Tag: World War 1
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Japanese Battleship Aki
Japanese Battleship Aki Aki was the second of the two-ship class of Satsuma semi-dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched on 14 April 1907, she was commissioned on 11 March 1911. She saw no combat during the First World War and was disarmed in 1922 to comply with the Washington Treaty. In 1923 Aki… Read more
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Japanese Battleship Satsuma
Japanese Battleship Satsuma Launched on 15 November 1906, Satsuma was a semi-dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the first battleship built in Japan. Commissioned on 25 March 1910, her participation in World War One consisted of leading the squadron that occupied the German colonies of Caroline and the Palau Islands in October 1914.… Read more
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Four Days in Belgium
What Were Our goals? We spent a total of four days in Brussels, Belgium but only two of those were in the city itself. The others consisted of trips to Bruges, Ghent, Luxembourg and the World War 1 Flanders Battlefields. Apart from the magnificent old buildings, Brussels is famous for its chocolate, beer and comic… Read more