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    War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown. He...
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  • Commissioned Corps with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below fleet admiral in the Navy; the Coast Guard and the Public Health...
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  • Venezuela Admiral (Australia) Admiral (Bangladesh) Admiral (Canada) Admiral (Denmark) Admiral (France) Admiral (Germany) Admiral (India) Admiral (Netherlands)...
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    with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia...
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    a leading sire whose multiple champions included Triple Crown winner War Admiral. He was the grandsire of Seabiscuit and his sire line continues today...
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    money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American...
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    Admiral Hipper class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine beginning in the mid-1930s. The class comprised Admiral Hipper...
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    United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered...
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    the Kriegsmarine (Navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer, German commander in the Battle of Jutland...
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  • Grand Admiral Thrawn (full name: Mitth'raw'nuruodo; born: Kivu'raw'nuru) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He appeared as the eponymous...
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    Fleet admiral (abbreviated FADM) is a five-star flag officer rank in the United States Navy whose rewards uniquely include active duty pay for life. Fleet...
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    1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II, and was convicted of war crimes after the war. Raeder attained...
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    that had been taken by Admiral Rodney in February 1781, but was retaken by the French Admiral De Grasse on 27 November 1781). The war proved a disaster for...
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    February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Admiral Hipper
    Admiral Hipper was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers which served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The...
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  • owner of the East Coast champion and Triple Crown-winning racehorse War Admiral, but Riddle dismisses California racing as inferior. In the prestigious...
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    rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during the Winter War and the Second World War. The N. G...
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    Ernest J. King (redirect from Admiral King)
    During World War I, he served on the staff of Vice-Admiral Henry T. Mayo, the commander of the United States Atlantic Fleet. After World War I, King served...
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  • Midway (2019 film) (category 2010s war films)
    attack on Pearl Harbor, forcing the US to enter the war. Admiral Yamamoto, with the support of Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, proposes an audacious plan to...
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  • General, and instead went with another high rank name, Admiral Corporation. Throughout the war, Admiral grew and won the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence...
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    Fast Carrier Task Force (category Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II)
    Reynolds p. Tuohy, William (2007). America's Fighting Admirals:Winning the War at Sea in World War II. Zenith Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-7603-2985-6. [5]...
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  • junior rank was Generaladmiral (admiral-general). Before and during World War I, the following were made grand admirals of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche...
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    The Admiral Grigorovich-class (also referred to as Krivak V class), Russian designation Project 11356R, is a class of frigates built by the Yantar Shipyard...
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    Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, GBE, KCB (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands...
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    Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine...
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    Brazza Admiral Florent de Varennes—first admiral of France Admiral Jean de Vienne—admiral of the French fleet during the Hundred Years' War Admiral Hervé...
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    Arleigh Burke (category United States Navy admirals)
    – January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of...
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    1943) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. Yamamoto held several...
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  • by the outbreak of war. Admiral Karl Dönitz's U-boat fleet did not reach the 300 U-boats he deemed necessary to win a commerce war against Britain until...
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    Joseph Taussig (category United States Navy World War II admirals)
    October 1947) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, China Relief Expedition,...
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