Search results for "Admiral (United States)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In 1782, the French, under Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul ... three actions fought by Guichen against Admiral Rodney in the Battle of ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) ... At the time, the Navy was not as well developed as the United States ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- incident became a cause of concern for the United States government, the only ... case in the mid-1800s when Europe and the United States began to rove East ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- or benefit for the British military, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane saw ... and the first federal installation in the United States, only to have been ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- |race= Massachusetts Handicap (1937)Match race against War Admiral ... |honours= United States Racing Hall of Fame (1958)#25 - Top 100 U ...19 KB (3,089 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- of the French Far Eastern Squadron, Rear Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze harbored ... initiative with Chinese authorities, Rear Admiral Roze made his own military ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- operating out of Istanbul, under Rear Admiral Souchon, engaging Russian ... In October 1939, Dönitz became a Rear Admiral and commander of submarines; ...19 KB (2,934 words) - 07:15, 5 October 2022
- awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The ... in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying a higher ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- the title of Yumyeong Sugun Dodok (Admiral of the Fleet of Ming China ... . During the war, Ryu's support of Admiral Yi provided vital to Yi ...34 KB (5,442 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America that took ... and propagandized their cause in the United States Congress. ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. Ahead ... quot; sowed the seeds on which the United States would be built. He ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- was chosen by the buccaneers as their admiral. He was an incredible leader ... * Allen, Hubert Raymond. Buccaneer Admiral Sir Henry Morgan. London: ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- 28. During the amphibious operation, United Nations (UN) forces secured ... operation, MacArthur requested the use of United States Marine Corps expeditionary ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- to fight!" His later service as an admiral in the Russian Navy brought ... Continental Navy, which later became the United States Navy. During this ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal part of West ... slave trade with Europe; slaves from enemy states of the interior were sold ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives ... to reopen communication between the Union states and Washington, D.C. A major ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 2023
- American colonies later emerged as the United States, an English-speaking ... If England had not started North American colonies, the United States ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- 1765 – June 20, 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ... British monarch-to-be to visit the present United States; each of his successors ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- 4,1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of ... Yamamoto, who had studied in the United States, and had spent time ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- led to a formal state of war between the United States and Japan. During ... on Pearl Harbor that had plunged the United States into war, was not ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered ... interfering in the affairs of the princely states. Born wealthy, Cornwallis ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- on India's southcoast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition ... Indies and were eventually sold to the United States in 1917 for $25 million ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- 23, 1915) was a mulatto slave in the United States who freed himself ... the Planter, Smalls requested to raise the United States flag immediately. ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 2022
- For subsequent operations, Admiral Ernest J. King and other members ... Shō-Go 1 called for Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's fleet, known ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- of people in two nations, although in the United States and in France women ... of the Battle of the Saintes, in which Admiral George Rodney defeated the ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – January 28 1596) was ... coast when those colonies became free states. Maps made soon after would ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- Allied leaders (the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom ... of this support and when the United States joined the war in ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- fell to the U.S. commanders: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, General ... and logistics, and should train in the United States for six months before ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- in 1945, for his role in establishing the United Nations, and was referred ... Hull served 11 terms in the United States House of Representatives ...16 KB (2,419 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- The Sui Dynasty united China in 589 C.E., defeating the Chen Dynasty ... by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), and Admiral Zhou Luohou (周羅睺) ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
- world into what are often arbitrary nation states means that resources are ... Under the direction of Rear Admiral Juan Williams, the Chilean Navy ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- the first battle in which an army of the United States ever engaged. ... for over seven weeks on Staten Island, Admiral Richard Howe moved 88 frigates ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- The United States expedition to Korea in 1871, which came to be known ... outside countries. As Europe and the United States began to travel to ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- of partitioned Poland). He moved to the United States with his parents in ... with his own. He returned to the United States in 1882, and, through ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- Norway, Republic of South Africa, Russia, United Kingdom of Great Britain ... US Admiral Richard Byrd, with the assistance of his first pilot Bernt ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- southern Solomons was conceived by U.S. Admiral Ernest King, Commander in ... Allied expeditionary force was U.S. Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, whose ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- That has led to a rethinking of United States support in Korea, ... elections in the north, as mandated by the United Nations, South Korea established ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- pirates and corsaires, including English admiral and privateer Sir Francis ... In March 1741, British and American colonial troops led by Admiral ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator ... he became a teacher. In 1853, when the United States Navy fleet led by ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively ... to display its naval power to the maritime states of South and Southeast Asia ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July ... A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- of the League of Nations and the United Nations and was convinced ... the British delegation to what became the United Nations, helping to draft ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- important French grain convoy from the United States, which was protected ... with food and goods purchased from the United States.Tracy, p. 89 During ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- to Staten Island to negotiate with British Admiral Lord Richard Howe, who in ... When the Charleston Branch of the First Bank of the United States ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army. He was the last ... standing next to Task Force Commander Admiral Alan G. Kirk, observing ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- came to have great significance in the United States, as it presented a ... colonies, slavery remained in the future United States. However, the decision ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- #039;s British Columbia through the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon ... known historic eruptions in the contiguous United States have been from Cascade ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- the challenge in their unique way. After Admiral Perry opened Japan to commerce ... sway in Korea. Japan employed the tactics Admiral Perry used on them to open ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- own right, one that at times rivaled the United States for world supremacy ... Army as a whole generally believed in a united multinational Russia (being ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- American aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Admiral Richard E. Byrd, joined ... of Honor. Upon his arrival back in the United States a fleet of warships ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- state of Israel although it voted against United Nations Resolution 181 in ... still Ottoman territories. European states also had numerous capitulations ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- expanded during the later 18th century. Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson commanded ... Court of Justice (CCP) replaced the United-Kingdom Privy Council as ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- three Shogunate missions to Europe and the United States, and based on these ... to send envoys of the Shogun to the United States, and Fukuzawa volunteered ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, Russia, and Japan ... sentiment was generated in Europe, the United States, and Japan. ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- and in 1648 officially, independent as the United Provinces of the Netherlands ... law. It recognized the sovereignty of states, rather than of imperial ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- Japanese Army and Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine and ... Vandegrift and mainly consisting of United States Marine Corps units ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and ... able to send veteran armies to invade the United States, but by then the Americans ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about ... expedition. It was named after a British admiral, Samuel Hood. ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms ... Many investigations ensued, including by the United States Congress ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
- governor, a general, and by the 1750s, an admiral. Although Spanish settlers ... governor, a general, and by the 1750s, an admiral. Historical information ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United ... engagement. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment ... I of Castile, who, by marrying, had united the largest kingdoms of Spain ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- From 1405 to 1433, Admiral Zheng He led large fleets of the Ming Dynasty ... trade dominance. Since World War II the United Kingdom has withdrawn from ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... through such initiatives as the United World Colleges. He may qualify ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- 5 times the size of Washington, DC in the United States. ... them took place in 1502, by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- 1898, war broke out between Spain and the United States and a Spanish warship ... volunteered to swear fealty to the United States, if his life was spared ...20 KB (2,922 words) - 18:15, 13 February 2024
- Although still requesting the presence of United States troops, South Korea ... #039;s defeat in World War II in 1945, a United Nations arrangement divided ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States of America. ... the original Thirteen Colonies forming the United States. It was also a keystone ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was the first United ... one of the defining attributes of the United States. The initial expedition ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- third largest navy in the world after the United States Navy and Royal Navy, ... In the sixteenth century, during the Warring States period, feudal ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- Da Conti, and used during the travels of Admiral Zheng He in the early fifteenth ... Spain, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom all built large ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- In Canada and the United Kingdom, the Seven Years War is used to describe ... While some United States-based historians refer to the conflict as ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- between France and Great Britain when Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, acting ... 6 percent), Niger (13.2 percent), and the United States (12.4 percent). Imports ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- occupation zones of the Soviet Union and United States established at the ... By the third century B.C.E., it disintegrated into many successor states. ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- War, owing to anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom. After visiting London ... of Romania. In 1930, he was sent to the United Kingdom to attend Cheam School ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- 19, 1798), was a leading figure in the United Irishmen Irish independence ... ==Society of the United Irishmen== In October 1791, Tone converted ...20 KB (3,240 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- On September 25, 1660 the States of Holland resolved to take charge ... in 1666, when William was 16, the States of Holland officially made ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States, achieving statehood ... Hawaii was united under a single ruler, Kamehameha I, in 1810. The ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- a false passport for him to travel to the United States to avoid the Napoleonic ... in the past, that his father had been an admiral in the French navy, when ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 06:04, 3 August 2022
- July 17, 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 ... Although he refused appointment as Ambassador to the United States ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- Silent Spring had an immense effect in the United States, where it spurred ... became a runaway best seller both in the United States and overseas. Again ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Lord Reith was a ... duty and spent the next two years in the United States, supervising armament ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- (1732-1799), the first President of the United States, visited. George Washington ... (Canada), and with Wilmington, Delaware (United States). ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- A final crisis was provoked when the United States forced Japan to open ... arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy, with an armada ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... expansion of the original thirteen states across the American continent ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- Revolutionary Party—came out with united election lists for the Constituent ... and liberals held talks on creating a united anti-Bolshevik front in Moscow ...40 KB (5,691 words) - 16:00, 22 July 2022
- with the period of Prohibition in the United States, when Saint-Pierre ... to negotiate financial arrangements with United States authorities to obtain ...22 KB (3,091 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- In Guernsey, the Bailiff, Sir Victor Carey and the States of Guernsey ... Edmund Blampied to design scrip for the States of Jersey in denominations ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ... in her history, Sweden had ruled or was united with Norway and governed ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has strict ... a national association of jewelers in the United States, officially adopted ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- Johann Gast in his sermones conviviales states that Faust had suffered a ... The Admiral's Men performed Doctor Faustus twenty-five times ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- the Declaration of Independence as the United States of America early in ... in 1783 recognized the independence of the United States. ...40 KB (5,862 words) - 06:46, 25 July 2023
- The States-General of the Dutch provinces, united in the 1579 Union ... rule. While France was divided by regional states, it had a single Estates ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- home of the first president of the United States, George Washington ... Lawrence's commanding officer, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon, then regarded ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government whose primary ... The CIA is restricted from operating inside the United States, although ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- Scientist from the United States, Japan and Russia (with financial ... from the northern Kurils, along with United States and European forces ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- battleship" (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee and British ships ... of localisms. Argentina, much like the United States and Canada, though ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- [[Image:USPosterFoodIsAWeapon.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[United States ... resources than others. For example, if the United States was to subdue a Native ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- English-language role was probably that of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Midway. ... here are the most common titles used in the United States. ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- wartime powers, the U.S., USSR, and the United Kingdom, agreed on the format ... published by the War Department of the United States Army, on October 1 ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
