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1918 Toppan Printing Co. map of Japanese Railways. The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been four main stages: [1] Stage 1, from 1872, the first line, from Tokyo to Yokohama, to the end of the Russo-Japanese war; Stage 2, from nationalization in 1906-07 to the end of World War II;
A B-24 of No. 224 Squadron RAF sank German submarine U-373 in the Bay of Biscay and then sank U-441 only some 20 minutes later in the English Channel. [17] [18] Japanese destroyer Harasume was bombed and sunk northwest of Manokwari, New Guinea by a U.S. B-25 Mitchell.
April 15, 1941—May 31, 1944: Kankyū (関急) June 1, 1944—1948: Kinki Nippon (近畿日本) or Kin-nichi (近日) Present: Kintetsu (近鉄) — used for the official corporate name in English since 2003. Acquired or merged companies. Sangu Express Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: Sankyū (参急) Ise Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: Iseden (伊勢電)
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On 19 June, the Normandy beaches were hit by a storm that lasted for four days. Although the worst June storm in forty years, it was not a severe one; waves reached 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (2.6 m), with wind gusts up to 25 to 32 knots (46 to 59 km/h), and therefore never reached gale force. [81] [82] [83] Nonetheless, the damage was considerable ...
January 3: Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 are killed. January 28: A train of Allied prisoners of war on the Orvieto North railway bridge at Allerona in Italy is inadvertently bombed by United States Army Air Forces 320th Bombardment Group. About 450 are killed. [1]
The Nikko Electric Railway Co. opened an 8 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Iwanohana between 1907 and 1913, and extended it 2 km to Umakae (approximately 300 m higher than Nikko) in 1931 to connect to a 1.2 km funicular railway that climbed 428 m which opened in 1932. In 1944, electric locomotives began hauling copper ore on the line.