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The ships were being destroyed, “during the Pearl Harbor attack, there were 96 ships anchored. 18 either sunk or were seriously damaged. 8 of them were battleships” (Barker 47). Japan did lots of damage to ships that were anchored, many others were also damaged but not as bad. The U...
The obsolete battle cruiser Repulse was also sunk in the attack. Despite fears that design problems contributed to the disaster, the battleship's stronger hull actually allowed much of the crew to be rescued -- in contrast to HMS Repulse, which took 513 men to the bottom. The timeline on ...
The scandal has sunk him in the eyes of many. Soak To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. Sink To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy Loss of advertising sank the newspaper. Soak To enter (into something) by po...
The stone sunk into his forehead. Sink Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Sink To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength...
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Maybe it finally sunk in when one of his relatives died. I imagine that’s the only way that “epiphany” would ring the bell for Manfred. Moses Herzog January 2, 2022 at 6:27 pm For the general reader’s edification, Manfred is the guy who, in a very sly (cowardly??) way ...
February 23: The USS Henry Bacon becomes the last Allied merchant ship to go down at the hands of the Luftwaffe when it is sunk in the Arctic Sea by German bombers. The U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi and raise a foreign flag on Japanese soil. World War Headlines Belo...
Seventy percent of the merchant ships were sunk or damaged. As a result, Britain lost the sea supremacy (霸权). Though victorious, Britain came out of the war with a huge national debt. Business was slack (萧条的),many factories were closed down and taxes soared. The Great Depression from...
They also rescued downed flyers and other military personnel who were downed or sunk along the island chains. These included the future US President, US Navy Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, whose PT 109 Patrol Torpedo boat was carved in two and destroyed by a Japanese warship in the Solomon ...