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| Philip Baird Shearer/Archive I User_talk:Philip_Baird_Shearer/Archive_I | |
| Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (abbreviated as SHAEF, pronounced "shafe"), was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was in command of SHAEF throughout its existence. The rank itself shares a common lineage with Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Atlantic, but they are different titles. Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force | |
| USS Bonefish (SS-223) USS_Bonefish_(SS-223) | |
| USS Argonaut (SM-1) USS_Argonaut_(SM-1) | |
| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, or, in Japanese sources, as the , took place between Novembernaval battles between Allied (primarily United States) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands. Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal | |
| Aerial warfare For the H. G. Wells novel written in 1907, see "The War in the Air" Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare, including military airlift of cargo to further the national interests as was demonstrated in the Berlin Airlift. Aerial_warfare | |
| Brussels sprout This article is about the plant. For the pencil game, see Sprouts (game).The Brussels (or brussels) sprout (Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group) of the Brassicaceae family, is a Cultivar group of wild cabbage cultivated for its small (typically or diameter) leafy green buds, which resemble miniature cabbages. Brussels_sprout | |
| Economic sanctions Economic_sanctions | |
| Ernst Gräfenberg Ernst Gräfenberg (26 September 1881 in Adelebsen near Göttingen, Germany – 28 October 1957 in New York City, USA) was a German-born medical doctor and scientist. He is known for developing the intrauterine device (IUD), and for his studies of the role of the woman's urethra in orgasm. Ernst_Gräfenberg | |
| List of most expensive paintings Talk:List_of_most_expensive_paintings | |
| Chinese herbology Chinese Herbology () or 中药(zhōngyào), is the common name for the subject of Chinese materia medica . It includes the basic theory of Chinese materia medica, "crude medicine," "prepared drug in slices" () and traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations' source, collection and preparation, performance, efficacy, and clinical applications. Chinese_herbology | |
| 1983 Beirut barracks bombing In the Beirut barracks bombing (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 servicemen, including 220 U.S. 1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing | |
| Operation Archery Operation Archery was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on Vågsøy Island, Norway on December 27 1941.The raid was conducted by British Commandos of No.3 Commando, two troops (platoons) of No.2 Commando, a medical detachment of No.4 Commando, a demolition party from 101 Troop (canoe) of No.6 Commando and a dozen Norwegians from Norwegian Independent Company 1. Operation_Archery | |
| USS Tautog (SS-199) USS_Tautog_(SS-199) | |
| Origins of the Cold War The Origins of the Cold War are widely regarded to lie most directly within the relations between the Soviet Union and its World War II allies the United States, Britain and France in the years 1945Cold War that endured for just under half a century.Events preceding the Second World War, and even the Russian Revolution of 1917, underlay pre-World War II tensions between the Soviet Union, western European countries and the United States. Origins_of_the_Cold_War | |
| Gospel of Mark Talk:Gospel_of_Mark | |
| USS Bullhead (SS-332) USS_Bullhead_(SS-332) | |
| USS Trout (SS-202) USS_Trout_(SS-202) | |
| USS Bowfin (SS-287) USS_Bowfin_(SS-287) | |
| RAF Akrotiri Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri, more commonly known as RAF Akrotiri , is a large Royal Air Force station and military airbase, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the south of the island, in the UK sovereign base area of Akrotiri. It is one of the few full-scale RAF stations left outside the United Kingdom. RAF_Akrotiri | |
| USS Albacore (SS-218) USS_Albacore_(SS-218) | |
| Hate group A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates physical or verbal aggression toward or refusal to interact with persons on the basis of those persons' possession and/or exhibition of a certain characteristic. Many hate groups espouse or rhetorically appeal to the proposition that persons exhibiting the characteristic in question are members of a group of persons exhibiting that characteristic, regardless of whether that group's existence, boundaries, and set of members are self-proclaimed or are instead merely alleged by the hate group to possess an independent existence arising from conceptual distinctions that the hate group draws. Hate_group | |
| 11th Airborne Division (United States) The 11th Airborne Division was a United States Army airborne formation, first activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II. The division took part in several training exercises in 1943, including the Knollwood Maneuver. It played a vital part in this exercise, helping demonstrate that American airborne forces could operate successfully at up to divisional strength after the disappointing performance of the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Husky. 11th_Airborne_Division_(United_States) | |
| Koko (gorilla) Talk:Koko_(gorilla) | |
| 17th Airborne Division (United States) The 17th Airborne Division was an airborne formation in the United States Army during World War II, and was commanded by Major General William M. Miley. It was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 but was not immediately shipped out to a combat theater, remaining in the United States to complete its training. 17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States) | |
| Ernest King Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King (November 23, 1878 June 25, 1956) was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations (COMINCH-CNO) during World War II. As COMINCH, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ernest_King | |
| Europe first Europe first, also known as Germany first, was the key element of the grand strategy employed by the United States and the United Kingdom during World War II. According to this policy, the United States and the United Kingdom would use the preponderance of their resources to subdue Nazi Germany in Europe first. Europe_first | |
| William D. Leahy Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer, Governor of Puerto Rico and Ambassador to France. Leahy was appointed as Chief of Staff to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 and served in that position throughout World War II, and continued under President Harry S. Truman until finally retiring in 1949. Fleet Admiral Leahy was the first U.S. military officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. William_D._Leahy | |
| Horseshoe map In the mathematics of chaos theory, a horseshoe map is any member of a class of chaotic maps of the square into itself. It is a core example in the study of dynamical systems. The map was introduced by Smale while studying the behavior of the orbits of the van der Pol oscillator. The action of the map is defined geometrically by squishing the square, then stretching the result into a long strip, and finally folding the strip into the shape of a horseshoe. Horseshoe_map | |
| USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) USS_Ponchatoula_(AO-148) | |
| Declaration of war by the United States A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another. For the United States, Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution says "Congress shall have power to ... declare War;" however, that passage provides no specific format for what form legislation text must have to be considered a "Declaration of War" nor does the Constitution itself use this term. Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States | |
| Eric S. Raymond Talk:Eric_S._Raymond | |
| Spline (mathematics) mathematics, a spline is a special function defined piecewise by polynomials. interpolating problems, spline interpolation is often preferred to polynomial interpolation because it yields similar results, even when using low-degree polynomials, while avoiding Runge's phenomenon for higher degrees.In the computer science subfields of computer-aided design and computer graphics, the term "spline" more frequently refers to a piecewise polynomial (parametric) curve. Spline_(mathematics) | |
| Matthew Stannard/Scratch User:Matthew_Stannard/Scratch | |
| Fringe science Fringe science is scientific inquiry in an established field of study which departs significantly from mainstream or orthodox theories, and is classified in the "fringes" of a credible mainstream academic discipline. Mainstream scientists typically regard fringe concepts as highly speculative or strongly refuted, as opposed to frontier science which is plausible emerging science. Fringe_science | |
| Deccan Plateau Deccan Plateau, also known as the Peninsular Plateau or the Great Peninsular Plateau, is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country, ranging in elevation from 100 metres in the north to 1000 metres in the south. It is located between three mountain ranges and extends over eight Indian states. Deccan_Plateau | |
| USS Bogue (CVE-9) USS_Bogue_(CVE-9) | |
| World War II crimes in Poland Approximately six million Polish citizens, divided nearly equally between non-Jewish and Jewish, perished during World War II. Most were civilians killed by the actions of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and their allies. At the Nuremberg Tribunal, three categories were established. These categories were waging war, war crimes and crimes against humanity. World_War_II_crimes_in_Poland | |
| Occupation of the Baltic states occupation of the Baltic states is the period in the history of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) which started with the military occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union in 1939 and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and re-establishment of the independent and democratic Baltic states. Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states | |
| Andrey Vyshinsky Andrey Januaryevich Vyshinskiy () (, Odessa, Imperial Russia New York), was a Russian and Soviet jurist and diplomat. He is mostly known as a state prosecutor of Stalin's show trials. He served as the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953. Vyshinsky was of Polish and Russian descent and spoke some English and excellent French.He became a Menshevik in 1903 and in 1917 he undersigned an order to arrest Lenin according the decision of the Russian Provisional Government.. In 1920, he joined the Bolsheviks. Andrey_Vyshinsky | |
| Kiska Kiska (Qisxa in Aleut) is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at . It is about long and varies in width from Kiska | |
| Jerusalem artichoke Jerusalem_artichoke | |
| Eighth Air Force Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF) of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and is one of three active-duty numbered air forces in Air Combat Command. It serves as Air Forces Strategic - Global Strike, one of the air components of United States Strategic Command.Formed during WWII, in 1942 as VIII Bomber Command it was the USAAF strategic bomber force attacking North-west Europe from bases in England. Eighth_Air_Force | |
| Thirteenth Air Force Thirteenth Air Force is a United States Air Force "Component-Numbered Air Force" (C-NAF) and warfighting headquarters in Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.13th AF has never been stationed in the continental United States. It is one of the oldest, continuously active, numbered air forces in the United States Air Force. Thirteenth_Air_Force | |
| Nelson class battleship Nelson_class_battleship | |
| Fifteenth United States Army The Fifteenth United States Army was the last field army to see service in northwest Europe during World War II and was the final command of General George S. Patton. The Fifteenth Army served two separate missions while assigned to the area. During the later stages of World War II its mission was training and rehabilitating units and acting as a defensive line against counterattacks. Fifteenth_United_States_Army | |
| USS Atule (SS-403) USS_Atule_(SS-403) | |
| Yves Tanguy See also Tanguay. For the 2001 French film, see Tanguy (film). Yves_Tanguy | |
| Jamaican ginger Jamaican Ginger Extract (known in the United States by the slang name Jake) was an early 20th century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to bypass Prohibition laws, since it contained between 70-80% ethanol by weight.Jake was not itself dangerous, but the U.S. Jamaican_ginger | |
| History of perpetual motion machines The history of perpetual motion machines dates back to the Middle Ages. For millennia, it was not clear whether perpetual motion devices were possible or not, but the development of modern thermodynamics has indicated that they are impossible. Despite this, many attempts have been made to construct a perpetual motion machine. Modern designers and proponents often use other terms, such as over unity, to describe their inventions. History_of_perpetual_motion_machines |
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