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USS Panay incident

Index USS Panay incident

The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat while it was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking (now spelled Nanjing), China on 12 December 1937. [1]

56 relations: Asahi Shimbun, Associated Press, Battle of Nanking, Chief of staff, Collier's, Corriere della Sera, Dalian, Empire of Japan, Eyre Crabbe, Flag of the United States, Fon Huffman, Gekokujō, Gunboat, Havana Harbor, Insect-class gunboat, John Moore Allison, John Rabe (film), Joseph Grew, Kaname Harada, Kobe, La Stampa, List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan, Luigi Barzini Jr., Movietone News, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Nakajima A4N, Names of Seoul, Nanjing, Navy Cross, Nelson T. Johnson, Newsreel, Newt Gingrich, Osaka, Pacific War series, Philip K. Dick, River gunboat, Rokuzō Sugiyama, São Paulo, Second Sino-Japanese War, Seoul, Spanish–American War, Standard Oil, Taipei, Taiwan, Tanker (ship), The Man in the High Castle, The New York Times International Edition, The Times, United States Asiatic Fleet, ..., United States Navy, Universal Newsreel, USS Maine (ACR-1), Yangtze, Yangtze Patrol, Yokosuka B4Y. Expand index (6 more) »

Asahi Shimbun

The is one of the five national newspapers in Japan.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Battle of Nanking

The Battle of Nanking (or Nanjing) was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanking (Nanjing), the capital of the Republic of China.

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Chief of staff

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.

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Collier's

Collier's was an American magazine, founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier.

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Corriere della Sera

The Corriere della Sera (English: Evening Courier) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015.

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Dalian

Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning Province, China.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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Eyre Crabbe

Brigadier General Eyre Macdonnell Stewart Crabbe, CB (1852 – 8 March 1905) was a Grenadier Guards officer who fought in the Sudan campaign to rescue General Gordon and in the Second Boer War.

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Flag of the United States

The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States.

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Fon Huffman

Fon Birdell Huffman (August 19, 1913 – September 4, 2008) was a United States Navy veteran who is believed to have been the last survivor of 1937 attack on the USS ''Panay'' gunboat, which became known as the Panay incident.

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Gekokujō

is a Japanese term for "overthrowing or surpassing one's superiors".

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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Havana Harbor

Havana Harbor is the port of Havana, the capital of Cuba, and it is the main port in Cuba (not including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, a territory on lease by the United States).

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Insect-class gunboat

The Insect-class gunboats (or large China gunboatsThe s were "small China gunboats") were a class of small, but well-armed Royal Navy ships designed for use in shallow rivers or inshore.

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John Moore Allison

John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was a US diplomat most commonly known for being US Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957.

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John Rabe (film)

John Rabe (released in the United Kingdom as City of War: The Story of John Rabe) is a 2009 German-Chinese-French biopictorial film directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl and Steve Buscemi.

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Joseph Grew

Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer.

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Kaname Harada

was a Japanese flying ace of World War II.

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Kobe

is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

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La Stampa

La Stampa (meaning The Press in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan

The is the ambassador from the United States of America to Japan.

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Luigi Barzini Jr.

Luigi Barzini Jr. (Milan, 21 December 1908 – Rome, 30 March 1984) was an Italian journalist, writer and politician most famous for his 1964 book The Italians, delving deeply into the Italian national character and introducing many Anglo-Saxon readers to Italian life and culture.

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Movietone News

Movietone News is a newsreel that ran from 1928 to 1963 in the United States, and – as British Movietone News – from 1929 to 1979 in the United Kingdom.

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Nagasaki

() is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Nakajima A4N

The Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane designed by Nakajima.

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Names of Seoul

Seoul has been known in the past by the successive names Wiryeseong (위례성; 慰禮城, Baekje era), Namgyeong (남경; 南京, Goryeo era), Hanseong (한성; 漢城, Joseon era) or Hanyang (한양; 漢陽).

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Nanjing

Nanjing, formerly romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region, with an administrative area of and a total population of 8,270,500.

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Navy Cross

The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.

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Nelson T. Johnson

Nelson Trusler Johnson (April 3, 1887 – December 3, 1954) was the US ambassador to the Republic of China from 1935 to 1941 and to Australia from 1941 to 1945.

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Newsreel

A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the late 1960s.

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Newt Gingrich

Newton Leroy Gingrich (né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author, born in Pennsylvania, later representing Georgia in Congress, and ultimately serving as 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Pacific War series

The Pacific War is a series of alternate history novels written by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen with Albert S. Hanser.

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Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction.

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River gunboat

A river gunboat is a type of gunboat adapted for river operations.

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Rokuzō Sugiyama

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (Guerra hispano-americana or Guerra hispano-estadounidense; Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.

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Standard Oil

Standard Oil Co.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tanker (ship)

A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk.

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The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle (1962) is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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United States Asiatic Fleet

The United States Asiatic Fleet was a fleet of the United States Navy during much of the first half of the 20th century.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Universal Newsreel

Universal Newsreel (sometimes known as Universal-International Newsreel or just U-I Newsreel) was a series of 7- to 10-minute newsreels that were released twice a week between 1929 and 1967 by Universal Studios.

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USS Maine (ACR-1)

USS Maine (ACR-1) was an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Yangtze Patrol

The Yangtze Patrol, also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force and Yangtze River Patrol or YangPat and ComYangPat, from 1854–1949, was a prolonged naval operation to protect American interests in the Yangtze River's treaty ports.

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Yokosuka B4Y

The Yokosuka B4Y, (Navy Type 96 Carrier Attack Bomber), carrier torpedo bomber was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1936 to 1943.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Panay_incident

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