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- Islands in February 1944 the Japanese military leadership reappraised the ... coastal artillery guns, 12 heavy anti-aircraft guns, and 30 25mm dual-mount ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- August 17, 1988) was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July ... in Pakistan, contributing to a pattern of military intervention and the suspension ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- as did those collected by the military and civilian surveys in ... space exploration, and houses such famous aircraft as The Spirit of St. Louis ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- thousand soldiers and a handful of French military advisors with their leader ... with modernization of industry and the military, to establish Japan as a ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties ... . Part of the German military philosophy was to attack where least ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- enemy. America provided the Shah with military and economic aid, while ... Ajax, helping the Shah and the Iranian military to remove Mossadegh in what ...27 KB (3,935 words) - 13:01, 6 March 2024
- of the North and South became common. UN military observers were assigned ... people of Korea and might lead to open military conflict there, ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- The present main source of scandium metal is from military stockpiles ... widely used, with tons of it used in some military aircraft. ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- referred to “a constructor of military engines.” J.A. Simpson, ... through development of World War I military aircraft. Meanwhile, research ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- in November 1918 began to work at Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto. By ... Aid Detachment nurse at the Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- During the Second Boer War (1899–1902), the British military, fearing ... . The airbase was used by the U.S. military as a stopping point for ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- movements. Some of these were led by military dictators friendly to perceived ... with British intelligence, of a Soviet military spy inside the GRU military ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- The war started with military uprisings throughout Spain and its colonies. ... cut the army's budget and closed the military academy when he was war ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- of Cuba and Mozambique offered direct military assistance to the Patriotic ... actively supported ZAPU. North Korean military officials taught Zimbabwean ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps ... of his career, almost five years in the military during World War II and ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 21:15, 28 October 2022
- human rights violations, its dramatic military build-up, and hostility ... underestimated the extent of American military response. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability ... given Navarre a single order—to create military conditions that would lead ...46 KB (7,166 words) - 11:39, 20 September 2023
- ranges) as well as specialized anti-tank aircraft such as attack helicopters ... Tank chassis were adapted to a wide range of military jobs, including ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- device that converted force into motion. Military devices such as catapults ... aero engines (for propeller-driven aircraft) and engines used by automobile ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- 12, 1999, a coup d'etat by the military placed army chief Pervez ... the remaining areas, including strategic military posts, also passed into ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- reconnaissance operation in U.S. military history. He retired as lieutenant ... find himself trying to reenlist in the military at the age of 61 as America ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- has a mild Mediterranean climate and 16 military facilities hosting the United ... established the Presidio of San Diego (a military post) overlooking Old Town ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about ... to the French, in return for crucial military assistance. ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- oil rich state allied with the West, military action followed immediately. ... had crippled Iran's once mighty military. The bulk of the Iranian ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:ANT-20.jpg|thumb|left|"Maxim Gorky" propaganda aircraft ... used transportation such as trains, aircraft, and other means. Josef ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Category:Military Category:Public matured over time from the intimidating military maneuvers of the Mongols ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial ... this front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- as the deciding factor at sea by aircraft carriers. The term "battleship ... and Gneisenau surprising and sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious off ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- the clandestine preparations and the military operation itself lasted ... Hitler considered himself a political and military genius. In the course of ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- Geoffrey Regan, The Guinness Book of More Military Blunders (London: Guinness ... the RFC fielded ten squadrons and 185 aircraft against 129 German. The ...54 KB (8,491 words) - 02:44, 26 September 2023
- Military turbofans (fans fitted to a combat aircraft) usually have ... Sabre 75/80 version of the Sabreliner aircraft, as well as the Dassault ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- even painted three of their Boeing 737 aircraft in Shamu colors as an advertisement ... to rescuing lost or trapped humans. Such military dolphins, however, drew ...28 KB (4,061 words) - 16:40, 29 January 2024
- During most of the history of the wall, Allied military personnel ... along aerial wires, flying ultralight aircraft, and even one man who drove ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- his speed-boat design might have a military application, at a time when ... engine, taken from a Folland Gnat jet aircraft, which developed 4500 lb ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- from the Sinai Peninsula, increased its military activity near the border ... Israeli occupied territory, subject to military law. Israeli settlements ...66 KB (10,247 words) - 22:42, 29 January 2023
- the end of the Iberian Union, not by the military efforts, as these were already ... continues to support U.S. and Portuguese military operations. During the Cold ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- warfare. While both conventional military forces may engage in psychological ... when a group that uses irregular military methods is an ally of a ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- FARC continued unabated its kidnapping, military attacks, involvement ... to be taken to the former DMZ by a military aircraft. President Pastrana ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- was fought between Portugal’s military and the emerging nationalist ... of Portuguese citizens, including military personnel, of European, ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- flag as its war flag, hoisted daily on military installations. ... The flag should be flown on the aircraft carrying the President, the ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... infantry and armor. Women can fly military aircraft and make up two percent ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- chloroalkanes for fire suppression on military aircraft began at least as early ... chloroalkanes were in standard use in military aircraft by some combatants ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- are held throughout France. In Paris, a military parade is held on the morning ... a military review, and a Republican Feast in the Pré Catelan. ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 11:09, 20 September 2023
- Civilian submarines are usually much smaller than military submarines ... tons. This submarine, based largely on military concepts, is one of very ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- the first proposal of a way to stabilize aircraft in flight. His proposal ... as the Army largely failed to grasp the military application of rockets. ...27 KB (4,141 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining ... the ice runway. Travel is normally by military aircraft delivering cargo. ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- in 1937. He was conscripted into military service and began World ... the equipping of the Bundeswehr (German military) with such devices. In 1958 ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance ... Pedro II was deposed on November 15, 1889, by a republican military ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- numerous cities burned to the ground in a military defeat, and then enjoyed ... day be equal to the Western powers, and military success in foreign wars ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- is a state within India. However, a large military presence has been maintained ... overshadowed only during the 2001-2002 military standoff between India and ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- code, or P-code, usually reserved for military applications. The C/A code ... be used to help reduce this error. Some military and expensive survey-grade ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- 50,000 men. Large numbers of tanks, aircraft, and artillery were acquired ... Egypt was the most important military partner in the 1970s, providing ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- Japanese kept Vichy French officials and military officers imprisoned for ... any conditions (Bảo Ðại had no military of his own, but soon he ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- in the Cold War to prevent the American military from utilizing it. In spite ... temperatures, titanium alloys are used in aircraft, armor plating, naval ships ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- to establish links with elements of the military in the country. The Contras ... 2005, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
- made upon them by their world-wide military operations, and to the world ... declarations and negotiated the following military conclusions at the conference. ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- English military engineer and mathematician Benjamin Robins (1707–1751 ... effects of shock waves against various aircraft shapes in near vacuum. ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- Although doubts existed about the military wisdom of a major uprising ... On August 1, their military material consisted of: *1,000 rifles ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- a synonym for firearm, in specialist or military use "gun" has ... firearms, with wide-ranging effects on military history and history in general ...44 KB (7,015 words) - 19:53, 26 March 2024
- are a major part of the economy. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation builds military ... equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- to contaminants from United States military sites on the island that ... to a range of contaminants from U.S. military sites that were in use from ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- [[Image:Defoliation_agent_spraying.jpg|thumb|right|275px|U.S. aircraft ... The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- artillery has included ground-based anti-aircraft batteries. ... quot;artillery" covered all forms of military weapons. Hence the naming ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- October 15, 1946) was a German politician, military leader and a leading ... numbers of the world's most advanced military aircraft. ...51 KB (7,918 words) - 14:29, 12 February 2022
- [[Image:Makua-valley.jpg|thumb|Mākua Valley military testing area ... 12 American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, and resulted in the deaths ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- opened a factory at Sindelfingen factory for military vehicles, aircraft engines, and aircraft. After the war the German automobile industry stagnated ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- coordinate scientific research with military objectives and played a ... direction of research in the U.S. towards military objectives and could informally ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- reputation, instead arguing for "military intimidation" and economic ... of the primary designers of the Soviet MiG military aircraft. ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- Hitler had always fostered dreams about major military campaigns to ... quot;). Among the occupants of the aircraft was a Luftwaffe major, Hellmuth ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled ... which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- national monument, it is a complex mixture of military museum, library, literary and historical archive, theatre, war memorial, and mausoleum. The museum ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- War II, initially serving with heavy anti-aircraft guns around Liverpool, and ... to negotiate the release of British aircraft passengers taken hostage ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- largest Soviet city, to be the primary military and political objective ... For Hitler, Moscow was the most important military and political target ...44 KB (6,570 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- of the Golan Heights would be a purely military option. Since the Six Day ... from the Soviet Union and improving its military tactics, based on Soviet ...55 KB (8,557 words) - 16:54, 4 June 2023
- 100,000 to 125,000 Japanese or Okinawan military or conscript deaths and ... people. The full application of our military power, backed by our resolve ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- Glenn was one of the Mercury Seven military test pilots selected in ... he made his first solo flight in a military aircraft. During advanced training ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... making loans to China, providing covert military assistance, and instituting ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) by the German military, started on December 16 ... **About 6,000 allied fighters and bombers against 2,400 German aircraft. ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- tests. Although he worked mainly with military rockets for many of his ... forbidden by the new Nazi regime. Only military development was allowed ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- after the Second World War conferred anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) to the frigate ... sail fleet were its dashing frigates. Military Heritage 3(4) (2002): 12-17, 87. ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- first ships sighted by incoming Japanese aircraft, they were also the most ... The squadron was nominally based on the aircraft carrier ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- law and global consensus would replace military and strategic confrontation ... his return from the mission Bush's aircraft made a hard forced-water ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- Japan (USFJ) have maintained a large military presence there, arousing ... the Japanese government, through military incursions, officially annexed ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- openly cooperated with the Japanese for military and economic assistance ... in the vacated area of Chahar the Mongol Military Government was formed on ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- weather conditions. Some satellites with military missions may conduct espionage ... spacecraft for detailed peaceful and military observation of the ground ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- (IPMD Ltd.); Director Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd.; Consultant ... 12, following a state funeral with full military honors.Daniel Laurence and ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- regions were under Japanese control. Military trucks needed rubber for ... uniform burning. Ultimately, all large military rockets and missiles began ...34 KB (5,272 words) - 07:59, 24 November 2022
- ==Aerospace and military applications== [[File:Jfader pathfinder bags ... incorporated air bag systems in various aircraft and spacecraft applications ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- rockets, which makes them ideal for military applications. In the 1970s ... the Lockheed CL-400 Suntan reconnaissance aircraft in the mid-1950s. In the ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- could operate more efficiently, giving aircraft greater range and payload ... is used to armor the cockpits of some military airplanes because of the ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- 4,100 landing craft. A total of 12,000 aircraft under Air Marshal Sir Trafford ... The number of military forces at the disposal of Nazi Germany, reached ...68 KB (10,141 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- is also central to the production of military aircraft. ... Kansas is home to several military facilities which contribute to ...47 KB (6,939 words) - 17:34, 14 May 2024
- officials or pilots with their advanced aircraft. From 1953 to the early ... in the university of his or her choice. Military officers joined the South ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Operation Bodyguard, a substantial military deception that used electronic ... 23. The short operating-range of British aircraft such as the Spitfire and ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- or special structures such as vehicles or aircraft. Structural engineering ... like defensive fortifications in military engineering but for the ...56 KB (8,392 words) - 21:05, 26 February 2023
- children's toys, adult fitness, military and police applications ... have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being strength ...29 KB (4,462 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- out, larger residential, industrial and military sites on the outskirts were ... operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial targetU.S ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- state to the USSR, it lost most of its military and economic power. While ... rebel forces with financial support, military equipment, and mercenaries ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- Although there are important military, police, and personal-defense ... often use shotguns, and they have some military uses too. The shotgun is ...33 KB (5,325 words) - 14:26, 27 January 2023
- The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress ... was the staging area for all American aircraft for the European Theater ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
