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Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman Vice Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman assumed charge of the Indian Navy , as the 4th Chief of Naval Staff , on 4 June 1962 . Born in March 1913 , at Gwalior , he was selected for the Royal Indian Marine in 1931 . After his initial training in the United Kingdom , he returned to India as a Sub Lieutenant in August 1934 . During World War II , he served as First Lieutenant and for a time , as the Commanding Officer of HMIS Cornwallis in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in 1939 and 1940 respectively . He took part in capturing the Italian Submarine Galileo off Aden , Yemen . Later he commanded HMIS " Khyber " , a fleet mine - sweeper of the Royal Indian Navy . He was the Senior Instructor in combined operations training establishments at Mandapam , Tamil Nadu and Hamla near Bombay . He was one of the first Indian Officers to be promoted to the rank of Acting Captain in June 1947 . During the months following Partition in 1947 , he was the first Indian to be appointed to the key post of Chief of Personnel at Naval HQ . In October 1949 , he went to sea in command of INS Jumna . He carried a number of goodwill visits to neighbouring countries in the Persian Gulf , Malaya and East Africa . In 1952 , he took over from a Royal Navy Officer as the Naval Officer - in - Charge , Vizag where the Boys ' Training Establishment , INS Circars is situated . In January 1954 , he went to Cochin , the largest training center of the Indian Navy . Towards the end of 1956 , he was appointed as the Commodore - in - Charge , Bombay and with the subsequent upgrading and re - designation of this appointment in 1958 he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and re - appointed as the Flag Officer , Bombay . Chief of Naval Staff . In April 1960 , Vice Admiral Soman took over as Flag Officer Commanding the Indian Fleet . During the 1961 Goa Operations , he was in command of the naval operations . He was the Chief of Naval Staff during the 1965 Indo - Pak War , but the Indian fleet remained bottled in harbour due to political reasons and did not face any action . The Vice Admiral retired in 1966 , after more than three decades of service .
Battle of Martyropolis ( 588 ) The Battle of Martyropolis was fought in summer 588 near Martyropolis between an East Roman ( Byzantine ) and a Sassanid Persian army , and resulted in a Byzantine victory . The Byzantine army of the East had been weakened by a mutiny in April 588 , caused by unpopular cost - cutting measures and directed against the new commander , Priscus . Priscus was attacked and fled the army camp , and the mutineers chose the " dux " of Phoenice Libanensis , Germanus , as their temporary leader . Emperor Maurice then restored the former commander , Philippicus , to the post , but before he could arrive and take control , the Persians , taking advantage of the disorder , invaded Byzantine territory and attacked Constantina . Germanus organized a force of a thousand men which relieved the siege . As the historian Theophylact Simocatta records , " with difficulty [ Germanus ] spurred on and incited the Roman contingents with speeches " and managed to assemble 4 , 000 men and launch a raid into Persian territory . The arrival of Maurice ' s envoy Aristobulus eased the tension in the Byzantine camp , and the soldiers were restored to discipline . Germanus then led his army north to Martyropolis , from where he launched another raid across the border into Arzanene . The attack was blocked by the Persian general Maruzas ( and possibly corresponds also with the raid defeated in battle at Tsalkajur near Lake Van by the Persian " marzban " of Armenia , Aphrahat ) , and turned back . The Persians under Maruzas followed close behind , and a battle was fought near Martyropolis which resulted in a major Byzantine victory : according to Simocatta ' s account , Maruzas was killed , several of the Persian leaders were captured along with 3 , 000 other prisoners , and only a thousand men survived to reach refuge at Nisibis . The Byzantines secured much booty , including the Persian battle standards , and sent them along with Maruzas ' head to Maurice in Constantinople .
USS Reliable ( AMc - 100 ) USS " Reliable " ( AMc - 100 ) was an acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . " Reliable " , a coastal minesweeper , was laid down 18 August 1941 by Anderson and Cristofani , San Francisco , California ; launched 14 February 1942 ; sponsored by Miss Ruth Schmidt ; and placed in service at Mare Island Navy Yard 9 March 1942 , Ens . R . E . Brenkman in command . World War II service . After training at Local Defense School , Treasure Island , California , " Reliable " departed San Francisco 24 March for her homeport , San Pedro , California . Assigned to the Western Sea Frontier , she operated as a unit of the San Pedro Section , Naval Local Defense Force , 11th Naval District . Throughout World War II she ensured the safe passage of shipping in and out of Los Angeles Harbor . " Reliable " was struck from the Navy list 19 September 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration 11 October 1946 .
Paul Triquet Paul Triquet , VC , CD ( April 2 , 1910 – August 8 , 1980 ) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award for valour " in the face of the enemy " that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Paul Triquet was 33 years old , and a Captain in the Royal 22 Régiment ( Royal 22nd Regiment , which is known colloquially by the anglicized term " the Van Doos " ) , Canadian Army , ( Canadian Infantry Corps ) during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 14 December 1943 during the attack on Casa Berardi , Italy , when all the other officers and half the men of his company had been killed or wounded , Captain Triquet dashed forward and , with the remaining men , broke through the enemy resistance . He then forced his way on with his small force – now reduced to two sergeants and 15 men – into a position on the outskirts of Casa Berardi . They held out against attacks from overwhelming numbers until the remainder of the battalion relieved them , the next day . Throughout the action Captain Triquet ' s utter disregard for danger and his cheerful encouragement were an inspiration to his men . Further information . Triquet later achieved the rank of brigadier ( brigadier general ) . His grave / memorial is a plaque at Mount Royal Crematorium , Montreal , Quebec , Canada . ( The ashes are interred in the regimental memorial of the Royal 22 Régiment , The Citadel , Quebec . ) Triquet Island off the coast of British Columbia is named after Paul Triquet . Triquet Island , with a latitude of 51 . 8 ( 51°47 ′ 60 ″ N ) and a longitude of −128 . 25 ( 128°15 ′ 0 ″ W ) , is located in the province of British Columbia . Medals . His medals can be seen at the Citadelle de Québec , but the actual Victoria Cross on display is a copy .
No . 311 Squadron RAF No 311 ( Czechoslovak ) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakian - manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . At the end of the war , it disbanded as an RAF unit and became part of the reformed Czechoslovak Air Force . History . It was first formed at RAF Honington on 29 July 1940 , equipped with Wellington I bombers and crewed mostly by Czechoslovakian aircrew who had escaped from Europe . It was transferred from Bomber Command to Coastal Command in April 1942 to carry out maritime patrol work . It re - equipped with Consolidated Liberator bombers in June 1943 and continued in anti - submarine work but now over the Bay of Biscay . Following the end of the war , in June 1945 the squadron was transferred to RAF Transport Command and began flights between the UK and Czechoslovakia . The squadron continued flying from UK bases until it was disbanded in the UK at RAF Milltown on 15 February 1946 , but since 21 August 1945 actually flew from Prague . Aircraft of this squadron used squadron code letters " KX " on their Wellingtons , and later " PP " on their Liberators . Legacy . A cafe commemorating the No . 311 Squadron RAF was opened in Brno in 1999 . It is called Air Cafe and exhibits a small but interesting collection of memorabilia connected with the Czech manned squadron . External links . < br > < br >
Kosmos 2474 Kosmos 2474 ( meaning " Cosmos 2474 " ) is a Russia n military satellite launched in 2011 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . This satellite is a GLONASS - M satellite , also known as Uragan - M , and is numbered Uragan - M No . 742 . Kosmos 2474 was launched from Site 43 / 4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia . A Soyuz - 2 - 1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 20 : 15 UTC on 2 October 2011 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2011 - 055A . The United States Space Command assigned them the Satellite Catalog Numbers 37829 . It was due to be launched on 25 August 2011 but was postponed due the failed launch of Progress M - 12M the day before . It was rescheduled to 25 September , and then to 1 October before being launched on 2 October . It is in the first orbital plane used by GLONASS , in orbital slot 4 .
707th Special Mission Battalion The 707th Special Mission Battalion is the special force unit in the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command . The unit is South Korea ’ s primary counter - terrorist and quick reaction force . The unit ’ s soldiers – distinguished by their black berets – are tasked with conducting urban counter terrorist missions , and constitute the Army ’ s quick - reaction force for emergencies . The battalion ' s nickname is ' White Tiger . ' The unit also has a small number of female special forces operatives . They are used in counter - terror operations where the presence of a woman is not seen as a threat to a terrorist . History . The unit was formed after the Munich massacre , which forced the South Korean government to create a counter - terrorist unit in time for the 1988 Olympics that would be held on South Korean soil . The 707th SMB has also been called on by the South Korean government to prioritize potential counter - terrorist operations against any possible threats on South Korean soil . Training . The recruitment process usually involves conscripts from the different branches of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces who apply and try out to become members of the elite force . Others are handpicked by their superiors across the different branches of the military and try out like their applicant counterparts . All members of the 707th are SCUBA and parachute qualified . It is reported that members frequently perform daily calisthenics in the snow and sub - zero temperatures and will swim in freezing lakes without any thermal protection . The 707th Special Mission Battalion trains with foreign partners , such as U . S . Army ' s Delta Force , FBI HRT , British SAS , Alpha Group , French GIGN , Canadian JTF2 , Hong Kong SDU , and Singaporean STAR . The purpose is to experience and increase relationships and exchanges with international Special Forces communities . The battalion also owns and operates a multi - complex counter - terrorism training site for the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command and hosts multi - national counter - terrorist training .
Philip Watson Vice Admiral Sir Philip Alexander Watson KBE , LVO ( 7 October 1919 – 8 December 2009 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy , rising to the rank of vice - admiral . Naval career . Watson was born on 7 October 1919 at 93 Limestone Road , Belfast , Northern Ireland to Alexander Henry St Croix Watson ( 1885 - 1963 ) and Gladys Margaret Watson ( née Payne ) . He was baptised on 30 January 1920 and confirmed at St Albans Abbey on 6 December 1934 . Educated at St . Albans School he trained as an electrical engineer with the London , Midland and Scottish Railway and joined the Admiralty Compass Observatory , Slough , serving until 10 March 1940 when he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Reserve as an Electrical Sub Lieutenant . He served in on the Arctic convoys from the United Kingdom to the northern ports of the Soviet Union — Arkhangelsk and Murmansk ; in ( Assistant Torpedo Officer ) and was at the German surrender at Trondheim when serving in as Torpedo Officer . He was then transferred to the Royal Navy as a lieutenant in 1946 , and served as Naval Assistant to Admiral Bateson . Watson served with the 5th Destroyer Flotilla , with the Battle - class destroyer s and , before moving to the Admiralty in London . A spell at as assistant to the training commander followed , with Watson being promoted to lieutenant - commander . He spent two years with the radio section at Malta Dockyard , before becoming electrical officer in in 1954 . Watson was promoted to commander in 1955 , and returned to working at the Admiralty . On 11 December 1948 he married Jennifer Beatrice Tanner and they have two daughters and a son . Watson spent two years from 1957 as Electrical Officer on board HM Yacht " Britannia " , for which he was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order . He followed this with a move to Chatham Dockyard where from 1959 he was in command of the electrical shops and weapon section . He went to sea again aboard in 1962 , where he served as Weapon Electrical Engineer Officer . He was promoted to captain and joined the Ship Department at Bath where he became involved in the designs of submarines , aircraft carriers and commando ships . In 1967 he became captain of HMS " Collingwood " , but by 1969 he was back at Bath as Deputy Director of Engineering ( Electrical ) in the Ship Department . He was promoted to Rear - Admiral and made Director - General Weapons ( Naval ) in 1970 , and later promoted again to Vice - Admiral and given the post of Chief Naval Engineer Officer in 1974 . He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974 and retired from the navy in March 1977 . He became chairman of Marconi Radar Systems between 1981 and 1985 . Before his retirement to Oxfordshire he was a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Bath and County Club . He remained active in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the City of Oxford Society of Model Engineers . He died on 8 December 2009 .
Ōuchi Yoshioki Ashikaga Yoshitane had been forced to flee Kyoto in 1490 , after resisting efforts by Kanrei ( Shogunal Deputy ) Hosokawa Katsumoto to control him as a puppet ruler . Ōuchi Yoshioki rose to his aid in 1507 , gathering an army and marching on the capital , fighting his way through a great number of other samurai families along the way . Katsumoto ' s son and successor , Hosokawa Masamoto , was killed , and his puppet shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi removed . Awarded the fourth rank in the Imperial Court , Ōuchi remained in the capital , protecting Yoshitane , and supporting him and the Emperor financially , until 1518 , when he returned to his family ' s home in Yamaguchi .
Second - generation warfare Second generation warfare is the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech - loading weapon s and continuing through the development of the machine gun and indirect fire . The term " second generation warfare " was created by the U . S . military in 1989 . History . In the 1800s , the invention of the breech - loading rifled musket meant longer range , greater accuracy , and faster rate of fire . Marching ranks of men straight into a barrage of fire from such weapons would cause tremendous rates of casualties , so a new strategy was developed . Second generation warfare still maintained lines of battle but focused more on the use of technology to allow smaller units of men to maneuver separately . These smaller units allowed for faster advances , less concentrated casualties , and the ability to use cover and concealment to advantage . To some degree , these concepts have remained in use even as the next generations have arisen , so the end of the second generation is not as clearly defined as that of the first . The development of the blitzkrieg highlighted some of the flaws of static firing positions and slow - moving infantry , so this can be considered the beginning of the end for the second generation , at least as the dominant force in military strategy . Contributions to warfare . The contributions of the second generation were responses to technological development . The second generation saw the rise of trench warfare , artillery support , more advanced reconnaissance techniques , extensive use of camouflage uniforms , radio communications , and fireteam maneuvers .
2nd ( Sialkot ) Cavalry Brigade The 2nd ( Sialkot ) Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1903 , following the reforms of the Indian Army by the then Commander - in - Chief , India General Herbert Kitchener . The brigade was originally the cavalry formation of the 2nd ( Rawalpindi ) Division , but in 1914 it was sent to the Western Front in France as part of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division landing at Marseilles in October 1914 .
SM UB - 130 SM " UB - 130 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 28 June 1918 as SM " UB - 130 " . " UB - 130 " was surrendered on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Bremen on 27 May 1918 . " UB - 130 " was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 130 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 130 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 130 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
Takeo Manjome Biography . Takeo Manjome was a major - general of the Imperial Japanese Army who was one of the generals in command of the occupation of the Philippines . He commanded the 78th Infantry Brigade of the 102nd IJA Division , and was one of the occupiers of the Visayan Islands . He wanted to build defenses around the coastal plains of Cebu , which was an island that the United States ' marines were landing on . But after a while of fighting , he decided that resistance would be futile and that he should call things quits . He began a slow retreat , hoping to inflict some casualties on the Americans as they fell back to friendly territory . But James M . Cushing ' s 8 , 500 Cebu guerrillas , who had remained resolute to fight ever since 1941 , ambushed the retreating forces and entrapped them in a small corridor . Manjome was killed by submachine gun fire as he tried to fight , while the rest of his forces were either killed or fought until the end of the war .
Blair Stewart - Wilson Lieutenant - Colonel Sir Blair Aubyn Stewart - Wilson KCVO ( 17 July 1929 – 24 May 2011 ) was Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen and Deputy Master of the Household in the Royal Household from 1976 to 1994 . Biography . Born Blair Aubyn Wilson in Chelsea to Aubyn Harold Raymond Wilson ( a member of a cadet branch of the Royal House of Stuart ) , and his wife , Muriel Athelstan Hood Stewart - Stevens , 10th of Balnakeilly , Stewart - Wilson was educated at Eton College . Family . In 1962 , he married Helen Mary Fox ; the couple had three daughters , including actress Belinda Stewart - Wilson . Career . He joined the Scots Guards on 14 July 1949 , three days before his 20th birthday , and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Atholl Highlanders ( the Duke of Atholl ' s private regiment ) in 1952 . He served in the United Kingdom , the British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ) , and the Far East . From 1955 to 1957 , he was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards , and Aide - de - Camp to the Governor - General of New Zealand 1957 – 1959 , Viscount Cobham . In 1960 – 1962 he was Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester . He was regimental adjutant 1966 to 1968 . He was staff qualified , but did not attend the Staff College , Camberley . Stewart - Wilson was promoted Lieutenant - Colonel and was a General Staff Officer Grade 1 ( GSO1 ) in the foreign liaison section ( Army ) 1970 to 1973 , and Defence Military and Air Attaché in Vienna , 1975 – 1976 . In 1976 he joined The Queen ' s Household . He retired from active military service on 17 July 1984 . In his later years he was a supernumerary list officer . From 1994 until his death he served as Extra Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen . He was HM ' s Representative Trustee on the Board of the Royal Armouries , from 1995 to 2004 , and served as the Somerset County Patron for the charity Cancer Research UK from 1997 until his death . Honours . He was made a LVO in 1983 , a CVO in 1989 and a KCVO in 1994 . He received the General Service Medal , the Campaign Service Medal , Borneo and Malaya bars , and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ( 1953 ) .
French frigate Uranie ( 1801 ) The Uranie was a 44 - gun frigate of the French Navy , lead ship of her class . She served in the Mediterranean , first under captain Maistral , and later under Margollé , operating from Ancona . She was beached and scuttled by fire on 3 February 1814 to avoid capture by the British .
Battle of Cape Gloucester The Battle of Cape Gloucester was a battle in the Pacific theater of World War II , which took place between late December 1943 and April 1944 , on the island of New Britain , part of the Territory of New Guinea . The battle was a major part of Operation Cartwheel , the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during 1943 – 44 , and it was the second World War II landing of the U . S . 1st Marine Division , after Guadalcanal . Objectives . The main objective of the American and Australian allies was the capture and expansion of the Japanese military airfield at Cape Gloucester . This was to contribute to the increased isolation and harassment of the major Japanese base at Rabaul . A secondary goal was to ensure free Allied sea passage through the straits separating New Britain from New Guinea . Supporting operations for the landings in Cape Gloucester began on December 15 , when the U . S . Army ' s 112th Cavalry Regiment was landed at Arawe on the south - central coast to block the route of Japanese reinforcements and supplies from east to west and as a diversionary attack from the future Cape Gloucester landings . The main operation began on December 26 with a naval barrage on the Japanese positions on Cape Gloucester by U . S . Navy and Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) warships , followed by air attacks by planes from the U . S . Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) and Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) . These attacks and an aerial smoke screen were followed by the landing of the U . S . 1st Marine Division , at Yellow Beach 1 & 2 and Green Beach , under the command of Major General William H . Rupertus . The Marines faced swampy terrain and thick jungle , but met only rear - echelon Japanese troops . The Marines were opposed by the Japanese 17th Division , commanded by Major General Iwao Matsuda , which was augmented by " Matsuda Force " — the 65th Infantry Brigade and elements of the Japanese 51st Division , the main body of which continued to resist Allied offensives on mainland New Guinea . Matsuda ' s headquarters was at Kalingi , along the coastal trail northwest of Mount Talawe , within five miles ( eight kilometres ) of the Cape Gloucester airfield .