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7 19' 40" S, 72 25' 23" E (you can copy/paste these co-ords into Google Earth)
The only info I could find indicated that the British established a seaplane base there in March of '41 and began basing reconnaiassance aircraft out of there. Another source indicates that in Feb of '42, some defensive 6" guns were installed, but these were never fiered in anger.
The island was evidently recconoitered by the Japanese submarine I-16, but it was never attacked.
-whatever
-Lou
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If you look at it you really can't get an enemy naval vessel in there, only one way in and one way out. If you look even closer you can see all of the radar domes (some dishes are underground, you can see the outlines of them) which can monitor everything from Vietnam to the Middle East.
Well, this looks like fun...So I'll offer up another site.
1) It's sometimes referred to as the "Black Pearl" of the Pacific
2) It's not the end of the earth, but you can see it from here
3) Wind gusts and weather make this spot hard to land a KC135
Correct Identifier gets to contribute his own mystery site
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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air,
and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle
Roger that. Over to you PzJgr! ( I worked those programs at FTD! Small world, eh?)
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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air,
and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle
Yes the British tried hard to literally bomb it away after ww2, hoping to sink it, but it survived and is still Germany's most northern landmark in the North-sea. It was actually traded with England in exchange with Sansibar Island(Tansania).
Regards
Kruska
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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air,
and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle
Yes the British tried hard to literally bomb it away after ww2, hoping to sink it, but it survived and is still Germany's most northern landmark in the North-sea. It was actually traded with England in exchange with Sansibar Island(Tansania).
Regards
Kruska
Correct!!!
At least it wasn't as easy as I thought
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Name This Strategic Military Location
