Category: Marines from all over the world

MS Burgenland: Murder on board

MS Burgenland: Murder on board

Gepostet von | 31 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

During the Second World War, atrocities that are barely comprehensible today also took place on a ship off the South American coast. The story of the MS Burgenland shows the brutality of the Nazi era. "Being attacked by several heavy units. My location is about 7° south 26° west. Must sink ship, classified information has been destroyed." - This was the last message from the blockade runner MS Burgenland, which was received by the naval command of the Kriegsmarine on the evening of 5 January 1944. What was meant by classified information was to be the subject of a court case against the former naval attaché in Tokyo and head of the Naval Special Service East Asia, retired Admiral Paul Wenneker, in the mid-1960s....

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New frigates for Her Majesty's Navy

New frigates for Her Majesty's Navy

Gepostet von | 25 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

In addition to a common language, a common history and a common head of state, there are also unifying elements between the United Kingdom and its former colonies Australia and Canada in the area of defence. In recent years, a large-scale frigate project has been added to this. The Global Combat Ship - which the British Royal Navy refers to as the Type 26 Frigate or City class - originated in 1998 as a replacement for the 14 Type 22 frigates and 16 Type 23 frigates from the 1970s and 1980s, both of which were focussed on submarine hunting. Several fundamental decisions in the "infamous"...

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China's fishing militia

China's fishing militia

Gepostet von | 26 Apr 2022 | , , , , , | 0

China is consolidating its territorial claims in the South China Sea with artificially created islands. Aggressive fishing fleets and maritime militias are also intended to ensure that its citizens are fed. The G7, NATO and EU meetings of the American president in June 2021 at the latest made Europeans realise that they need to reposition themselves with regard to the People's Republic of China. This is no longer just about flying the military flag in the South China Sea, but about the future political, economic and technological relationship with a country that has long been preparing to become the number one superpower. And the European Council on Foreign Relations states: "China...

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Restriction of armaments between the world wars

Restriction of armaments between the world wars

Gepostet von | 9 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

The Washington Conference on the Limitation of Naval Armaments took place 100 years ago. In the course of the conference, three important treaties were agreed that shaped the political and military situation in the run-up to the Second World War. Shortly after the end of the First World War, new potential for conflict emerged among the victorious powers. The most significant factors were the escalating arms race among the remaining naval powers and the strategic competition between these states in the Pacific region. This also included the danger of aggression against a politically and militarily weak China. The situation in China was particularly precarious. The country had sided politically with the Entente powers in the First World War;...

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US Navy - fourth FORD-class carrier named after Miller

US Navy - fourth FORD-class carrier named after Miller

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 1

While one of the carriers is being tested to bursting point, Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia is already working on the latest, fourth FORD-class carrier with the first steel cut. After two presidents (Ford, Kennedy) and the traditional ENTERPRISE, this carrier is named after Doris "Dorie" Miller, a cook on the battleship WEST VIRGINIA, who was the first African-American to be personally awarded the Navy Cross of Merit by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1942. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, he had operated an anti-aircraft gun for a quarter of an hour without ever having been trained to do so, not without first removing his seriously injured commander from the line of fire...

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