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- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is a commonwealth in political union with the United ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 – October 17, 1586) was one of the most prominent poets of the Elizabethan era. Like his close friend ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 03:48, 24 November 2022
- or military comfort women|Japanese: 従軍慰安婦|jūgun-ianfu , a euphemism for the up to 200,000 women who were forced to serve in the Japanese ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known in the Arab world as the Tripartite aggression; other names include the Sinai ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- Sally Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was an American slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, believed to be the mother of several children belonging to ...27 KB (3,996 words) - 01:50, 23 December 2022
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam ...24 KB (3,601 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:BLAKE12.JPG|thumb|"A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows" by William ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, (I) signifies an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- Béla Kun (February 20, 1886 – August 29, 1938), born Béla Kohn, was a Hungarian Communist politician, who ruled Hungary, as the leader of ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. In his acting, he gave ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- Josip Broz Tito (Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито, May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ...26 KB (3,964 words) - 05:28, 7 May 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the U. S. Military ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- Kyiv (/kiːv/ KEEV), or Kiev (/ˈkiːɛv/ KEE-ev) Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯], the capital and the largest ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |name = Fordham University ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into the past, throughout a vast number of cultures and nations. Women have played ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in [Japan's Korea War: First Invasion (1592-1596)|Japan's first invasion 1592 and 1596], creating ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September 17, 1948), was a Swedish diplomat. After representing Sweden at several international ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- Yi Sun-sin (April 28 1545 – December 16 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Soon-shin, earned fame as a Korean naval leader noted for his ...34 KB (5,442 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- Sakhalin Koreans (Russian: Сахалинские корейцы/Sakhalinskie Koreytsi or Корейцы Сахалина/Koreytsi Sakhalina; ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- Subhas Chandra Bose ( সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু , Oriya- ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷ; (January 23, 1897 - ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- West Germany (in German Westdeutschland) was the common English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding on May 24 ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px|Internment camp ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945) was the United States capture of the island of Iwo Jima from Japan, producing some ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín (February 25, 1778 – August 17, 1850), was an Argentine general ...40 KB (6,434 words) - 05:43, 10 May 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Military A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched on July 20, 1974, was the Turkish military response against a coup which ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation, was fought between ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the ...50 KB (7,471 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2023
- British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular such characters ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. It was the largest and ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita ) was a World War II battle that occurred on the Greek mainland and in ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- The Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of Normandy, part of the Normandy Campaign. It began on June 6, ...68 KB (10,141 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- Iosif Vissarionovič Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, December 18, 1878 (O.S. December 6) Although there is an inconsistency among ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
