Japans spectacular victory over the Imperial Russian Navy heralded the birth of a new military power in Asia. The modern battleships of the Japanese were too fast and too well armed for the old-fashioned vessels of the Russians. It was a grim warning to the Western Empires. Just as victory over Fran
The Vozdouchno-dessantnye voïska or VDV airborne troops) is a military body of airborne troops of the Russian army, ex-Soviet army. On August 2, 1930, during maneuvers of the VVS in the Moscow Military District, 12 soldiers were parachuted from the wing of an airplane. We quickly realized the capab
Russian Special Operations Regiment Country Soviet Union (until 1991) Type Special ForcesRole Special Forces The generic term Spetsnaz (Russian:Спецназ) refers to multiple special intervention groups of the politsia (police), the Russian Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs, the FSB (ex KGB
The SAS (short for Special Air Service) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces, established in 1941 by Lieutenant David Stirling with British volunteers. This unit became known during World War II for raids behind German lines in North Africa. Disbanded after the war, the unit was rec
SEAL Period January 1, 1962 to presentCountry United StatesBranch United States NavyType Special Maritime Operations ForceRole Maritime Special Operations Workforce 2,000 Part of Naval Special Warfare CommandUnited States Special Operations CommandCoronado Garrison, CaliforniaLittle Creek, Virgin
The Marine Infantry (Russian:Morskaya pekhota) is the amphibious armed force of the Russian Navy. In service since 1705, when it was founded, it fought in the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War as well as the First and Second World Wars. Under the Soviet era, it was by decision
The 82nd US Airborne Division - 82nd Airborne Division - is a parachute division of the United States Army. She distinguished herself during the Normandy landings, she also participated in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Ardennes. In 2003, she took part in the conquest of Iraq. The Fir
Created in 1921, it is the last division to take up the traditions of the United States Cavalry. After participating in the Pacific campaigns (including the Admiralty Islands campaign) and reconquering the Philippines, it was one of the 4 divisions assigned to the occupation of Japan within the Eigh
The 101st US Airborne Division - in English 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault ) - is a division of the United States Army trained primarily for heliborne assault. For historical reasons, it retains the term paratrooper but the division no longer conducts parachute operations. This type of operat
The 25th Infantry Division of the United States was established on October 1, 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Territory, the same date as the 24th Infantry Division. Constitution These two divisions were formed from elements of the famous and former Hawaiian Division and two regiments of the Nat
Context Immediately after the collapse of the USSR in the fall of 1991, uncertainty reigned among US intelligence services about the attitude of the forces of the former USSR, in particular the strategic missile forces that remained under Russian command. From the United States Navys perspective, t
The submarine incident off the Kola Peninsula is the collision between the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Grayling and the Russian Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-407 Novomoskovsk 100 miles away north of the Russian naval base in Severomorsk on March 20, 1993. The incident takes place as t
Three nuclear submarines are known to have been lost. The first was the American Tresher, an attack submarine that sank in the Atlantic in 1963 with its entire crew. The cause is believed to have been a joint failure in a water pipe that caused electrical shorts. The second was also an American atom
But when the Sonar is mounted on a submarine, the angle of the emitter ray makes a much more open angle and its almost horizontal path exposes it much less to being diffused or reflected by the thermal layers. The effectiveness of nuclear fighter submarines caused a commander of such vessels to refl
The nuclear missiles of the five French submarines in service or under construction externally resemble the Polaris. Their range is 1,900 miles.Russia, to begin with, took quite a different policy from the United States in that its first ballistic missile submarines were diesel -electric which had t
In Britain, nuclear propulsion studies had been their train until the late 1950s, but progress was slow, and in 1958 an agreement was reached with the Americans for the complete supply of a reactor. This was installed on the Dreadnought which was the first British nuclear submarine, which entered se
On the surface, submarines drawn like the Albacore do not steer very easily because this rounded bow rather pushes the water than it carves its way through it. In diving, its a different story and, as one of the first American nuclear submarine commanders said, The only thing we havent done is come
The British and American navies, soon followed by France, Portugal and the Scandinavian countries, had adopted the German Schnorchel which the English made the Snort and the Americans, the Snorkel. Not only does the process allow the batteries to be recharged in almost complete immersion but, in ope
During the Second World War, the submarine had easily placed itself at the head of all naval weapons for its influence on the course of the war.The Germans in particular had perfected its tactics to the point that he was very close to assuring them the victory which could not have failed to follow t
Johnson and Clay arrived on Sunday afternoon. A dense crowd awaited them, prey to strong emotion. Nearly 500,000 people, many of them crying, lined the streets in the pouring rain to welcome them. Johnson made no new promises, but his snaps gave Berliners what they needed most:some hope. “We are det
Maximilien Robespierre , born 6 May 1758 and died 28 July 1794, was a French jurist and politician. He distinguished himself as a leader of the Jacobins and presided over France during the most chaotic phase of the French Revolution, the Period of Terror. Biography of Robespierre Maximilien Robes
On January 6 the weather over Ooty, Finland favored Soviet bomber action. Clouds covered the sky from about 300 m. Little Finland had been fighting for more than a month now the Soviet giant who unnecessarily attacked her and for the time being she was holding on. Jorma Sarvanto was born in 1912
The War of the Pacific begins on December 7, 1941 with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and opposes the Empire of Japan and the United States (and their allies) for almost four years. It begins with a series of victories for the Japanese who impose themselves everywhere in Southeast Asia to the i
After gathering his troops and rehearsing at Vaté aux Nouvelles- Hebrides, Admiral Hill set course for his objective. Hundreds of miles away, Admiral Turner was heading for Makin. One hundred miles separate the two atolls and the two attacking forces followed two roughly parallel routes.In Makin Ato