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
