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Tagged: Japan

Polar Bears & Bolsheviks: American Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918–1920 | Episode 271

Following the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia signing a separate peace with Germany, the Allied nations launched a military intervention to try to topple the new Soviet government. A small force …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Virtual Programs
  • World War I

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From Wallabout Bay to Pearl Harbor: Brooklyn Navy Yard Ships and Shipbuilders | Episode 256

To mark the 80th anniversary since the attack on Pearl Harbor, this virtual program will examine the connections between the fleet in Hawaii in 1941 and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Virtual Programs
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Finding a World Cup Squad to Root for through Street Food

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off yesterday, and we’re struggling to find a team to support. So we decided to turn to some of the street food and market …

  • Public Markets
  • Street Vending

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From Perry To MacArthur: Flag Links Historic US Visits to Japan, in Peace and War

September 2 marks the 70th anniversary of the official end of the Second World War, when Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945. While we are marking …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War II

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The Fall of Singapore, 1942

February 15 marks the anniversary of one of the most dramatic and shocking moments in the Second World War, the fall of the “Gibraltar of the East,” Singapore, in 1942. …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War II

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The Perrys of Newport and the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Last week, Cindy and I spent our brief honeymoon in Newport, Rhode Island. Even though we were told to relax, how could we resist not doing a little bit of …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard

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“The Wind Rises,” Japan Falls

The Academy Awards are tomorrow night, and nominated is a film that has only hit American cinemas in wide release this weekend, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, up for Best Animated Feature. …

  • World War II

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