| Suez Crisis Talk:Suez_Crisis
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| Emily Davison Emily Wilding Davison (October 11 1872 June 8 1913) was an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. She died four days after she was struck by King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on the 4th June 1913. Blackheath, London. She was the daughter of Charles Davison and Margaret Davison, with two sisters and a brother, and many half-siblings (from her father's first marriage) including a half-brother, Capt. Emily_Davison
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| Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from 1 July to 18 November 1916, was among the largest battles of the First World War. With more than 1.5 million casualties, it is also one of the bloodiest military operations recorded. The Allied forces attempted to break through the German lines along a front north and south of the River Somme in northern France. Battle_of_the_Somme
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| Ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a local majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory. The term entered English and international media usage in the early 1990s to describe war events in the former Yugoslavia. Synonyms include ethnic purification . Ethnic_cleansing
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| Volga River The Volga (, , Jul, , ) is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. In fact, eleven out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including its capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga basin. Some of the largest reservoirs in the world can be found along the Volga. Volga_River
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
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| Kristallnacht Kristallnacht (; literally "Crystal night") or the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10, 1938. It is often called Novemberpogrom or Reichspogromnacht in German.Kristallnacht was triggered by the assassination of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew. Kristallnacht
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| French Resistance French Resistance is the collective name used for the French resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy Regime during World War II. Resistance groups comprised small groups of armed men and women (referred to as the maquis when based in rural areas), publishers of underground newspapers, and escape networks that helped Allied soldiers. French_Resistance
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| Sarin Talk:Sarin
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| World government World government is the concept of a political body that would make, interpret and enforce international law. Inherent to the concept of a world government is the idea that nations would be required to pool or surrender (depending on point of view) sovereignty over some areas. World_government
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| Death squad A death squad is an armed squad that kills civilians, terrorists or guerillas. These groups tend to commit extrajudicial assassinations / extra-judicial killings and forced disappearances of persons. These killings are often conducted in ways meant to ensure the secrecy of the killers' identities, so as to avoid accountability and ensure deniability. Death_squad
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| Victoria Cross Talk:Victoria_Cross
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| Battle of Wittstock Battle_of_Wittstock
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| Kapp Putsch Kapp_Putsch
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| French Wars of Religion Talk:French_Wars_of_Religion
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| Edward Carson, Baron Carson Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, Kt., KC (often known as Sir Edward Carson or Lord Carson) (9 February 1854 22 October 1935) was a leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. Lord Carson held numerous positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and pursued a career as a senior barrister and a judge; he become one of seven Law Lords. Upon his death, in 1935, he was one of the few non-monarchs to receive a United Kingdom state funeral. Edward_Carson,_Baron_Carson
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| Nuremberg Rally The Nuremberg Rally (officially, Reichsparteitag, meaning Reich national party convention) was the annual rally of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) in the years 1923 to 1938 in Germany. Especially after Hitler's rise to power in 1933, they were large propaganda events by the state. The Reichsparteitage were held annually at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg from 1933 to 1938 and are thus usually referred to in English as the Nuremberg Rallies. Nuremberg_Rally
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| Battle of Bir Hakeim Bir Hakeim (sometimes written Bir Hacheim) is a remote oasis in the Libyan desert, and the former site of a Turkish fort. During the Battle of Gazala the First Free French Division of General Marie Pierre Koenig defended the site from 26 May to 11 June 1942 against attacking German and Italian forces directed by General Erwin Rommel. Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
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| Phoney War The Phoney War, also called the Twilight War by Winston Churchill, der Sitzkrieg in German ("the sitting war"play on the word Blitzkrieg), the Bore War (a play on the Boer War) and la drôle de guerre ("the funny war") was a phase in early World War II – in the months following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940 – that was marked by a lack of major military operations in Continental Europe. Phoney_War
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| Great Northern War Talk:Great_Northern_War
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