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  • 61Eastern Front (World War II) — Great Patriotic War redirects here. For a discussion of the term itself, see Great Patriotic War (term). Not to be confused with Patriotic War of 1812. Eastern Front Part of World War II …

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  • 62Paris — /par is/; for 2 also Fr. /pann rddee /, n. 1. Matthew. See Matthew of Paris. 2. Ancient, Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii /peuh riz ee uy /. a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville de Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine.… …

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  • 63Scorched earth — Not to be confused with Slash and burn. For other uses, see Scorched Earth (disambiguation). Kuwaiti oil wells set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in 1991. A scorched earth policy is a military strategy or operational method which involves… …

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  • 64Battle of Berlin — For the bombing campaign on Berlin by the RAF from November 1943 to March 1944, see Battle of Berlin (air). Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Berlin caption = Soviet soldiers raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag after its… …

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  • 65First Battle of El Alamein — Part of Western Desert Campaign …

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  • 66Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Japanese invasions of Korea date=1592–1598 caption= The Japanese landing on Busan. place=Korean peninsula result=Korean and Chinese victory. combatant1=Korea under the Joseon Dynasty, China under the Ming… …

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  • 67Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …

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  • 68World War I — This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). World War I …

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  • 69Afghanistan — /af gan euh stan /, n. a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 23,738,085; 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Cap.: Kabul. * * * Afghanistan Introduction Afghanistan Background: Afghanistan s recent history is characterized by war… …

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  • 70Hitler, Adolf — born Apr. 20, 1899, Braunau am Inn, Austria died Apr. 30, 1945, Berlin, Ger. Dictator of Nazi Germany (1933–45). Born in Austria, he had little success as an artist in Vienna before moving to Munich in 1913. As a soldier in the German army in… …

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