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The lighthouses were turned off when the war started, and stayed off for the entire war. This of course made navigation more difficult for friendly vessels, but denied enemy submarines and aircraft the ability to get an easy navigational fix. A "blackout" was imposed. Homes had to have heavy "blackout" curtains over the windows, and air raid wardens roamed the streets all night long looking for any telltale light leaking out. Streetlights and lighted signs on businesses were extinguished. No outdoor light was permitted, of any sort. The few civilian automobiles still on the roads had their headlights masked to allow only a small amount of light, and there was a very slow speed limit imposed. The goal was to make vast cities undetectable from the air.
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What was the significance of radar during world war ii?
The major significance was it gave the British warning before German bombers even left France to fly over the channel so that fighters could be scrambled to attack them. It also helped direct the fighters once in the air to where the bombers would enter British territory, thereby giving the best chance of shooting them down before they could bomb their targets. This high loss of bombers was one of the major things that convinced Hitler to end the blitz and the battle of Britain and instead turn on the USSR.
Who was the German military specialist who helped turn Washington's army into a disciplined army in the winter of 1777-1778?
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Where name howitzer came from?
It comes from the term houfnice for a cannon used in the 15th century by Hussites, which in turn comes from the German word "Haufen", which was a formation of pikemen, against which the cannon was especially lethal. The word houfnice later crossed into German as Haubitze, and in Dutch as houwitser, from which the English word howitzer is derived.
What was the names of the planes flown in the Doolittle raid?
There were sixteen B-25 Mitchell medium bombers on the raid. This was all that could be crowded on the deck of the USS Hornet, and still leave enough flight deck forward so the first ones had room to take off. Unlike carrier aircraft the wings of the B-25 did not fold up, so they could not fit on the elevators of the aircraft carriers and be stowed below on the hanger deck. The B-25 was a big plane compared to carrier aircraft, far bigger than anything which usually operated off a carrier. Because the Hornet's deck was covered with these big army bombers she could not operate her normal airplanes, and had to have another aircraft carrier along to provide air cover. The USS Enterprise went for this duty, so the US risked two of the three aircraft carriers it had in the Pacific on this daring raid.Doolittle chose the crews from among volunteers at Eglin Field, Florida. A B-25 normally flew with a six man crew, but one gunner was left off on the raid, to save weight. Each plane flew with a crew of five, so there were eighty men involved including Doolittle, 52 officers and 28 enlisted men.The two carriers were supposed to close to within two hundred miles of Japan to launch the bombers. This would allow the bombers enough flight time to reach China after bombing Japanese cities. The carriers encountered a Japanese picket boat six hundred miles from japan, which was quickly sunk, but no one knew if it had gotten off a radio message reporting their presence before being sunk. The carriers would have to turn back immediately. Doolittle decided to proceed with the raid anyway, even though this would scarcely leave the bombers sufficient fuel to reach the coast of China, and no hope of reaching inland airfields. The bombers were quickly launched. Because of this fuel crunch all the bombers were lost, though one did manage to land in Siberia and was interned with its crew by the Russians, who were not at war with Japan. Three of the raiders were killed. Two of these were killed when their bomber crashed near Japan, as did another bomber. The eight survivors of those two bombers were taken prisoner by the Japanese, and were tortured and starved. One died of disease in captivity. Three were executed by the Japanese, after being tried as war criminals (something the Japanese certainly knew plenty about).Of the crews of the bombers that reached China, one became the third of the raid to die, when bailing out of his bomber as it ran out of fuel. The rest eventually reached safety and returned to service, with the help of Chinese civilians and soldiers. One was helped by Mao Tse Tung and his communists. The Chinese who helped these Americans evade the Japanese and escape paid very dearly for this act of "disloyalty" to the Japanese invaders. An estimated 250,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese while searching for the Doolittle raiders.Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle was promoted to brigadier general and awarded the Medal of Honor. Two others earned a Silver Star and all 80 the Distinguished Flying Cross. All also got a decoration from the Chinese government. Several earned Purple Hearts.
What was General Schlieffen's plan for World War 1?
Alfred von Schlieffen was a German general around the turn of the century. He saw what was going on in Europe and correctly guessed that Germany would wind up fighting both Russia and France, at the same time. So he came up with this plan. He would split the whole German army into two groups, with two very different roles: 1. The first group would be about 90% of all German soldiers. The plan was to invade France through Belgium (they had nice roads, and also France had defenses set up on their border with Germany, but not with Belgium). 2. The second group would be the remaining 10%. They would defend German territory until France was defeated. By doing this, Germany would (hopefully) overwhelm the French army and capture Paris quickly, as they had done in 1870. Then France would be forced to make peace, after which point Germany could turn its attention to Russia. France was seen as a bigger threat to Germany because it was very close and just as modern as Germany. Russia, while very large and capable of raising massive armies, was also not modern. So it would take a long time to raise those large armies and get them over to fight Germany.
To turn in German?
Drehen
What does to turn is German?
drehen is the translation in German. It is translated from English to German. German is mostly spoken in the European countries.
How do you say to turn in German?
Ashtackku
How do we write 'about turn' in German language?
My favourite online dictionary claims that the command "About turn!" is "Kehrt euch!" in German. to about-turn - kehrtmachen about-turn - Kehrtwende, Kehrtwendung, Schwenk complete about-turn - vollständige Kehrtwendung (also figurativelyI
Which way to turn valve knob to close?
On a round valve handle you normally turn it clockwise to close .
What is the German words to turn?
Depending on context, To turn can be translated as drehen, wenden.
What does the German word turn mean in English?
weiderum
Can you turn me into a German sheperd?
Unfortunately I don't have the power to do that.
What is a partner dance mean to turn in German?
waltz
What partner dance mean to turn in German?
waltz
What is a partner dance in German that means to turn?
waltz
How do you close the drain plug on a 1995 Chrysler town and country van?
Radiator? Plug? turn clockwise Petcock? Turn counterclockwise to close
