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"4/ Next came the Battle of Cape Matapan (March 1941). Using radar and bold maneuvering Cunningham's fleet ambushed the Italian Navy at nightsinking X heavy cruisersand X destroyers with no losses of his own. Italy's surface fleet never recovered"  
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"Britain's new battleships HMS Anson and HMS Howe join the Royal Navy fleet (1942)"  
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"View from the battleship USS New York with USS Arkansas and cruisers USS Brooklyn and Nashville behind as they leave Reykjavik Iceland after escorting the US Marine landing force there XX Jul 1941"  
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"USS Essex showing crash barrier S2F-1 Tracker aircraft and HSS-1 Seabat helicopters XX Jul 1961"  
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"USS Texas pictured at New York for the 1939 Naval Fleet Review"  
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"8/ So why is Admiral Cunningham so overlooked He wasnt flashy. He didnt seek headlines. He just wonagain and againoften against impossible odds. His legacy: Taranto Cape Matapan Malta convoys Italian fleet surrender D-Day naval command"  
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"USS Honolulu in Honolulu Harbor Hawaii XX Jul 1939. The Aloha Tower and an outrigger canoe can be seen at right"  
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"Imperial Japanese Army aircraft carrier Akitsumaru. It wasn't actually a true aircraft carrier; it had no hangars below deck only storage. The "armed" aircraft were transported crammed onto the deck. This and its twin were used to transport Imperial Japanese Army aircraft to their bases on the Pacific islands"  
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"Rare photo: The S.M.S. Blcher sinking on January XX 1915 in the Battle of Dogger Bank"  
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"Cruiser USS St Louis departing Tulagi Harbor Solomon Islands XX Jul 1943 as seen from the USS Nicholas. The bow of fleet oiler USS Lackawanna is visible on the right"  
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"Heavy cruiser Tone off the coast of Etajima July XX 1945"  
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"Sister-ships USS St. Louis (left) and USS Helena steaming north from Espiritu Santo New Hebrides toward the Solomon Islands XX Jun 1943. Helena would be lost two weeks later"  
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"Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth upon his departure from cruiser USS Honolulu at Espiritu Santo New Hebrides XX Jul 1943"  
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"Cruiser USS Nashville arriving in Sydney harbor Australia XX Jul 1944. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float planes on her catapults and her new Measure XX Design 21D paint scheme"  
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"⚓ THREAD: Americas First Dreadnought USS South Carolina (BB 26) When Britain launched HMS Dreadnought in 1906 the worlds navies were instantly made obsolete. But the U.S. Navy wasnt far behindand in 1910 it entered the dreadnought era with South Carolina. Lets talk about the ship that changed U.S. naval power forever 🧵"  
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"USS Copahee passing under the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay California United States XX Jul 1943"  
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"6/ At the 1943 surrender of Italy Cunningham personally accepted the Italian fleets surrenderon his own flagship. He radioed London: Be pleased to inform Their Lordships that the Italian battle fleet now lies at anchor under the guns of the fortress of Malta"  
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"The Italian naval fleet surrenders to Malta: a Littorio-class battleship and a cruiser pass under the eyes of the sailors of the British battleship HMS Warspite"  
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"Battleship Indiana battleship Massachusetts and cruiser Quincy bombarding Kamaishi Iwate Japan XX Jul 1945"  
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"USS Yorktown (Essex-class) under way east of Guam during the Mariana Islands Campaign XX Jul 1944"  
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"Submarine USS Triton at Dutch Harbor US Territory of Alaska XX Jul 1942"  
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"HMS Howe transiting the Suez Canal Egypt XX Jul 1944"  
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"Escort carrier USS Altamaha transporting a deck load of P-51A Mustang fighters has just left Alameda passed under the San Francisco Bay Bridge (background) and steams toward the Golden Gate XX Jul 1943"  
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"5/ South Carolina served mostly in the Atlantic and Caribbean. During WWI she escorted convoys and trained naval gunnersbut never saw combat. Still her impact was strategic: she launched a new era in U.S. naval design and global posture"  
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"2/ His first masterstroke came in November 1940 at Taranto. Cunningham launched a daring night-time carrier strike against the Italian fleetthe first all-aircraft naval attack in history. The result X Italian battleships knocked out and naval warfare changed forever"  
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"American night-time naval gunfire against Japanese positions at New Georgia Solomon Islands XX Jul 1943"  
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"Portrait of Admiral William Halsey XX Jul 1945; photo probably taken at Navy Department building Washington DC United States"  
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"WW2 - The Battle of the Atlantic Real Footage in Colour"  
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"Light cruiser Kashii at Yokohama Japan July XX 1941"  
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"USS Astoria at Pearl Harbor US Territory of Hawaii Jun 1942"  
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"Pre-invasion naval bombardment on Guam by USS Appalachian (left) a Farragut-class destroyer (right center) an old fast transport (APD type) and two landing craft infantry (LCI type) XX Jul 1944; photograph taken from USS New Mexico;"  
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"Remains of a merchant ship that exploded causing a fire on another British freighter off Algiers Algeria XX Jul 1943"  
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"What Happened to the Japanese Aircraft Carriers from the Pearl Harbor At. via @YouTube"  
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"Battlecruiser HMS Renown during the Royal Tour of the Prince of Wales Prince Edward In Lyttelton New Zealand between XX April and XX May 1920"  
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"5/ But Cunningham wasnt just a fighter. He was a master of logistics diplomacy and strategy. He protected Malta convoys supported Montgomerys desert campaigns and worked seamlessly with U.S. commanders like Eisenhower during Operation Torch and the Sicily landings"  
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"Secretary of the US Navy James Forrestal shaking hands with Admiral William Halsey probably at the Navy Department Main Navy Building Washington DC United States XX Jul 1945"  
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"Cruiser USS Honolulu on her first Pacific deployment XX Jul 1939 Honolulu Territory of Hawaii"  
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"USS South Dakota's 16-inch guns firing on the city of Kamaishi Iwate Japan XX Jul 1945"  
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"USS Enterprise berthed on the north side of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor Hawaii XX Jul 1942. Note the submarine nets the F4F Wildcat on an aircraft barge alongside and the camouflaged buildings on the island"  
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"USS Helena (left) and USS St. Louis (right) firing during Battle of Kula Gulf in the Solomon Islands X Jul 1943; photo taken from USS Honolulu"  
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"USS New Mexico's 14-inch projectiles on starboard deck forward while being replenished at Eniwetok Marshall Islands XX Jun 1944 prior to the invasion of Guam"  
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"🧵Who was the best British admiral of World War II Most have heard of Churchill or Montgomery. But few know the man who dominated the Mediterranean and crushed the Italian Navy. Meet Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham Britains unsung naval titan.👇"  
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"Elgin Staples serving as a Signalman Third Class on the USS Astoria in the Pacific carried the weight of war after Pearl Harbor. His mother Vera poured her heart into letters from her job at the Firestone plant in Akron Ohio where she labored for the war effort. Her pride shone through when Elgin shared news of the Astorias role in the fierce battles at Coral Sea and Midway tracking the ships path through newspaper reports. The thought of his mother learning about the Astorias sinking at Savo Island with 1000 sailors lost gnawed at Elgin. He had survived by a miracle a rubber life belt"  
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"Scharnhorst's foredeck Kiel Germany winter 1939-1940"  
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"🧵The Rise (and Fall) of the Dreadnought: How One Warship Changed Naval Warfare Forever 👇"  
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"Aircraft carrier USS Langley (Langley-class) alongside the Washington Navy Yard Washington DC United States X Jul 1923. The white building at the photos top left is the present day National Museum of the Navy"  
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"USS Independence in San Francisco Bay California United States XX Jul 1943"  
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"Buckled deck of the cruiser USS St. Louis after being hit by a torpedo in the Battle of Kolombangara XX Jul 1943 although this photo was taken XX Jul 1943 at Espiritu Santo New Hebrides"  
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"9/ Cunningham once said: It takes the Navy three years to build a ship. It will take XXX years to build a new tradition. He defended that tradition with brilliance daring and quiet resolve. Britains greatest admiral of WWII No doubt. Andrew Cunningham"  
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"7/ In 1944 Churchill appointed him First Sea Lordthe top naval position in Britain. He oversaw naval operations for the D-Day landings and the final phase of the war. He was without question the Royal Navys backbone from 1939 to 1945"  
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"1/ Born in 1883 Cunningham joined the Royal Navy at just XX. By WWII he was a hardened veteran of the Great War. Quiet fierce and razor-sharp he rose to command the Royal Navys Mediterranean Fleet a theater vital to British control of North Africa and the Suez Canal"  
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"The launch of HMS Albion the first tragedy ever filmed via"  
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"Four US battleships of Task Group XXXX in the fleet anchorage at Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands X Jul 1944"  
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"Midshipmen and sailors boarding a 50-foot motor launch from New York during the summer 1940 US Naval Academy Midshipmen's cruise; note SOC-3 Seagull floatplanes of Observation Squadron Five onboard"  
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"USS Canberra returning to San Diego California United States after her first Vietnam War deployment X Jul 1965"  
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"USS Copahee at Mare Island Navy Yard California United States XX Jul 1943"  
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"Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu Tulagi Solomon Islands X Jul 1943"  
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"3/ The Taranto raid stunned the world. The Japanese took notesit directly inspired their own attack on Pearl Harbor a year later. Cunningham had proved that Britain could punch hardeven while outnumbered"  
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"6/ Decommissioned in 1921 under the Washington Naval Treaty South Carolina was scrapped in 1924. She was never a headline-grabber but she laid the keel for the great American dreadnoughts to come: Nevada Pennsylvania North Carolina Iowa"  
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"What Happened to the Japanese Aircraft Carriers from the Pearl Harbor At. via @YouTube"  
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"Damaged bow of the cruiser USS St. Louis after being hit by a torpedo in the Battle of Kolombangara XX Jul 1943 although this photo was taken XX Jul 1943 at Espiritu Santo New Hebrides"  
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