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...ies.swf (in English). Note that Karel Doorman was "schout-bij-nacht" (rear admiral) the third-highest rank in the Dutch Navy. The Dutch WP has a long story ab

...(CV-45)]] was in the Philippines, as part of Carrier Division 3 under Rear Admiral [[J.M. Hoskins]]. The ships initially, a light cruiser and eight destroyers

...onvinced anti-Nazi as early as 1934. He was protected by the Abwehr chief, Admiral [[Wilhelm Canaris]]. Oster was able to build up an extensive clandestine ne

...ng closely with his aide [[Harry Hopkins]] and his chief of staff, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[William Leahy]], provided decisive leadership against [[National Social

* Weddle, Kevin J. ''Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont.'' (2005). 269 pp.

...Bulloch]], "Uncle Jimmy", was a U.S. Navy officer who became a Confederate admiral and naval procurement agent in Britain. Another uncle Irvine Bulloch was a

...tings, statues, and reconstructed turtleboats (ko˘bukso˘n) all over Korea. Admiral Yi Sunsin (1545–98), Korea’s leading naval commander during the invasio

...eyed aviator had ever imagined. He gave command of the Navy to an aviator, Admiral Ernest King, with a mandate for an aviation-oriented war in the Pacific.<re

:::::Sir, the Attack on Pearl Harbor was fought by Admiral Nagumo, at his level of incompetence. The more relevant Monty Python situat

...British merchant seamen who had been captured by the pocket battleship <i>Admiral Graf Spee</i>. These actions, supplemented by his speeches, considerably en