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History of fishing. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.
The Admiral Was a Lady. Albert S. Rogell. Comedy. End of war readjustment of returning American servicemen and servicewomen. 1950. United States. American Guerrilla in the Philippines. Fritz Lang. Japanese occupation of the Philippines filmed on location.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks.The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Tide”, “Home Front USA”, “Around the World, and Above”, “Total War”, and “Good-Byes”, and features a collection of individual accounts told to ...
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, any vessel or a particular vessel type, akin to anti-infantry or anti-vehicle mines.
Operation Jaywick. The MV Krait, used to infiltrate Singapore. Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, sinking six ships.
U 862. SS Robert J. Walker. 7180. Off Moruya, two of crew lost [9] The only ship sunk during the war by a German U-boat in the Pacific Ocean. [10] Attack on ship, sinking and rescue of crew described in the Australian Official Histories of the Second World War. [11] (. Liberty ship ) 6/2/45. U 862.
World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, inspired by the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. It stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who ...
List of ships of World War II (Z) Sunk by a naval mine or bomb on 22 February 1940. [7] decommissioned 21 August 1944, scrapped in 1951. taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. taken by Soviet Union after war, sunk as target ship 1961. Sunk by a mine on 12 December 1944.