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  Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal, as it was then known, occurred in the 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII whose ships, Henri GrĂ¢ce a Dieu ("Great Harry") and Mary Rose, engaged the French navy in the battle of the Solent in 1545.
During the 19th century the Royal Navy enforced a ban on the slave trade and the suppression of piracy.
The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative and the head of the Royal Navy, known as the Lord High Admiral, and overall head of the Armed Forces, is the British Sovereign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_navy   (4552 words)

  
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Sparta wasn't alone in its use of unconventional tactics during these wars: Solon of Athens is said to have used hellebore roots to poison the water in an aqueduct leading from the Pleistrus River around 590 BC during the siege of Cirrha.
Chalk, fine sulfide of arsenic, and powdered verdegris may be thrown among enemy ships by means of small mangonels, and all those who, as they breathe, inhale the powder into their lungs will become asphyxiated.
The American representative, Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, justified voting against the measure on the grounds that "the inventiveness of Americans should not be restricted in the development of new weapons."
brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/po/poison_gas.html   (6752 words)

  
 Second World War: 14 to 18 years
Royal Air Force: A website that celebrates the history of the RAF and its pioneering role in the development of aviation, from its earliest beginnings to the present day.
There is also a full list of accredited women correspondents employed during the war.
D-Day: On June 6 1944, the largest armada in history launched an assault on the Normandy beaches.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistory2WW3.htm   (6620 words)

  
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It soldiered on past Desert Storm, when its replacement stealth plane was cancelled, and the Navy opted to retire the plane and rely on more glamourus, but in some ways less capable F-18E and bomb-equipped F-14s which lack the turret nose mounted TRAM which was capable of dropping precision weapons.
Unlike the Navy, the A-7 wasn't given a chance by the USAF to show its stuff in Desert Storm, only the F16 was given its role, but it probably would have done well.
Its primary use was to ferry ammunition, supplies, and equipment from supply ships in transport areas offshore to supply dumps and fighting units at the beach.
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 Military History Book Catalog
Covers design and constructio of ships, getting crews, victuals, masts, etc etc. Insights robably apply to Drake's fleet against the Spanish Armada a century earlier and Nelson's a century later, as naval warfare evolved very slowly in the age of sail.
Long list of propose armored ships, including luke-warm endorsement of John Ericcson's proposed vessel later famous as the "Monitor".
These original ship's charts are from the 1853-1870 period, produced by lithograph engraving (fl ink on rag paper) and lost in a government warehouse until a few years ago.
www.oldguns.net /catbookmilhist.htm   (7716 words)

  
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SFB fiction w/ new scenarios, 75 new ships & 5 new races, based in a new & unconquered bit of space known as the Omega Sector.
Limited number of units, standard & simple game mechanics, as well as options for tricks like amphibious assaults & paradrops, the game has value in introducing novices to gaming (not that there aren't better vehicles to do so).
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 D-Day relevant links
If there is a site that you think should be linked to us, or if you find any links that no longer work, or have any comments on the sites listed here, please let us know.
We reserve the right to decide which sites are listed here.
Normandy Allies (includes a list of many associations for US units that served in Normandy)
www.ddaymuseum.co.uk /links.htm   (811 words)

  
 What's New in MagWeb -- 106+ Military History and Product Magazines
MagWeb.com does not include the membership lists, so it is a thin issue otherwise, but it includes contact information for the entire southeastern US.
MicroMark Napoleonic Army Lists and TO&Es MicroMark offers 8 more Army Lists, all centered on the German states of the Napoleonic Wars: Kingdom of Westphalia 1808-1813, Kingdom of Saxony 1805-1815, Duchy of Berg 1806-1813, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt 1803-1815, Duchy of Nassau 1803-1815, Confederation of the Rhine 1806-1814, Prussian Army 1813-1815, and Army of Hesse-Kassel 1792-1815.
The extensive historical information is supplemented with images from ship models from around the world, primarily from the Ship Modeling Club of St. Petersburg.
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