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It's the Toyota War- Between Chad and Libya and describes their conflicts.
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I think I got it!
It's the Toyota War- Between Chad and Libya and describes their conflicts.
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
You're right. You got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
About damn time! I'm short on time atm so here is what I came up with, hope it lasts longer than my other question lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tran
Won America's first Nobel's Peace Prize, won the Peace Prize for mediating between to sides after a war, he also pushed for the US to take over control of the Panama Canal which is one of his best international achievements.
Teddy Roosevelt for mediating the Treaty of Portsmouth to end the Russo-Japanese War.Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
You're up champ:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
I think I need to think of harder questions:wall:
Which nation's air force once deliberately bombed its own nation's flagship and why?
Can't think of any nation who would do that, but to make a guess: France, to avoid them being captured by the Germans?
Nope. Easier to just scuttle in such a case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
Germany?
The Soviet Union?
No and no.
The Turkish air force sunk its own flagship by mistake when they invaded Cyprus.
Interesting, but I'm looking for an intentional bombing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Furious Mental
Hint: it's not in Europe.
Hmm...I'm not sure about this...
But is it the British RAF that bombed its ships to avoid being captured and used by the Germans? I'm thinking the ships themselves are located in Egyptian coasts or Libya, somewhere in Northern Africa coast?
No. No connection to Europe or WWII at all.
Japan or Russia during their 1904 war?
I'm beginning to think that instead of war, it has something to do more with celebration of something. Most probably the ship is old or outdated anyway and sunk by the air force...I just have no idea.
An air force in 1904?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on
No, not a celebration. The ship was probably obsolete by US or UK standards, but was still frontline for the nation in question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tran
December 1940 Thailand, who had the support of Japan at that time, decided on an incursion into Cambodja (at the time French Indochina). During the conflict, Thai aircraft bombed their own flagship (January 1941). Correct?
Note that artillery can also bomb things ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
However, since that's obviously not the question (and I forgot about the "air force" part in your post)... Was it Pakistan or India?
No connection to WWII at all. ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andres
It's really interesting. Nobody can find the answer..
I don't suppose you actually have it...
I looked through Time Archives, dating back from 1923. I couldn't find anything.
That would mean...
Maybe russian revolution? But no, they were too poor.
I don't see the answer....
Tell us, please, and you can decided the next guy who asks the question. Of course, you can torment us for a few days more...
Are you talking about the bombing of the Greenpeace boat Rainbow?
Rainbow Warrior? Unlikley, it was not part of any nations fleet, was a Greenpeace boat.
Hmmm, would it be Argentina or something?
Seems I've finally found a google-proof question.
Close, but no cigar, as far as I know, all the Thai losses were due to French action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andres
I'll give it to Andres since he at least got the right country, if the wrong incident.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warmaster Horus
I was looking for Thailand during the 1951 coup. During one of Thailand's eighteen 20th Century coups, the Thai navy seized then Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram (Phibun for short) and held him hostage aboard HTMS Sri Ayutthaya. The air force simply blew the ship out of the water.
I originally read about it in The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia. The only web references I could find were Phibun's wiki entry and here:
http://www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com...n-bangkok.html
Take it away, Andres.Quote:
Coups in Bangkok 1951 – 1960 (4 coups)
On 29 June 1951, during handover ceremony of the
dredging vessel, Manhattan by the US government,
marines and navy abducted Phibun to the battle ship
Sri Ayutthya.
In what was dubbed "The Manhattan Coup", fierce land
air and naval battles broke out. Loyal garrisons
fought the navy rebels in Bangkok. The Air Force
bombed and sank the rebel battleship Sri Ayutthaya.
Phibun survived at a cost of 3,000 casualties.
hilarious
Oops! sorry out of sync. I thought I was on the last page.
After I was released by my master, I crossed Gibraltar in the 92nd year of the Hidjra and started to conquer a peninsula.
Who am I and who was my former master...
Tariq ibn Ziyad (Tariq the one-eyed)
and his master Emir? Musa ibn Nusair?