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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
54: ... turned Columbus down on the advice of her "think tank" and he was leaving town in despair when Ferdinan...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
11: ...ge III of the United Kingdom]], Princess May was only a minor member of the [[British Royal Family]]. ...
17: ...y was chosen as a bride for Albert Victor, due mainly to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victor...
102: ...rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment]], RA (TA), Colonel-in-chief (until 1942... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
9: ...ross the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime ...
15: ...the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence officers ...
20: ... It seems therefore that Kowerski's loyalty has only been called into question because of these instr...
26: ...ed from substantial action. Her situation would only change in [[1944]], in a turn of events that wou...
34: ...tapo she had been unaware of danger to herself. Only after she and her comrades had made good their e... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
53: ...carbon|C]]), which is used in some helicopter and tank armor.
57: ...used as a susceptor in microwave furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material.
112: ...r]]s, etc. The specialized formulations most commonly used in electronics are detailed in the book "Ta...
127: ...aliber [[rifle]] fire. Such plates are known commonly as [[small-arms protective insert]]s (SAPI). Ver... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
33: ...sources". The advent of [[nuclear weapon]]s came only weeks after the signing of the Charter and provi...
91: ...ning bodies made up of member states include not only the [[UN General Assembly|General Assembly]], [[...
106: ...ted States is assessed. The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is ...
111: ...nally, all official documents, in [[print]] or [[online]], are translated in all six languages.
126: Some respond that much of the blame can only lie with the member states that support it (or f... - Bazooka (instrument) (859 bytes)
3: ...l instrument, was applied to a new [[Bazooka|anti-tank weapon]]. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ted the form of his new name with middle initial only, never acknowledging that the "S" stood for Simp...
52: ... Unfortunately for Grant's coordinated strategy, only Sherman's advance into Georgia was making progre...
64: ...d as a member of the ring and escaped conviction only because of a presidential pardon. After the Whis...
171: ... produced an armored vehicle known as the [[Grant tank]] (a version of the American M3 model, which was ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: The '''Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan''', commonly called '''Dar Abo Husein''' ([[Arabic language|A...
79: ...pulation. In the ensuing heavy fighting, a Syrian tank force took up positions in northern Jordan to sup...
127: ...in Jordan is dry and hot, since the country is mainly desert. However, the country receives some rainy... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
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25: ...://www.cbs.nl/nl/cijfers/bevolkingsteller/popclocknl.asp] |
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70: ... directly administrated by the Dutch government. Only then did they become official colonies (the [[Du...
72: ...Germany]] in May [[1940]], to be fully liberated only on [[May 5th]],[[1945]]. From [[1941]] until [[1... - Greece (54754 bytes)
23: ...Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
50: ...e east. The [[Aegean Sea]] lies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the we...
57:
59: ...]] {{lang|he|יוון}} ({{lang|he|Yavan}}). In only a few languages is the "Hellas" root the basis o...
87: ...were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migr... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
162: ...al $20 billion loan, but immediate action seemed unlikely. The peso's peg to the dollar was abandoned ...
164: ...État et la participation]] (IDEP), a think-tank, Lapolla adds that every day, 55 children, 35 adu...
177: ...ietnam]]ese, and [[China|Chinese]] followed. The only official language is [[Spanish language|Spanish]...
217: ...et.net Argentina] - Search engine of Argentinean only web pages. - Israel (51605 bytes)
89: ...tion of those territories in 1950 was recognized only by the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Pakistan]], whil...
98: ... to leave the Sinai, and in their place, Egyptian tanks and troops were concentrated on the border with ...
102: ...Palestinian refugee]]s - however, the resolution only refers to "refugees", arguably implying that it ...
104: Israel is the only state that is barred from joining any of the fiv...
156: ...i|Chief Rabbinate]] of Israel, have jurisdiction only in five distinct areas: [[Jewish view of marriag... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
311: ...ormer]]: [[William Stanley (physicist)|William Stanley]]
321: ... [[1888]]: [[Pneumatic tube tire]]: [[John Boyd Dunlop]]
394: * [[1914]]: [[Tank]], military: [[Ernest Dunlop Swinton]] - Hoover (912 bytes)
16: ...Hoover Institution]], a [[public policy]] [[think tank]] at [[Stanford University]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: It was commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used ...
19: ...of these nations was emphatic that victory would only be gained by striking first, and that mobilizati...
74: ...e of their enemy: the Anglo-French trenches were only intended to be 'temporary' before their forces b...
77: ...ne and operating a month-long four stage system, unless an offensive was underway. The front contained...
107: ...orious sector commander. Allied fortunes revived only temporarily with [[Romania]]'s entry into the wa... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ar I|two world wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
8: ...c weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|w...
20: ...ing and occupying parts or the whole of Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania.
24: ...iendly," despite the fact that neither country openly proclaimed any alliances. Such situations allowe...
31: ...g war two days later on [[3 September]].{{fn|1}} Only partly mobilized, Poland fared poorly against th... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
5: [[Image:Vietcong.jpg|thumb|right|[[NLF]] casualties during the [[Vietnam War]]. After t...
34: *[[rocket propelled grenade]]s and other [[anti-tank weapon]]s,
42: ...t created weapons with superior effectiveness, mainly due to their lead in digital computers and reluc...
65: ...tions and evasions. ''When the [[USSR]] was the only member State who refused to sign, the US embarke... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
41: ...atic support]] to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, partly as support against the U.S. and South Vi...
76: ... Asia from "indirect aggression." This was certainly more diplomatic than the later more or less unil...
89: ...sects he could tackle the [[Viet Minh]], the suddenly enthusiastic support of many Congressional leade...
94: ... or intimidate much of the political opposition, only fostering deeper resentment of what was already ...
96: ...s would have won. Also, it was said to have been unlikely that the Northern Communists would allow a f... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...II]], he was mostly known as a [[tactician]] of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use...
52: ...vily influenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of trenches.
59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
18: ...hat from a tender age they would enter into the manly one as more stalwart friends." In the dialogue, ...
47: ...left unfinished and Leonardo left for [[Milan]]. Only seventeen of his paintings and none of his statu...
70: *''[[Leda and the Swan]]'' (1508) - (Only copies survive) ''[[Galleria Borghese]]'', [[Rom...
85: ...0 drawings. However, his book only was published only in 1580 (long after his death) under the heading...
87: ...of other beings. It is important that he was not only interested in structure but also in function, so...
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