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The idiom "Turning a blind eye" is attributed to Admiral Horatio Nelson who, in the midst of battle and given the permission to retreat by his superior, lifted the telescope to his eye (blinded from an earlier injury) and said "I really do not see the signal" and pressed on with the attack.

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During the a battle in 1797, British Admiral Horatio Nelson was badly wounded in the right arm. When he came to the surgeon he said, "the sooner it is off the better," within a half hour of the amputation he returned to command of his forces.

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1. The British fleet was led by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson. He commanded the gun ship HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar. Around one pm. Nelson was shot by a marksman onboard the French gunship Redoubtable from a distance of about fifty feet. He was brought below deck and died about three and a half hours later.

2. Horatio Nelson was given a signal during battle from his Admiral to retreat if he needed to. Nelson declined by holding his telescope to his blind eye and said "I have the right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal!"

3. About Yi Sun-Shin the greatest admiral in recorded history on par with Horatio Nelson. Undefeated in 23 battles, Yi stopped a Japanese invasion of Korea twice from 1592-1598. At the Battle of Myeongnyang, Yi defeated over 300 Japanese ships without losing a single one of his 13 ships.

4. During Admiral Horatio Nelson's funeral, instead of reverently folding up his ship's ragged flag, his sailors ripped it apart for souvenirs.

5. Horatio Nelson, British Admiral and the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, suffered from chronic seasickness for his entire 34 year naval career.

6. Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson's body was preserved in a barrel of brandy for the trip home after he died during the Battle of Trafalgar.

7. Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson's body was preserved in a barrel of french brandy for the trip home after he died during the Battle of Trafalgar.

8. Horatio Nelson, British Admiral and victor of the battle of Trafalgar suffered from terrible seasickness