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  • to reservations. Sitting Bull refused to surrender and rose to be a tribal ... of the Civil War, was an ambitious military officer with presidential ...
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  • force to fight Octavian. Rather than surrender to Octavian, Mark Antony ... Cleopatra then attempted to negotiate her surrender with Octavian ...
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  • 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor ... 1st Foot Guards, on December 8, 1757. His military education then commenced ...
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  • Allies, and encouraged the Central Powers to surrender. the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris ...
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  • The Battle of Karbala was a military engagement that took place on ... A military dispatch sent by Yazid surrounded the family and supporters ...
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  • Documents later came to light revealing that Waldheim's military service continued much later than 1941. According to these documents, by ...
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  • Donelson, first demanded unconditional surrender. But Grant reconsidered ... Surrender was formalized by an old oak tree, "made historical ...
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  • American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army ... At first Gates demanded unconditional surrender, which the British ...
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  • of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun ... ran short of supplies and a bloodless surrender could be negotiated.Edward ...
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  • culture, Kaishu made a study of foreign military technology. When Commodore ... forces, Kaishu negotiated the peaceful surrender of Edo Castle to Saigo ...
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  • power. Japan was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore ... its main ammunition and supply depots, military hospital, and other key ...
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  • from the Medal of Honor, which is a military award for extreme bravery ... six gold medals for Revolutionary military and naval leaders. ...
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  • attempting to deprive him of any further military success which would aid ... Buena Vista as a retreat and demanded a surrender. Taylor's aide, William ...
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  • Category:Military Category:Public matured over time from the intimidating military maneuvers of the Mongols ...
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  • This constant military action and the decline of the buffalo population ... forces with the Cheyenne against the U.S. military. Crazy Horse was present ...
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  • After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ... help ferrying troops to Taiwan during a military expedition in 1874. ...
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  • has convinced her city of Bethulia to surrender, she travels to the camp ... and vows to destroy them. He assigns his military commander Holofernes to ...
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  • a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early ... he began to learn Confucian philosophy, military tactics and martial arts ...
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  • Crusade (1209–1229), was a twenty year military campaign initiated by the ... The military campaigns of the Albigensian Crusade can be divided into ...
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  • considered one of the architects of the military and political foundations ... Sent to Europe in 1869 by the government to research European military ...
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  • family solved the problem by buying him a military commission, a not uncommon ... controversy about the terms of French surrender. He was cleared of the ...
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  • words attributed to Chief Joseph at the formal surrender: ... insert Joseph's reply to the demand for surrender." ...
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  • U.S. "Indian Policy," removing military supervision on the reservations ... negotiate and simply wanted the Modocs to surrender. As the meeting became ...
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  • improved version; the rest of the German military continued to use their then ... and trying to ensure German troops would surrender to the British or Americans ...
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  • Colonel Dixon S. Miles, to show some military knowledge and courage. Miles ... hours. Otherwise, he would be forced to surrender. Russell's men slipped ...
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  • Manifesto Against Conscription and the Military System. ... residential areas that include no military target, and committing acts ...
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  • remaining Song forces, advising them to surrender. He suffered for four years ... to send imperial seal to Mongols for a surrender. Bayan requested that Chen ...
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  • the Soviet Union were to supervise the surrender of Japanese forces in their ... 38th Parallel and through which runs the Military Demarcation Line—remaining ...
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  • Category:Military Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available ...
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  • #039;s death, she became a powerful military leader in her own right ... Appearing in golden chains in Aurelian’s military triumph parade ...
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  • troops arrived to accept the Japanese surrender in southern and northern ... only members of the United States Army Military Government in Korea, also ...
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  • Khanate, demanding Goguryeo cancel any military alliance with the Turks ... transportation of troops during massive military campaigns <!-- ...
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  • to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the American military governor in Japan from 1945 ... On the following day, Hirohito formally announced Japan's surrender ...
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  • Magazine of January 20, 1941 wearing full military uniform. ... immediately following Bulgaria’s surrender to the Allied forces, the ...
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  • and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847, ranking ... 1865 (just seven days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House ...
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  • In military matters, Hārūn was an excellent soldier and demonstrated ... to agree to anything except immediate surrender. It is reported that then ...
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  • Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison during the American ... a group of black Union troops after their surrender, Union General Ulysses ...
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  • in less than a year, with an autocratic military regime taking power. The ... ==U.S. Military administration== Russia and the United States arbitrarily ...
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  • of the Danelaw, and the waning of its military power together with the ... siege to the Danes, who were forced to surrender after reinforcements were ...
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  • The Mexican government began a series of military operations in order ... American and Mexican settlements and military positions throughout the 1860s. ...
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  • , and conferred on him substantial military power to assist General ... of Works (工部尚書). Poorly planned military deployment by the Tang government ...
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  • After the surrender of General Martín Perfecto de Cos and his garrison ... "The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise ...
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  • would play a crucial role in such future military engagements as the First ... River. General Banks accepted the surrender of the Confederate garrison ...
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  • of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership ... Council Law No. 10 at the U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT), including ...
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  • out of the area. However, renewed Spanish military pressure compelled the rebels ... , and sentenced to death by a Cavite military tribunal. He and his party ...
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  • Taejo's ability as a military commander was soon recognized by ... land to Taejo. Taejo gladly accepted his surrender, gave him the title of ...
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  • against Christianity to the ranks of the military. However, after seeking ... the pope of Rome, was ordered to surrender the Scriptures, to sacrifice ...
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  • a slave revolt. The slaves are hunted down by the military forces and compelled to surrender on Byam's promise of amnesty. However, when the slaves ...
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  • kept himself informed of political and military activities. There is much ... 1945) saw an increase in the power of the military within the government, through ...
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  • for his outstanding command of military strategy and criticism for ... States, again winning both praise for his military effectiveness and blame ...
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  • surrounding it were designated a military cemetery June 15, 1864, ... Arlington remains an active military cemetery, averaging 5,400 funerals ...
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  • At the start of the campaign, Sherman's Military Division of ... afternoon of August 14 and demanded the surrender of the garrison. The Union ...
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  • The role of the bombings in Japan’s surrender, as well as the effects ... 100,000 to 125,000 Japanese or Okinawan military or conscript deaths and ...
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  • only in order to gain time to rebuild her military forces and to forge new ... system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of military affairs shamed many of her ...
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  • for the entrance of blacks into the military. They also provided evidence ... of the CSS Planter, an armed Confederate military transport. On May 12, 1862 ...
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  • futility of the war effort and offered to surrender all of Germany to the Allies ... skills, he struggled throughout his military training. Later that year ...
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  • into conspiracies, often invoking foreign military intervention. In the western ... revolutionary armies, to force farmers to surrender grain demanded by the government ...
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  • to perform well on the battlefield. With military skill being prized as the ... Houessou Akaba's reign was characterized by war and military ...
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  • has for the most part been exclusive to military use. The island was of strategic ... the United States Navy constructed a military base on the atoll. On August ...
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  • how to force Japan's surrender as quickly as possible ... agreed that Japan should be forced to surrender not more than one year ...
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  • man skilled in the arts of war and military tactics—who was noted ... he had gained a reputation as a sound military administrator, having strengthened ...
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  • career, interrupted by his distinguished military service during World War ... thing they thought of was a commander of military troops. In fact, as he led ...
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  • have captured his remarkable life and military career. The celebrated calvary ... town. Before entering the United States Military Academy, he taught school ...
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  • The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... does not replace the traditional black military Iron Cross, which can be ...
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  • to every rebel soldier and follower who would surrender. ... The rebels faced heavy Spanish military resistance. Encouraged by ...
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  • Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong. He was a military and political leader who ... adaptability to switch from political to military leader and back again. His ...
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  • king controlled foreign relations and the military. Aggressive military activities ... The expanding Goguryeo kingdom entered into direct military contact ...
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  • in the future government. However, military movements by imperial forces ... the whole of Japan, completing the military phase of the Meiji Restoration ...
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  • pushed the French back, conducted the surrender of General Belliard who ... * Runyan, Cory. [http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/battles/c_egypt ...
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  • the Civil War. While he had an astute military mind he lacked the social ... ==Early life and military career== Bragg was born in Warrenton, North ...
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  • with the second part of his plan, direct military confrontation. He convinced ... from the city. The envoys said they would surrender the city to the Macedonians ...
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  • population, guarded by members of the military orders. Afonso I left ... Cordoba after its collapse. With European military aristocracies focused on ...
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  • On May 23, two weeks after Germany's surrender, Streicher was captured ... Streicher was not a member of the military and was not part of planning ...
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  • The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American ... small children. Including these non-military personnel, the total number ...
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  • The terms of the 1864 treaty demanded that the Modoc surrender their ... negotiate and simply wanted the Modocs to surrender. As the meeting became ...
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  • 31, 1811) was a French navigator and military commander. He was also a ... from the marquis to obtain additional military resources for the colony; ...
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  • a powerful and controversial general and military dictator in the waning days ... 천리장성; 千里長城) a network of military garrisons to defend the ...
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  • Larsa did not contribute greatly to the military effort. Angered by Larsa ... the "conquest" of Mari was a surrender without any actual conflict. ...
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  • Carter) Lee. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1825. When he ... plan, under increasingly desperate military circumstances, to arm slaves. ...
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  • 1581), an energetic leader and effective military commander, made Toungoo ... economic prosperity made it an attractive military target. ...
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  • and arranging themselves in proper military rank. Four horsemen were ... Narvaez hostage and easily gaining his surrender. Evidence suggests that ...
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  • popularly credited as one of the finest military commanders in history. He ... at the Seleucid court, where he acted as military adviser to Antiochus III ...
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  • at the same time, frustrating the German military. British Vice Admiral Bertram ... were killed or captured. After the French surrender, a majority of the rescued ...
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  • Hui, to Moscow for several months' military and political training.H ... the Northern Expedition (1926–1927), a military campaign to wipe out feudalism ...
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  • especially with repeated arrivals of military rulers. Later, in remembrance ... 1972 (under General Yahya Khan). These military rulers were of West Pakistani ...
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  • from 1884 to 1911. After a distinguished military career, Díaz parted company ... for the priesthood. He joined the local military in 1846, dreaming of defending ...
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  • brothers, Brock decided to join the British military. == Military service == Although he is best known for his Siege of Detroit ...
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  • 1964) was one of America's greatest military leaders who was instrumental ... One of the most decorated soldiers in United States military history ...
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  • the American War of Independence, was the military component of the American ... control of Chesapeake Bay leading to the surrender of a British army at the ...
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  • east). Tribal tensions increased after a military coup in 1966 which resulted ... Claims of electoral fraud were the ostensible reason for a military ...
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  • Ethiopia in 1895-1896. Ethiopia's military victory over Italy secured ... Wuchale, and finally culminating with a military campaign across the Mareb ...
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  • of civilian leadership over the military. == Internal disorder and Wars == ... Mokjong killing the king and establishing military rule. In 1010, The Khitan ...
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  • States combat soldier in United States military history. He received the ... for Dying. He was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National ...
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  • court-martialed and executed. Despite its military failure, the uprising was ... the use of arms by the IRA and other para-military groups in the second half ...
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  • supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator ... father was called Creticus because of his military exploits in Crete, and his ...
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  • Europe’” and Stalin, indeed, had the military advantage. The Soviet Union ... troops in much of Eastern Europe with a military about three times as large ...
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  • The Peloponnesian War (431–404 B.C.E.) was an Ancient Greek military ... When the rebellious helots were finally forced to surrender and permitted ...
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  • War. He is best known for plotting to surrender the American fort at West ... Despite a series of brilliant military successes, Arnold was caught ...
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  • of Jochi's sullen refusal to join in military campaigns. Jochi also was ... Ural. Batu then joined Ogedei's military campaign in Jin Dynasty ...
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  • States. Grant has been described by military historian J. F. C. Fuller ... Abraham Lincoln's leadership and military objectives. ...
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