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When did William E. Niblack die?
William E. Niblack died in 1893.
When was William E. Niblack born?
William E. Niblack was born in 1822.
When did Albert Parker Niblack die?
Albert Parker Niblack died on 1929-08-20.
When was Albert Parker Niblack born?
Albert Parker Niblack was born on 1859-07-25.
Who is Griff Niblack?
Author and one time editior of an Indianapolis, IN newspaper
What has the author Nancy Niblack Baxter written?
Nancy Niblack Baxter has written: 'Hoosier Farmboy in Lincoln's Army' 'Lords of the rivers' -- subject(s): Fiction, Potawatomi Indians, Indians of North America 'The dream divided' -- subject(s): Fiction, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
What actors and actresses appeared in His I.O.U. - 1915?
The cast of His I.O.U. - 1915 includes: Daniel Keleher as The Politician Mildred Manning as Nan - the Newsgirl Morgan Niblack as The Mayor
What actors and actresses appeared in The Center of the Web - 1914?
The cast of The Center of the Web - 1914 includes: Nolan Gane George Niblack Frank Wood as John Linton - Secret Service Agent
What actors and actresses appeared in The Trail of the Love-Lorn - 1914?
The cast of The Trail of the Love-Lorn - 1914 includes: Harry Benham as Jack - U.S. Postal Inspector Daniel Keleher George Niblack
What actors and actresses appeared in Old Jane of the Gaiety - 1915?
The cast of Old Jane of the Gaiety - 1915 includes: Ethyle Cooke as Old Jane Grace DeCarlton as Mary - a Chorus Girl Winifred Lane as Daisy Morgan Niblack as Gilbertson
What led adolf Hitler to order German submarines to attack amrican ships?
America's support of the allies led Hitler to attack American ships.
What did the Britain do to encourage U.S. participation in the war?
When Pearl Harbor happened, that was what drew us in.During the second world war, it was Hitler's actions (and the overt threat he represented) that did more to get the US to assist the British, then anything the British were saying or doing.US President Roosevelt did not need encouragement to help Great Britain in its war with Hitler's Germany. After the war started in Europe on September 1, 1939, the United States was officially neutral. However, after the neutral countries of Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Yugoslavia, & Greece were attacked and conquered by Hitler (1940-1941), it became very clear to President Roosevelt that Hitler would not ultimately respect a nation's neutrality. The US government began to help the allies (France & Britain) in small ways at first. The assistance would grow as the threat from Hitler grew.The other major turning point in the US government's desire to assist the British, came in May 1940 when Germany defeated and occupied France. It appeared that the British would be conquered next by Hitler unless the US could help in anyway possible, short of war. The US stepped up its assistance to Britain in various ways.If you are interested, below is more details about the war in Europe, and US efforts to avoid (or prepare for) war or assist the allies (prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor & subsequent German declaration of war on the US):U.S. Neutrality & President Roosevelt's Efforts to Help G.B.: April 1940-December 1940April 1940: Iceland, a territory of Denmark, declares independence to avoid German occupation and permit Allied help.May 3, 1940: Greenland, another Danish territory, is declared under the protection of the United States as part of the Western Hemisphere neutrality (or Pan-American Security) zone.The American government & public are shocked and concerned by the invasion of the two neutral nations of Denmark & Norway.The rapid German successes and the inability of the Allies to stop Germany were clearly ominous signs to American leaders. President Roosevelt's already pessimistic view of French & British military capability is reinforced by these events.U.S. government & military establishment shocked and alarmed by the sudden defeat of France.U.S. military secret planning begins to consider the possibility that Britain will be occupied, and that any future U.S. involvement in the war will require operations to originate in North America.British government begins planning to set-up alternate government site in Canada.The strong Axis momentum in Europe (everyone assumes Germany will win) has many other negative effects: Many "Neutrals" (Sweden, Switzerland & Spain) are leaning towards a more overt support of Germany. More Balkan countries lean towards actively joining the Axis. The Soviets become more aggressive & overt in their territorial demands on its neighbors.American population grew increasingly uneasy about events in Europe.20 June 1940-FDR strengthens his cabinet by bringing in two prominent Republicans: Henry Stimson as Secretary of War; and Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. This will also help FDR solidify bi-partisan support of measures short of war. Stimson is a strong supporter of Lend-Lease aid to Britain. FDR hopes to get more Republicans on his side of the issues. Note: This is an election year.24-30 June 1940 Republican Party Convention in Philadelphia. Wendell Willkie is selected as the Presidential Candidate. The convention is overwhelmingly in favor of not intervening in the war in Europe.22 June 1940: Vichy France is created. The Vichy French will maintain control over France's colonies (and the military units in the colonies). The proximity of some French colonies to the USA is a potential threat. Will Axis military units be allowed to operate out of its colonies? The amount of influence that the Vichy Government has on French colonies is directly related to the proximity of the colony to Vichy France (and Axis forces).28 June 1940: Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) approved in Congress.It is becoming obvious that the German U-Boat threat is much greater than it was in WWI. With bases in Norway & France the modern U-Boat can patrol off the coast of the United States for the first time. This is clearly a real threat to both merchant shipping and US Navy warships.19 July 1940: FDR signs the "Two-Ocean Navy Expansion Act" that funds construction of ships so that total strength will rise to 35 battleships, 20 aircraft carriers, and 88 cruisers.27 August 1940: Selective Service Act approved (signed by FDR 16 Sept.), will require registration for the military draft in October.3 September 1940: US Congress approves the transfer of 50 WWI-era destroyers to the British in return for 99 year leases of naval bases in British territories (Antigua, St. Lucia, Trinidad, British Guiana, Bahamas, & Jamaica) in the Caribbean Sea & at Argentia, Newfoundland.27 September 1940: Japan joins Hitler & Mussolini in a military (cooperation) alliance called the 'Tripartite Pact', or the 'Axis' as it was called in Britain & US. However, Japan in not obligated to go to war with the current enemies of Germany and Italy. The three parties announce that they will declare war on any third party that attempts to enter the war against any one of the three. This is primarily aimed at the United States, to prevent America's entry into the war in Europe and prevent American interference in Asia.16 October 1940 US Registration begins for the military draft (Selective Service Act). 16 million Americans have registered for the draft. The first drafts start on 29 October 1940.5 November 1940 US Politics: FDR re-elected to unprecedented third term by a 10% margin of victory in the popular vote. Democrats retain control of Senate & House of Representatives.16 November-11 December 1940: US Navy ships thwart four German merchant ships from escaping from Mexico into the Atlantic.U.S. Neutrality & President Roosevelt's Efforts to Prepare for War: January-December 194110 January 1941: FDR proposes the Lend-Lease Bill (HR 1776).29 January-29 March 1941: ABC Conference-American, British & Canadian military leaders meet secretly in Washington to discuss coordination of a common war strategy, in the event that the US enters the war. It is agreed that Germany would have to be defeated first (among the three Axis powers). Also the US will provide assistance to the Royal Navy in the Atlantic Ocean immediately.30 January 1941: Germany announces that ships of any nationality bringing aid to Great Britain will be sunk.1 February 1941: US Navy authorized to gradually increase crews of warships to full wartime strength.11 March 1941: Congress approves (& FDR signs) the Bill that authorizes Lend-Lease Aid proposed by FDR.15 March 1941: FDR's national radio address that announces "the end of compromise with tyranny".March 30, 1941: The US seizes any Axis ships in US ports.31 March 1941: US Military technical team arrives in Greenland to determine the feasibility of bases there.10 April 1941: US destroyer Niblack on "neutrality patrol" rescues survivors of a U-boat attack, and depth charged an underwater contact near Iceland.11 April 1941: FDR announces that the Pan-American Security Zone is now extended 300 miles east from 60° to 26° West-Longitude.12 April 1941: US troops arrive in Greenland.April 1941: US Lend-Lease aid begins (including that to China). Initial priority is to Great Britain & Greece.25 April 1941: FDR announces the indefinite extension of the Atlantic Neutrality Patrols.May 1941: One quarter of the US Pacific Fleet is redeployed to the Atlantic to help with the convoy protection duties. The ships redeployed are one aircraft carrier, three battleships, four light cruisers, and seventeen destroyers.6 May 1941: US Secretary of War Stimson advocates US Navy protection of British supply convoys.21 May 1941: Unarmed US merchant ship Robin Moor en-route to South Africa & Mozambique is stopped & sunk by German U-69 (torpedo & guns) about 700 miles off the west coast of Africa. The merchant crew is given food & directions by Germans. This is the first US merchantman sunk by a U-boat in WW2.24 May 1941: US Navy PBY search aircraft assist the British navy search for the German battleship Bismarck. Two days later American Navy observers on two British PBY's spotted the Bismarck.25 May 1941: German Navy Chief, Admiral Raeder warns that US escorts of British ships would be considered an 'act of war'.27 May 1941: FDR declares an unlimited national emergency and calls upon all Americans to resist "Hitlerism".28 May 1941: FDR proposes the repeal of the Neutrality Act.5 June 1941: US House Appropriations Committee introduces largest US Army expenditure bill since WWI, at $10 billion.12 June 1941: US Navy Reservists called to active duty.14 June 1941: FDR orders the freezing of all assets in the US of Germany, Italy & occupied countries.16-19 June 1941: US State Dept. orders the closure of all German & Italian consular & tourist offices in the US (by July 10th).20 June 1941: The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) is re-designated as the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF).20 June 1941: FDR denounces the sinking of the American merchant ship Robin Moor by the Germans as an 'act of piracy'.22 June 1941: Germany invades the USSR. FDR had warned Stalin beforehand, but Stalin trusted Hitler.June 1941: US construction company begins building US Naval bases in Northern Ireland & Scotland. The British have initiated the work using $50 million of lend-lease funds from the US.28 June 1941: A major German espionage ring is broken-up by the FBI. Thirty-three people arrested over a sixteen month period.4 July 1941: FDR in an Independence Day radio broadcast warns Americans that the USA 'will never survive as a happy and prosperous oasis in the middle of a desert of dictatorship'.July 1941: US troops & aircraft are sent to replace British troops in Iceland.15 July 1941: US Naval base is established at Argentia, Newfoundland.7 August 1941: US Congress approves extension of National Service from 12 months to 18 months.9-12 August 1941: FDR & Churchill meet on board British & American warships at Argentia, Newfoundland. Strategy is discussed & the "Atlantic Charter' is signed that formalizes the cooperation that is already underway.4 September 1941: US destroyer Greer engages the German U-652 with depth charges after the German fired a torpedo. The Greer had been directed to the U-boats location (west of Iceland) by a British aircraft.7 September 1941: US merchant ship Steel Seafarer is bombed & sunk in the Red Sea by the Italians.12 September 1941: US Coast Guard Cutters seize ex-Norwegian trawler Buskoe in Mackenzie Bay, Greenland. The trawler was actually a German radio & weather station.16 September 1941: The US announces that it will provide escorts for ships carrying lend-lease material out to 26° West-Longitude.17 September 1941: US allocates $100 million to the USSR for the purchase of war materials.27 September 1941: The first US Liberty Ship, Patrick Henry, is launched in Baltimore.9 October 1941: FDR asks Congress to repeal Section 9 of the Neutrality Act, to allow US merchant ships to be armed against "the modern pirates of the sea". Congress will approve his request on October 17.16 October -1 November 1941: US Navy destroyers escorting Atlantic convoy use depth charges against U-boats daily.17 October 1941: US destroyer Kearney is attacked (but not sunk) by a German U-boat off the coast of Iceland, while escorting a convoy. 11 US sailors are killed.19 October 1941: Unarmed US merchantman Lehigh is sunk by German U-126 off Freetown, Sierra Leone.25 October-8 November 1941: US Navy taskforce of one CV, one BB, & 11 other warships screen convoys to & from the Mid-Ocean Meeting Point (MOMP).28 October 1941: US Navy Oiler Salinas in a convoy is torpedoed by U-106 about 700 miles east of Newfoundland.28 October 1941: US Navy destroyer Anderson made sonar contact with U-boat and depth charged it (possibly sinking it).28 October 1941: FDR approves the Congress's appropriation of an additional $6 billion in Lend-Lease Aid to Britain & the USSR.31 October 1941: US Navy destroyer Reuben James, on convoy escort duty west of Iceland is sunk by German U-boat., with the loss of 115 sailors.31 October 1941: US Navy destroyer DuPont, on convoy escort duty is attacked by a German U-boat. The torpedo misses the ship.4-6 November 1941: US Navy warships search for a German surface raider, but instead find & capture a German blockade-runner Odenwald disguised as an American merchant ship Willmoto.6 November 1941: US provides USSR with a $1 Billion interest-free loan.10 November 1941: US Navy escorts, for the first time, a British troop convoy from Halifax, Canada bound for the Far East.11 November 1941: US offers lend-lease to the Free French.11 November 1941: US Navy authorized to attack any vessel that threatens US shipping.13 November 1941: FDR announces that US merchant ships carrying Lend-Lease cargo to Britain will be armed.17 November 1941: US Navy escort aircraft carrier Archer is the first of 38 escort carriers to be transferred to the British as Lend-Lease.25 November 1941: US troops are sent to Dutch Guiana to protect bauxite mines.2 December 1941: US tanker Astral is sunk by U-43.3 December 1941: Unarmed US merchantman Sagadahoc is sunk by U-124 in the South Atlantic.
