraine had become impossible , so the Ukrainian People ' s Republic had decided to demobilize its military and conduct partisan warfare behind Bolshevik lines . Participating Units . There were three main Ukrainian units - they were renamed divisions in February 1920 . " Zaporizhia " , commanded by General Andrii Huly - Hulenko ; " Kiev " , commanded by General Yurii Tiutiunnyk ; and " Volhynia " , commanded by Gen Oleksander Zahrodsky . Main Battles . Because of the nature of the campaign , the armies covered very much territory . Originally the main theater of war was the Yelizavetgrad region , but as the bolshevik - Denikin front moved south , so did the campaign . The main battles of the First Winter Campaign took place at Lypovets , Zhashkiv , Uman , Kaniv , Cherkasy , Smila , Zolotonosha , Olviopol , Holovanivsk , Haisyn , Voznesensk , Ananiv , and Balta .
Sir Walter Barttelot , 2nd Baronet Sir Walter George Barttelot , 2nd Baronet ( 11 April 1855 – 23 July 1900 ) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and son of Sir Walter Barttelot , 1st Baronet . The Barttelots are said to have come into England with William the Conqueror , and to have fixed their residence at a place called " At Ford " , in the parish of Stopham Sussex . Early life and military career . Barttelot was born on 11 April 1855 , the first son of Sir Walter Barttelot , 1st Baronet and Harriet Musgrave . He was educated at Eton College and subsequently served for some years in the 5th Dragoon Guards , in which he attained the rank of captain , retiring in 1879 . Barttelot married Georgiana Mary Balfour , the only daughter of George Edmond Balfour and Marianna Jowitt of the Manor , Sidmouth , on 3 June 1879 . In 1880 , he was appointed captain of the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry , and in 1886 , captain and honorary major of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion , Royal Sussex Regiment . He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Sussex , the office of Justice of the Peace for Devon and was County Councillor for the Western Division of Sussex . He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barttelot , of Stopham , Sussex on 2 February 1893 , after his father died of natural causes on the same day of his second wife ' s funeral . Barttelot was killed in action on 23 July 1900 ( aged 45 ) at Retief ' s Nek , Orange Free State in South Africa during the Second Boer War . Legacy . Barttelot Road , in Horsham , West Sussex , takes its name from the family .
Four - Power Treaty The was a treaty signed by the United States , Great Britain , France and Japan at the Washington Naval Conference on 13 December 1921 . It was partly a follow - on to the Lansing - Ishii Treaty , signed between the U . S . and Japan . By the Four - Power Treaty , all parties agreement to maintain the status quo in the Pacific , by respecting the Pacific holdings of the other countries signing the agreement , not seeking further territorial expansion , and mutual consultation with each other in the event of a dispute over territorial possessions . However , the main result of the Four - Power Treaty was the termination of the Anglo - Japanese Alliance of 1902 .
John McGovern ( VC ) John McGovern VC ( 16 May 1825 – 22 November 1888 ) ( Also known as McGOWAN ) was born in the parish of Templeport in Tullyhaw , County Cavan , Ireland , was an Irish 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 32 years old , and a private in the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers ( later The Royal Munster Fusiliers ) , Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 23 June 1857 at Delhi , India for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . McGovern emigrated to Canada and died in Hamilton , Ontario , in November 1888 . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum " ( Chelsea , England ) " .
Martin Maher Martin " Marty " Maher , Jr . ( 25 June 1876 – 17 January 1961 ) was an Irish immigrant from Ballycrine , County Tipperary , Ireland , who joined the United States Army in 1898 and rose to the rank of Master Sergeant . He served as a revered and beloved swimming instructor at the United States Military Academy , West Point , New York , from 1899 to 1928 , and was featured as the central character in the film " The Long Gray Line " starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O ' Hara . Maher retired from the Army in 1928 and stayed at West Point as a civil service ( civilian ) employee in the athletic department and retired from that in 1946 , completing 50 years of service at " The Point " ( including two years as a waiter prior to his enlistment ) . Maher was named an honorary member of the classes of 1912 , 1926 and 1928 . His autobiography , " Bringing Up The Brass : My 55 Years at West Point " , cowritten by Nardi Reeder Campion , was published in 1951 by David McKay Company Inc . and was the source of the film . Maher died on 17 January 1961 , at the age of 84 and is buried in the West Point Cemetery .
Battle of Davis ' s Cross Roads The Battle of Davis ' s Cross Roads , also known as the Battle of Dug Gap , was fought September 10 – 11 , 1863 , in northwestern Georgia , as part of the Chickamauga Campaign of the American Civil War . It was more of a series of maneuvers and skirmish es than an actual battle and casualties were negligible . Background . In the initial stages of the campaign , Union Maj . Gen . William S . Rosecrans ' s Army of the Cumberland induced the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen . Braxton Bragg to evacuate the city of Chattanooga , Tennessee . Rosecrans dispatched three corps on three different roads toward northwestern Georgia . The corps on the center road was the XIV Corps under Maj . Gen . George H . Thomas , which moved just across the border to Trenton , Georgia , and prepared to move on to Lafayette in pursuit of Bragg . Lafayette was the present location of Bragg ' s army ; due to misinformation and poor intelligence , Rosecrans was convinced that Bragg was demoralized and was retreating to Dalton , Georgia , farther to the southeast . But once he realized that the Union forces had separated and were vulnerable , Bragg intended to attack Thomas , halt his advance , and defeat him . Battle . Thomas ' s corps raced forward , seized the important gaps in Missionary Ridge and the Pigeon Mountains , and moved out into McLemore ' s Cove . Maj . Gen . James S . Negley ' s division , supported by Brig . Gen . Absalom Baird ' s division , was moving across the mouth of the cove on the Dug Gap road when Negley learned that Confederate units were concentrating around Dug Gap . Moving through determined resistance , he closed on the gap , withdrawing to Davis ' Cross Roads in the evening of September 10 to await the supporting division . Bragg had ordered Maj . Gen . Thomas C . Hindman with his division to assault Negley in the flank at Davis ' s Cross Roads , while Maj . Gen . Patrick Cleburne ' s division forced its way through Dug Gap to strike Negley in front . Hindman was to receive reinforcements for this movement , but most of them did not arrive . The Confederate officers , therefore , met and decided that they could not attack in their present condition . The next morning , however , fresh troops did arrive , and the Confederates began to move on the Union line . The supporting Union division had by now joined Negley , and , hearing of a Confederate attack , the Union forces determined that a strategic withdrawal to Stevens Gap was in order . Negley first moved his division to the ridge east of West Chickamauga Creek , where it established a defensive line . The other division then moved through them to Stevens Gap and established a defensive line there . Both divisions awaited the rest of Thomas ' s corps . All of this was accomplished under constant pursuit and fire from the Confederates . Aftermath . After his abortive attempt to attack one isolated Union corps , Bragg turned his attention to the corps to his north , the XXI Corps under Maj . Gen . Thomas L . Crittenden , setting the stage for the bloody Battle of Chickamauga on September 19 .
No . 680 Squadron RAF No . 680 Squadron RAF was a photo - reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force , active during the Second World War . History . No . 680 Squadron RAF was formed in February 1943 from ' A ' Flight of No . 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit ( PRU ) , equipped with a variety of aircraft including Supermarine Spitfire s , Hawker Hurricane s , Bristol Beaufighter s and Lockheed Electra s . It continued in the photographic reconnaissance role , operating in North Africa and the Mediterranean . In early 1944 , the unit converted to Martin Baltimore s and de Havilland Mosquito es , deploying to Sicily and Sardinia later in the year . After the end of the war , 680 Squadron flew surveying missions in the Middle East , before being disbanded by renumbering it to No . 13 Squadron RAF on 1 September 1946 . Noted squadron members . A well - known Australian actor , Charles " Bud " Tingwell , piloted Spitfires and Mosquitoes with the squadron .
Gustavo Rangel Briceño General in Chief Gustavo Rangel Briceño ( * Maracaibo , 1956 - ) is a Venezuelan Military Officer . He was Minister of Defense from January 2008 to March 2009 . He was born in the city of Maracaibo on 16 August 1956 . He graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in 1978 , and has a degree on Mechanical Engineering in which he achieve the " cum laude " distinction .