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HMS Liverpool and HMS Fury attempting to get underway with HMS Audacious in tow.
While tow lines were able to be secured to HMS Audacious, the lines kept snapping as the slowly flooding and listing battleship kept trying to swing into the wind as she was towed.
The ocean liner RMS Olympic, which had arrived on the scene in response to the distress call, offered to tow the dreadnought figuring that her greater size might better stabilize and pull the increasing dead weight of the sinking ship. The attempt was made but the result was the same.
ALT By Edith and Mabel Smith deceased - Edith and Mabel Smith deceased, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3762805
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British County-class heavy cruiser HMS London moored in Hong Kong after being damaged by Chinese PLA artillery during the Amethyst incident on the Yangtze River on April 21st 1949
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"They're being built to destroy countries that don't even exist yet.", Jane's ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighters print ad (Electronic Arts, 1996)
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Lacking the technical knowledge to use the captured tanks, three were dispatched to Kharkov (Kharkiv), while one was presented to Lenin as a gift, who took a liking to this “French novelty” and ordered its participation in the upcoming May Day parade.
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This is PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. I noticed that PCM Christ is back to writing and has just released his newest piece, “A Eulogy for Heaven”. I need your help in making this a huge and spectacular release, and it all starts with you reading it and spreading the word. Thank you.
I'm not a strict economic determinist, but it's hard to envision another outcome when you pick a fight with an opponent that has 17x your national income and 11x your industrial output.
When viewed in these terms, the historical Japanese performance is really quite remarkable.
I’m Japanese.
Question for Americans 🇺🇸
If nuclear weapons had NEVER existed during WWII…
Would Japan have stood a chance against America? 🇯🇵⚔️🇺🇸
⚔️ It would’ve been a close fight.
🇺🇸 America would’ve still dominated.
⏳ Japan could’ve held out much longer.
🤔 The outcome might’ve been different.
Was America’s military superiority already overwhelming without the atomic bombs?
I want your honest opinion.
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IJN Battleship Yamato
Date: October 26, 1944
Location: Sibuyan Sea
Photo: US military
Situation:
history.navy.mil/content/his…
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Sailors aboard the battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) wave from the crow’s nest as the battleship approached the Brooklyn Bridge on 16 January 1915.
Arkansas had a hectic schedule at the time. In October of 1914 she took part in fleet maneuvers off Virginia. That same month, she steamed north to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for maintenance. This repair work was interrupted as Arkansas then departed to undergo another round of exercises off Virginia. In December of 1914, she then returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to resume repairs before departing once again on 16 January 1915 when this photo was taken. Her destination was Virginia for, yet again, more exercises.
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Here is how 41 US ancestry groups rank, most to least liberal, in standard deviations
ALT Table ranking 41 US ancestry groups by liberal-conservative score in standard deviations, Other Africa +2.22 first, Dutch -1.38 last. Source: GSS 1990 to 2024 (NORC). @smirkley
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Places where more blacks left the American South during the Great Migration automated agriculture faster. This was good, but landowners still didn't like it, preferring the cheap labor they knew to the tractors they didn't. Parallels with immigration today.
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Firepower Friday!
Crewmembers gathered on the aft deck of the battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) watch as the big guns fire during gunnery exercises.
A Wyoming class battleship, Arkansas was armed with twelve 12" (305mm) guns in six twin turrets. Two turrets were arranged in a superfiring pair forward of the superstructure. The remaining four turrets were divided between two additional superfiring pairs aft of the superstructure. The photo shows these turrets, with turret No.3 closest to the camera.
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Westland Whirlwind twin-engined fighters serving with No 137 Squadron RAF in 1942 including a detailed view of the four Hispano 20mm cannon concentrated in the nose
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Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4ie0qQv 📷 Evan Vucci
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Old account got hacked.
Account before that got nuked.
Third time’s a charm, I’m hoping.
Help me find my frens, patriots!
Nowadays Google Image Search is basically useless for finding what you're actually looking for, but occasionally you stumble onto things you weren't looking for that are really funny.
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Wow, the guy from London isn't listening to you? He's prioritizing the Indian tribes over your own people? Protests are suppressed? Taxes are too high? Your appeals to the king go unheard? That royal proclamation gives all the best land to the natives?
🇨🇦 Canada wasn’t supposed to feel like this.
Work hard. Pay your taxes.
Follow the rules.
In return, you expected a home, healthcare, safe streets, and a future for your children.
Today, too many Canadians work just to stay afloat.
Groceries squeeze the budget.
Homeownership slips further away.
Young families put their lives on hold.
Meanwhile, Ottawa delivers another announcement.
But you can’t live in a promise or feed a family with a press conference.
Canadians are still doing their part.
They deserve leaders who do theirs.
A country this rich should offer its people more than the struggle to get by.
Canadians deserve a better deal.
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