| Corn Laws Talk:Corn_Laws
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| Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Russian Пётр Аркадевич Столыпин) ( ) served as Nicholas II's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the Prime Minister of Russia—from 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to repress revolutionary groups, as well as for the institution of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Pyotr_Stolypin
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| Gallipoli Campaign The Gallipoli Campaign took place at Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, during the First World War. A joint British Empire and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, and secure a sea route to Russia. Gallipoli_Campaign
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| Hunger strike A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food. Hunger_strike
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| Women's Land Army Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British and American civilian organization created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls.In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers. Women's_Land_Army
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| Abyssinia Crisis Abyssinia Crisis was a diplomatic crisis during the interwar period originating in the "Walwal incident." This incident resulted from the ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia" in Europe). Its effects were to undermine the credibility of the League of Nations and to encourage Fascist Italy to ally itself with Nazi Germany. Abyssinia_Crisis
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| Fenian Fenians, both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish nationalist organization which he founded in America in 1858. O'Mahony, who was a Celtic scholar, named the American wing of the movement after the Fianna, the legendary band of Irish warriors led by Fionn mac Cumhaill. Fenian
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| Battle of Berlin/Archive 1 Talk:Battle_of_Berlin/Archive_1
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| Edward Jenner Talk:Edward_Jenner
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| Mulberry harbour Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy. artificial military harbours were taken across the English Channel from Britain with the invading army in sections and assembled off the coast of Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion of France in 1944. Mulberry_harbour
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| Mark Wayne Clark Mark_Wayne_Clark
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| Motte-and-bailey A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle. Many were built in Britain, Ireland and France in the 11th and 12th centuries, favoured as a relatively cheap but effective defensive fortification that could repel most small attacks Motte-and-bailey
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| John Hawkins Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns) (Plymouth 1532 – 12 November, 1595) was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer (1577) and controller (1589) of the Royal Navy, he rebuilt older ships and helped design the faster ships that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588. John_Hawkins
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| Erhard Milch Erhard Milch (March 30, 1892 January 25, 1972) was a German Field Marshal who oversaw the development of the Luftwaffe as part of the re-armament of Germany following World War I. Erhard_Milch
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| Children's Crusade Talk:Children's_Crusade
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| House of Lords Act 1999 House_of_Lords_Act_1999
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| Suffragette Talk:Suffragette
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| Treaty of Knäred Treaty of Knäred (Danish:Freden i Knærød) was signed on January 21, 1613 and ended the Kalmar War (1611-1613) between Denmark and Sweden. It is named after the village of Knäred in Halland, where it was signed.As a result, Sweden had to pay a ransom for the return of the fortress of Alvsborg, which was paid by 1619. Treaty_of_Knäred
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| Thermae Talk:Thermae
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| War pigeon Pigeons have played an important role in wars for a long time. World War II. War_pigeon
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