HISTORY Flashcards
WHO INITIATED AMERICAS FIRST SEA-BASE OFFENSE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
NAVY’S BDAY?
OCT 13, 1775
SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT MARCH 5, 1942?
SEABEE BDAY.
WHO IS ADMIRAL BEN MORELL?
FATHER OF THE SEABEES
NAMES OF THE FIVE BEACHES STORMED?
GOLD, JUNO, UTAH, SWORD, OMAHA
WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA?
MAY 4-8, 1942
SIGNIFICANCE OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY
TURNING POINT DURING WWII, BETWEEN 4-7 JUNE 1942, SIX MONTHS AFTER ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, ONE MONTH AFTER BATTLE OF CORAL SEA.
SIGNIFICANCE OF BATTLE OF CORAL SEA?
NEITHER FLEET SAW EACH OTHER. FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT.
SIGNIFICANCE OF BATTLE OF CORAL SEA?
NEITHER FLEET SAW EACH OTHER. FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT.
WHAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 4-7TH 1942?
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
WHEN WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN HISTORY?
JUNE 6, 1944
WHEN WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN HISTORY?
JUNE 6, 1944
WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THE NAVY EOD?
COMBAT SWIMMERS WERE NEEDED FOR REMOVING OBSTACLES ON BEACHES PRIOR TO AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS.
FATHER OF THE EOD?
DRAPER KAUFFMAN
WHAT IS N-1?
ADMIN