first campaign Operation Galvanic. The Japanese conquered the Tarawa atoll; part of the Gilbert Islands, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and immediately started to construct an airfield on its largest island Betio. The seventy-six hour battle for Betio was the first amphibious operation against a well-fortified and defended atoll. The human loss of lives for Tarawa was shocking to the American public. The American public was not prepared for the cost involved in pressing an amphibious
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The Ancient Trireme, a ship that rests at the centre of ancient Greek history and lead to Athens supremacy at sea could make it possibly the most important vehicle from the 7th century to the 4th century BC. Originally used as a transport vessel to ferry colonists to all parts of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, could have very well been the most significant weapon in naval combat and gave the Ancient Greeks the defining edge in naval warfare to win battles such as Salamis (480 BC) against
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held his long spear underarm. Enemy fighters saw only a figure of spears and shields, that was tough to go through and tough to break once it started advancing forward. The Greeks had archers and cavalry, but the phalanx that won many well-known battles. I will highlight some wars throughout this time period and showing how the soldiers lived. Fighter had to pay for their armour, unless their father was executed in war. Then they were given the weapons and armour worn by their Father. Wealthily
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Bayeux Taprety Dear Family; It is with great pride to let you know that I have survived the Battle of Hastings. We were victorious but it was not an easy venture. We had a meeting about how the trip would be before leaving Normandy. They said that it would only be about 5 hours to get there, but turns out that it took us over 12 hours to reach England. We didn’t think when rushing to make these boats that it would be such a long trip. If we had known we would have built them so they were
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Low | 4 | Substitutes | High | 5 | 1. The cruise line industry is effectively an oligopoly market, where several major cruise liners make up more than 90% of the market shares. Carnival is constantly engaged in marketing and pricing battles with these competitors, making internal rivalry central to the industry. Additionally, cruise lines have historically been subject to heavy M&A activity, and Carnival sometimes competes to acquire even more share. The cruise line industry
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War of 1812: Battle of Ft. McHenry Stephanie Bame HIS/115 Patrick Gleaves 02/20/2014 12th of September To all my Family, The tour here is rough at times, but I am proud to stand next to those who believe what I believe in. We have just received word that the British burned down and looted the White House. We are now preparing for them to make their way towards the Baltimore Harbor. This is not going to be an easy battle for any of us, but we are doing what we have to do. 14th of
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assembly, instead of “declaring and dividend” to devote the whole surplus to increasing the navy.Themistocles urged that the Athenian fleet should be doubled or tripled. Thus, he used the silver to build new war ships, expanding the Athenian fleet from seventy ships to one-hundred ships. (Burn 3,4)In addition, when the Greek navy gathered at Salamis, Themistocles persuaded the Spartans to send their navy to Cape Artemisium, to protect the narrow passage of Thermopylae. If the Spartans could hold
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Britain and World War II [pic] In this module you will study: • The Phoney War • Evacuation • Dunkirk • The Battle of Britain • The Blitz • Conscription • The Battle of the Atlantic • D-Day • Censorship and Propaganda • Internment • The role of Women in the War • Rationing |The Phoney War |Source A | |
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References 7 Introduction The Maritime lien is an unique creature in maritime law. While its historical origin is shrouded in some obscurity, its juridical nature is fairly well settled. In essence, it is an encumbrance or change over a ship or other like cargo and freight, which accrues from the moment the under lying claims giving rise to it attaches, travels secretively with the res (except one brought about the judicial) and is carried into effect by an action in rem. A party entitled
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raised “You mentioned the shipping/delivering yachts need to be very careful and it requires high insurance fee, how is the shipping term to ship your yachts? FOB/ IF/Others? Does this matter your business a lot? Also for the Super Yacht & Gigo Yacht, will you go by normal shipping? Or you will sail the yacht to your customers directly? I am wondering how you ship such a huge yacht overseas." James Fwu replied that Horizon set delivery term as FAS (free alone side) as standard, and stick to it as possible
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