If WoWs is to be believed, this was an overwhelming benefit to the English, since the German Battleships had a tenency to have their turrets blown up and destroyers were invisible beyond 5km.
my great grandfather died in this battle on 20th December. He was fighting for the Sovjet (Ukranien Division) and trying to liberate Budapest from the nazis
Viet Minh, organization that led the struggle for Vietnamese independence from French rule. The Viet Minh was formed in China in May 1941. It is Chinese's creation and it's not true vietnamese.
vietnam still lives under French, because vietnamese still uses French written language. Before that, they use Chinese written language. vietnam today is just Chinese factories and French written language. Made By Chinese but label in vietnam!
The People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union similarly provided vital support to the Viet Minh, including most of their artillery and ammunition. the planned Viet Minh attack was based on the Chinese "Fast Strike, Fast Victory" model.
Viet Minh, organization that led the struggle for Vietnamese independence from French rule. The Viet Minh was formed in China in May 1941. It is Chinese's creation and it's not true vietnamese.
The Scharnhorst Class is probably a unique class of it's own. I would say it a Light Battleship cause of it smaller 11" guns but battleship defensive armour thinkness. Like the HMS Hood, classed as a battlecruiser, but had the same armour thinkness as a battleship of the time and the same 15" guns, would be the first fast battleship.
Dr Rick Jolly is one of the wars hero's. He was decorated by both sides. A very rare man. Fun fact. The 5th of may retreated due to mechanical problems. It was kept quiet at the time.
Interesting discription of this event. I personally have spoken to a sailor who was in theSheffields op room at this time. His description of the events is quite different. He said that in fact they did pick up the in coming aircraft but their officer did not believe the contact. He also said the they were hit with one exocet but it failed to explode. Its impact set their superstructure on fire - it was aluminium ( to save momey and weight) and it was impossible to put this fire out.
USN commanders afloat finally placing their trust in the radar plots and using them to develop a solid real-time awareness of the battle space, instead of simply doubting it and waiting for visual cues before deciding what to do. Huge step change.
