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What are the release dates for Videocart-13 Robot War Torpedo Alley - 1977 VG?
Videocart-13 Robot War Torpedo Alley - 1977 VG was released on: USA: 1977
What are the ratings and certificates for Torpedo Alley - 1952?
Torpedo Alley - 1952 is rated/received certificates of: Finland:K-16 Sweden:Btl West Germany:12 (f)
What are the release dates for Torpedo Alley - 1952?
Torpedo Alley - 1952 was released on: USA: 19 December 1952 (New York City, New York) USA: 25 January 1953 Sweden: 17 August 1953 France: 18 September 1953 West Germany: 6 December 1957 Austria: 1958 Denmark: 9 February 1959 Finland: 27 May 1960
What are the release dates for The Alley - 2013?
The Alley - 2013 was released on: USA: 2013
What are the release dates for Our Alley - 1923?
Our Alley - 1923 was released on: USA: 15 February 1923
What are the release dates for The Alley - 2010 I?
The Alley - 2010 I was released on: USA: 21 March 2010
What are the release dates for Through the Alley - 2011?
Through the Alley - 2011 was released on: USA: April 2011
What are the release dates for The Bowling Alley - 1920?
The Bowling Alley - 1920 was released on: USA: April 1920
What are the release dates for Cortlandt Alley - 2012?
Cortlandt Alley - 2012 was released on: USA: March 2012
What are the release dates for Cutthroat Alley - 2003?
Cutthroat Alley - 2003 was released on: USA: December 2003
Where was torpedo alley?
Torpedo Alley was the 100 mile stretch of water along the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks are along the east coast of the U.S. and comprise a chain of islands off North Carolina (and just a bit of Virginia). These islands shelter the Pemlico and Albermarle Sounds, and a link is provided to a map. Torpedo Alley got its name because of the effectiveness of the German Kriegsmarine, specifically their U-boats, who sunk nearly 400 ships along that stretch of coast between January and July of 1942. Some 5,000 people, most of them merchant marines, lost their lives during these attacks on shipping in what has sometimes been called the "great American turkey shoot" or something similar.
What was a torpedo junction?
Torpedo Junction was a term applied to any area during WWII that had a lot of ship sinkings from torpedoes (usually launched from submarines; and not destroyers, planes, or torpedo boats). The same rule applied to "ambush alley". Every war has an "ambush alley." Anytime military personnel get ambushed or otherwise have a gun battle or get shot at when passing down a certain road, highway, trail, etc. they title it, an "ambush alley." However, naval wars are a lot rarer than ground wars, and the last major naval war was WWII. The last large scale naval combat was the Falklands War in 1982 (between Britain and Argentina). The last important use of the torpedo was the Vietnam War, when on 02 August 1964 North Viet Navy torpedo boats attacked the USN destroyer USS Maddox in the Tonkin Gulf helping to ignite the Vietnam War. Torpedoes were launched at the Maddox, but scored no hits; but war was commenced against North Vietnam that same month.
