Admiral

they could attack the U.S.. Then they tried to bomb the U.S. by using fighter planes because the Japanese thought that the U.S. would surrender after they used multiple try at doing that they failed. Leading up to the attack of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto planned sticking the U.S. with fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedoes because he wanted the U.S. to surrender before the war started. Midget submarines were the perfect choice for this mission because they were hard too see in the water…

John Hawkins: Renaissance admiral John Hawkins was an English admiral and privateer during the Renaissance. He spent majority of his adult life as a slave trader and, eventually, helped defeat the Spanish Armada (Funk, 1, “Hawkins, Sir John”). Hawkins, an admiral during the Renaissance, made a large difference during the time that he was alive. Hawkins, born in 1532 in Plymouth, England (Funk, 1, “Hawkins, Sir John”). He originally began his life as a merchant and later became the first…

The Japanese Admiral Yamamoto made a very important foreshadowing statement after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” He meant that the Japanese had poked the U.S. awake and the Japanese were about to be swallowed. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. There was a lot of infrastructure damage and human lives lost as a result.…

attack was planned months before the set day, and became apparent that the United States was mislead by the Empire of Japan in believing an attack would not be coming. It is said that the attack happened because the US would not ship oil to Japan. Admiral Yamamoto who was the leader of this planned attack thought that was a good reason to start a war. The Attack on Pearl Harbor was planned months in advance and became a surprise attack that crippled the US Pacific…

Admiral Stark and Major Wedemeyer shared similar views on the design question of how to change their environment from its existing state to their desired end state. They both strove for victory over totalitarian powers in Europe and the Pacific. Both men advocated an alliance with Great Britain and prosecution of an allied strategy to defeat the Axis powers. Stark envisioned a pursuing an allied strategy with Britain across multiple theaters. Wedemeyer initially planned for war in the…

I didn’t say you did Admiral. Now why don’t we sit down and talk about the- (The ADMIRAL lunges into the ETHICS REPRESENTATIVE and begins to choke him on the ground.) ADMIRAL Your committee will never stop my project! MAJOR STRATEGIST Vice Admiral use the gun! (The Vice Admiral pulls out his gun and fires. The Admiral collapses on the ETHICS REPRESENTATIVE. The ETHICS REPRESENTATIVE manages to get up and to a chair.) ETHICS REPRESENTATIVE Thank you Vice Admiral. VICE ADMIRAL Of course. Anything…

Coronado, California. North Island Naval Air station (NAS), Admiral Meyer’s headquarters. Admiral Meyer’s had called his senior staff as well as those from Naval Base San Diego, 32nd Street, to his headquarters to discuss how they could support the defense of Washington D.C., they needed to act now. As far as the Admiral could tell, was that they didn’t have the aircraft to send a few thousand Marines along with their equipment. The C-17’s, all five of them, were a God send and they were…

The small state of 86,000 square miles had a large Muslim population, and it was led by Hari Singh, a devout Hindu. Singh wanted Kashmir to remain an independent state, but the state’s geographic location made this impossible. Kashmir was positioned on the border of India and Pakistan. While Singh was holing out, Kashmir was invaded in August of 1947 by armed raiders from the North West Frontier province and by troops from the Pakistani Army. Singh was forced to seek military protection from…

Depression. The rivalry between Seabiscuit and War Admiral demonstrated the contrasts that revolved around individual style and personality, race/culture, ideologies, and geography. The sport rivalries between decidedly different opponents help to represent particular symbolic qualities that represented Americans during that time. At their most basic level, they publicly express larger issues and concerns. This one rivalry between Seabiscuit and War Admiral serves through contrast to illuminate…

"The Pinta, the best sailer of the three, was ahead. She makes signals, already agreed upon, that she has discovered land. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana was the first to see this land. For the Admiral being on the castle of the poop of the ship at ten at night really saw a light, but it was so shut in by darkness that he did not like to say that it was a sign of land. Still he called up Pedro Gutierrez, the king's chamberlain, and said to him that there seemed to be a light, and asked him to…