Sentences with phrase «german war ships»

Take this visually striking chronicle detailing a three - day period in 1940 during which German war ships sailed into waters near Oslo, prompting King Haakon (Jesper Christensen) to confront the Nazis — and specifically an envoy (Karl Markovics) who favors a diplomatic resolution — rather than surrender, during an attempt to occupy the capital.

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In 1941, German Templers were shipped from Palestine and interned for the duration of the war, which led to the establishment of the Temple Society Australia.

During World War One, the Germans actually sank multiple ships, most famously the Lusitania, and that wasn't the reason why the United States went to wWar One, the Germans actually sank multiple ships, most famously the Lusitania, and that wasn't the reason why the United States went to warwar.

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 9, 1915 The first American ship to be torpedoed in World War I, on May 1, 1915, while the United States was still a neutral country in the War, caused an immediate diplomatic outcry and stern warnings to the German government.

The conversion technology is well established (the Germans used it during World War II), and liquid coal can power conventional diesel cars and trucks as well as jet engines and ships.

In March, the team reported the discovery of the wreck of the HMS Tarpon, a British submarine from World War II that sank with around 59 crewmembers aboard after a battle with an armed German merchant ship in 1940.

During the second world war, Britain relied on essential supplies shipped over from the US and the Germans knew it.

Placed by the German Embassy in Washington, it reminded readers of the existence of the war zone and cautioned that «vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or of any of her allies, are liable to destruction» and that travelers sailing on such ships «do so at their own risk.»

Orient yourself by doing the three kilometre (1.9 mile) walk around the island, on which you'll see plaques describing the islands» history, including the sinking of the German ship SMS Emden during the Battle of Cocos in World War I. (You'll also discover some quirky calling card paraphernalia on the palm trees, as Direction Island is a favourite anchorage for visiting round - the - world yachts.)

The best monuments and sightseeing places in Paramaribo are the historical city center, the central market, the Fort Zeelandia, the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Royal Palm Gardens, the Cultuurtuin Flowermarket, the Presidential Palace, the Hindu sanctuary, the Neotropical Butterfly Park, the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Mosque, the Pepperpot Jungle Nature Park, the Palmentuim Garden, the 6000 tonne Second World War cargo German ship Goslar in Suriname River, the Waterkant Street and the Neveh Shalom Synagogue.

Nevertheless, in 1942 the state decided to declare war on German and Italian forces who had sunk a number of their merchant ships.

This was particularly true during World War I, pursued largely by the German Navy through largescale U-boat attacks on military and merchant ships alike, that drove the invention of Dazzle Camouflage.

After all, the view that American independence required political and military isolation from Europe kept the United States out of the First World War until April 1917, at which point it intervened only when German U-boats attacked American merchant ships and the «Zimmerman telegram», in which the German Foreign Secretary urged Mexico to wage war against the US, was interceptWar until April 1917, at which point it intervened only when German U-boats attacked American merchant ships and the «Zimmerman telegram», in which the German Foreign Secretary urged Mexico to wage war against the US, was interceptwar against the US, was intercepted.

Is the china a Castleton pattern, one of the fine American companies that begin to flourish around 1938, right before WWII, when European chinas could no longer be shipped across the ocean because of the German ships of war.