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ev4n:
And we're coming up on the 200th anniversary of the end of the war of 1812.
Akima:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 18 Dec 2014, 15:11 ---Meanwhile, everyone missed the 150th anniversary of one of the last major battles of the Civil War: the Battle of Nashville.
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I am probably a bad person for imagining duelling Country & Western musicians...
Kugai:
December 20th 1861
English transports loaded with 8,000 troops set sail for Canada so that troops are available if the "Trent Affair" is not settled without war.
For those of you unfamiliar with The Trent Affair, more info here
GarandMarine:
So I've been learning more about KanColle, that weird ship girl anime I found and linked in the everything else thread, and my new favorite character Yamato, one of the smaller details in her visual design (which given all the turrets and armor is pretty fucking complex already) is a signal flag for the letter Z. This lead to some rather interesting naval history!
Starting in 1905 when Admiral Togo hoisted the Z flag aboard his flagship the IJS Mikasa (三笠) before engaging the Russian Baltic fleet to signal "The Fate of the Empire of Japan rests on this single battle, all hands shall give their all." (One of many translations) similar to Nelson's famous signal "England Expects". Following the Russo-Japanese war, the next major use of the "Z" signal is credited to Admiral Nagumo of the Dai-ichi KōKū Kantai (1st Air Fleet), who ordered the Z signal hoisted (and the same flag according to some sources) on 6 December. 1941 aboard his flagship the carrier Akagi, after he had determined his strike force had achieved complete surprise over the United States Navy. As Togo's signal was common knowledge and part of the Naval tradition/lore of the IJN by this point, the signal proved to be exactly the inspiration for his men that Nagumo desired.
The Z signal would be used several more times through out the Pacific War, and was retired after the defeat of Imperial Japan in 1945. The signal has not been readopted by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. The IJS Mikasa was heavily damaged, and sunk. She was recovered and restored as a floating museum before the outbreak of the Second World War, and was restored once again during the Occupation with the help of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. The Mikasa is the only surviving example of a pre-dreadnought battleship left anywhere in the world, and is currently moored in Yokosuka near the large joint naval base there.
天皇陛下万歳!
Jimor:
A photographer has rescued a bunch of undeveloped WWII film and has very carefully developed it so we can see what's been buried away for 70 years.
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