In the years after the conclusion of World War II the Royal Navy went through a series of changes and the number of active vessels was reduced. in spite of the fresh memory of global conflict, regular conflicts between opposing ideologies were always proving world peace was difficult, if not impossible to achieve. The commitment of the United Kingdom to both NATO and United Nations roles meant ...
The Royal Navy first launched a submarine in 1901, the HMS Holand One, and although Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, then Controller of the Navy, called the new style of sea warfare "underhand, unfair and damned un-English" the submarine was here to stay. During World War One submarines proved their effectiveness, despite being a small minority of the active Navy personnel, The Submarine Service ...
Wristwatches were not unheard of at the start of World War 1, certainly, in 1880 a swiss manufacturer supplied a number of specially modified watches to the German Imperial Navy, and during the Second Boer War, at the turn of the century, British officers had been issued with 'wristlet' watches. However, they were still seen as feminine items and were rarely worn by men. The increased importance ...
Updated Feb 12, 2017 at 01:18 PM by Churchy (info)
Launched in 1939 the German battleship 'Bismark' was one of the largest built at that time in Germany, it's mission to disrupt allied supply convoys heading to Britain from the United States made it a priority target for the Allied Navies. At the start of World War 2, the British Navy was the largest in the world and more were under construction, One of the British Aircraft Carriers 'Ark Royal' ...
Military Nursing was in its infancy at the start of World War One, those who treated the tens of thousands of casualties came from several different organisations, including Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. On October 12th, 1915 in Belgium, a British Nurse was executed by a German firing squad on suspicion of espionage, she had been helping injured soldiers from both sides of ...
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