The latest in Dumelow's series on late-Victorian British officers, Russell's rise under Garnet Wolseley in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War led to royal connections. Russell was accused of cowardice during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and relieved of command, but this did not greatly affect his career as he went on to command his regiment and retired a major-general in 1898. He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1902.
The third in Min968's series on Chinese rulers, Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. In the 1380s and 1390s, he showed his prowess as a military leader, gaining popularity among soldiers and achieving success as a statesman. In 1399, he rebelled against his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, and launched a civil war from which he emerged victorious and declared himself emperor in 1402. He tried to reinforce the empire's position in East Asia through an active foreign policy, but his campaigns in Mongolia failed to secure China's northern border.
Continuing Hog Farm's series on vessels of the American Civil War, Undine was a tinclad warship, a lightly armored Union ship mainly used in operations on inland rivers. As HF puts it in his FAC nomination statement, "Undine had a bit of an unfortunate career - first commissioned in April 1864, she sank in July, and then was captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry in October. Forrest's horse soldiers operated the vessel for a few days before burning her when more Union ships showed up. What is left of Undine remains at the bottom of what is now Kentucky Lake."
The Savannah River Site United States Department of Energy industrial complex in South Carolina was built during the 1950s to produce plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons and remains in use for various nuclear weapons-related purposes. Work is also underway to remediate contamination. The site covers 310 square miles and employs more than 10,000 people.
This article covers an Australian and United States amphibious landing in New Guinea during September 1943. The operation was conducted at short notice to exploit the Allied victory at Lae and involved the Australian Army's first opposed amphibious landing since Gallipoli in 1915. The Japanese forces in the area put up a stiff resistance, but were forced back. A subsequent Japanese counter-attack was unsuccessful.
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A South Korean KAI KF-21 Boramae fighter aircraft in 2023
