| 1700 |
Bayonet and musket replace
the pike as the universal weapon of infantry. |
| 1776 |
The American Revolution sees
the first attempt by a submersible to sink the British man-of-war HMS
"Eagle". Neither craft sustains damage. |
| The Eagle and
the Turtle |
| |
Incredibly the first attempt
by a submarine to sink an enemy warship occurred during the American Revolutionary
War. The vessel was called the "Turtle", and was developed by a Yale student
named David Bushnell. It carried a crew of one and was driven by a hand-cranked
screw propeller.
In 1776 army Sergeant Ezra Lee used the vessel
to attack the HMS "Eagle", a British man-of-war anchored in New York
Harbor. The offensive weapon was an explosive charge detonated by a
timed fuse which was to be attached to the hull of the ship by means
of a screw. The plan was thwarted by the unexpected presence of copper
plates covering the Eagle's wooden hull. After failing to attach the
charge, the charge was released and detonated without damage. The Eagle
withdrew to a new location farther out to sea.
|
| 1843 |
Samual Colt invents the revolver. |
| 1848 |
Kiels contact mine was used
against the Danish fleet. A charge was detonated when protruding tubes
broke against their target. |
| 1858 |
French commission"Gloria"
- the first sea-going armored warship. |
Dec. 12,
1862 |
Mines were extensively used
by the Russians during the Crimean War, but they caused few losses. First
warship lost to a mine was the USS Cairo in the battle of the Yazoo River.
|
| 1862 |
Invention of the original
Gatling Gun. |
| 1866 |
Invention of a practical torpedo
that soon replaces the explosive ram. |
1860-
1880 |
Development of steam-powered
submarines. |
1904-
1905 |
Russ o-Japanese war first
used mines on an extensive scale. A total of 19 warships were lost. |
| 1911 |
The British construct the
first true assault carrier with an unobstructed flight deck, the HMS "Argus",
which sees action during WW II. |
| 1914 |
Baron Von Richthofen, "The
Bloody Red Baron" takes flight. Captures world record of over 87 fighter
planes shot down. The ace's record would never be beat. |
Sep. 15,
1916 |
The British were the first
to use tanks in warfare, but they were ineffective due to small numbers,
only eleven. |
Nov. 11,
1918 |
WW I ends. |
Aug. 27,
1939 |
First flight of a jet aircraft
occurs in Germany. It is impractical for sustained flight |
Sep. 1,
1939 |
WW II begins with the German
invasion of Poland. Assault carriers replace battleships as the principal
naval weapon. |
Oct. 30,
1939 |
Russia attacks Finland. |
| 1939 |
First atom split -- revealed
at the World's Fair. |
Aug. 17,
1943 |
British spy bombers destroy
most of Germany's rocket capability. |
Jun. 13,14,
1944 |
Germans launch 244 V-1 rockets
toward London. |
Sep. 8,
1944 |
The first V-2 rocket hits
London. |
April
1945 |
A Japanese Admiral led the
largest battleship built in history. He led the 63,000 ton Yamato in a
Samurai style attack on the US forces. The Yamato received 10 submarine
torpedoes before finally capsizing and sinking near Okinawa. This was
the last action of the Japanese sea going samurai. |
Aug. 6,
1945 |
Atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima.
|
Sep. 2,
1945 |
WW II ends with the surrender
of Japan. US General Douglas MacArthur accepts Japan's surrender aboard
the battleship Missouri near Okinawa. Japanese wept as their living god
Horihito tells his decision at the Imperial Palace. U.S. 33rd President
Harry S. Truman and the population of the free world is pleased, WW II
is finally over. |
Sep. 11,
2001 |
Terrorist take 4 US commercial
jets hostage, and fly them to destruction into both the New York World
Trade Center towers as well as the Pentagon killing over 3,900 civilians.
This act redefined war as the world knew it. |
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