Alphabet...whoever's A Picks The Theme

[NinjaGaijin]

Surabaya, East Java... 10 November 1945, Allied troops arriving to reinstate Dutch colonial rule of Java met armed resistance from local freedom fighters. A British general was killed in battle.

That example because its commemoration day here was just yesterday

[redsliver]

Trafalgar

[Oishiichan]

Battle of Utica 49 BC, fought between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio and Numidian cavalry and foot soldiers sent by King Juba I of Numidia to aid Attius Varus.

[redsliver]

Vimy Ridge (Canada's biggest battle in World War 1)

[Oishiichan]

The Battle of Xiangyang (襄陽之戰) was a six-year battle between the twin fortified cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang in modern-day Hubei, China, starting in AD 1268. Lü Wenhuan, commander-in-chief of the Southern Song Dynasty, surrendered to Kublai Khan in 1273.

[NinjaGaijin]

Yalu river, site of 2 battles fought by Japan.

I had to cheat and check wikipedie for that

[redsliver]

Famous Ships (Space, Sailing, Pirate and all the rest)

The Argo

[Nanaea]

The Black Pearl

[Oishiichan]

The Columbus.

[Nanaea]

The Daedalus

[redsliver]

The Falcon (Second Airship in FF3(6) clearly named after The Millenium Falcon)

[Oishiichan]

The Glenlee. A three-masted steel barque built in 1896

[englishwitch]

H: El Horria. A royal yacht built for Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt in 1865. it is the oldest steamship still in service.

[AmyMcClair]

John Adams Frig - US Naval ship

[englishwitch]

HISPANIOLA. the ship in treasure island

[AmyMcClair]

Kermit Roosevelt ARC-16

[englishwitch]

RMS Lusitania: A british ocean Liner built in 1906, held the record in 1907 for the fastest liner in existence.

[AmyMcClair]

the Nina

[englishwitch]

HMS Orion. A British WW2 navel battle ship.

[AmyMcClair]

Pinta - go figure.

[englishwitch]

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2): the most famous and formerly the most luxurious cruise liner ever made. (until 2004 when the Queen Mary was built)

[redsliver]

Ragnarok (Spaceship ff8)

[AmyMcClair]

Serenity

[Guest echtrae]

U.S.S. Indianapolis

[NinjaGaijin]

Voyager... that space probe sent with a message for extraterrestrials some 20? years ago.