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3 days ago · My Grandfather was on board HMS Jutland during the Battle of Jutland, then transferred to the 4th Battle Squadron in 1917. Any information on the 4th Battle Squadron would be appreciated also in 1921 he was part of the R.F.R. mobilised to quell the uprising in Ireland continuing in service until September 1932 when he was discharged at the age ...
1 day ago · The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
- 23–26 October 1944
- Allied victory
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3 days ago · Total: 255,268 (56,643 dead) [6] [11] The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli ( Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
- 19 February 1915 – 9 January 1916, (10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Ottoman victory
3 days ago · Battle of Verdun. / 49.20806°N 5.42194°E / 49.20806; 5.42194. The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took ...
- 21 February – 18 December 1916, (9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
- French victory
5 days ago · Beverly Hills Spy recounts the rise and fall of “Rutland of Jutland”, as Rutland was dubbed in World War I following his brave rescue of a wounded sailor during the Battle of Jutland. Rutland ...
5 days ago · Other Victoria Cross winners include Wing-Commander Guy Gibson, leader of the 'Dambuster' raids in 1943; Lord Roberts, who won it as a young lieutenant during the Indian Mutiny (and whose son was awarded the medal during the Boer War); John Cornwell, the 16-year-old gunner who was mortally wounded while tending his gun on board H.M.S. Chester during the battle of Jutland in 1916; and the ...
3 days ago · World War II had begun. World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human ...
