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The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named ... by the Nazis to stigmatize Jews), the Star of David continues to be a heroic ...

September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... He shared the privations and hardships of camp life with his soldiers ...

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a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...

) was a Cossack state in the central and north-eastern regions of ... Independent from Poland in 1648, in 1654 the Hetmanate became a suzerainty ...

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... *[[Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg|20px]] Warsaw, Poland (1996) ...

Division (UNSD), includes the countries of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary ... Using this definition, the nations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

The Prague Slavic Congress of 1848 was a major event in the Europe ... peoples, which had to do with what area of the Empire they were under ...

rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...

Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...

rule. It started on August 1, 1944, as part of a nationwide uprising, Operation ... [[Image:Flaga PPP.png|thumb|left|150px|[[Flag of Poland|Polish flag ...

elevated by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the ... On November 13, 2006, Brooks was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. ...

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In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...

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and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...

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The First Battle of Tannenberg (or Battle of Grunwald) took place ... The battle saw the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights decisively ...

The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...

24 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre, ... attorney, and his wife, Sophie. The oldest of the family's five children ...

an agreement officially entitled the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...

The Soviet Union was one of the dominant political entities of the ... with the monarchy and its policy of continuing the war grew. Under ...

, represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... between North and South Korea and a source of incidents. The truce that called ...

The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914, was a decisive engagement between ... this plan was the Russians' lack of a quality railroad network ...

the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...

by the men's national soccer teams of the member nations of Fédération ... the World Cup Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 national ...

South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...

The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...

is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the ... Jewish specialty, in part because its method of preparation made it popular ...

The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of ... Seven members of the dynasty were canonized or beatified by the Roman ...

Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...

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and suffragette. During the Easter Rising of 1917, she was an officer in ... earned her a reputation as the friend of the workers, of the poor, and ...

The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...

The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...

English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...

1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ... By 1919, the Polish forces had taken control of much of Western Ukraine ...

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was ... He rose to power on the foundation of his absolute loyalty to Hitler ...

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... 780,000 residents between 1940 and 1954. Of them, an estimated 120,000 ...

Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...

most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, ... father was Alberto Fermi, a Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Communications ...

|flag_border = Flag of Poland (normative).svg ... Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ...

bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...

the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...

is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...

the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...

often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... where unpaid prisoners labored on behalf of their country’s colonial ...

or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...

; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...

comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...

Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...

country in Central Europe and a member state of the European Union. Though ... for more than 40 years, until the breakup of the Soviet empire in 1989. ...

Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...

Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a ... Hungary, now the Czech Republic), the son of middle-school math teacher ...

Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...

) was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement ... at the Dominican rue Saint-Honoré Monastery of the Jacobins. The Dominicans ...

during the American Civil War on the grounds of the antebellum plantation of ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...

With an area of 40,919 square miles (105,980 square kilometers), or ... established in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany on October 7, 1949 ...

2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...

known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... His strong advocacy of France's role in world affairs ensured ...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...

was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. Russia suffered from a number of chronic economic and social problems ...

that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...

The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. ...

) was established immediately following the abdication of Nicholas ... For most of the life of the Provisional Government, the status of ...

North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...

January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defense Forces ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...

regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest ... Heidelberg University in 1921, on the basis of a doctoral thesis on eighteenth ...

and settling overseas colonies. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...

centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English Working Class ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...

country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...

In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ... To Hell and Back (1955), based on his memoir of the same name (1949), and starred ...

Wisconsin, one of the 50 United States of America, is located near ... Bordered by the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, ...

Known in German history as the second Battle of Smolensk (August 7 ... including Smolensk and Roslavl. As a result of this operation, the Red Army ...

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...

, Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...

Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...

The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...

ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...

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Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...

conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...

Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces; it is the easternmost ... or Ojibwe languages and means "strait of the Manitou (spirit)." ...

Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...

a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern ... The clan that ruled from Elichpur had been a feudatory of the Badami ...

as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...

/kɛlt/ now refers primarily to a member of any of a number of peoples ... Although today restricted to the Atlantic coast of Western Europe ...

It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...

statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to ... and led Alignment and Labor. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he ...

The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...

The Battle of the Bulge, officially called the Battle of the Ardennes ... silence. Even Ultra (the allies reading of secret German radio messages ...

States, Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership ... After the war he was active in the reorganization of the American ...

Transylvania is a Central European region located in the eastern half ... the region is known for the scenic beauty of its Carpathian landscape and ...

The Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord was the Allied ... the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Substantial Free French ...

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the seminal events of the ... The Russian Revolution became the first in a series of Communist revolutions ...

) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and is its largest city, with ... Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ...

Estonia (older English spelling Esthonia), officially the Republic ... was dominated by foreign powers through much of its history. The past eight ...

The Battle of Moscow ( Битва за Москву , Romanized: Bitva ... ) was the Soviet defense of Moscow and the subsequent Soviet counter ...

is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...

The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...

to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to Ghettos ... Born in Solingen, Germany, Adolf Eichmann was the son of a businessman ...

Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists ... Among the primary attractions of space tourism are the uniqueness ...

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...

) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet ... The operational goal of Barbarossa was the rapid conquest of the European ...

Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...

different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...

"Sheep Islands," are a group of islands in Northern Europe ... represented in the Nordic Council as a part of the Danish delegation. ...

, romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...

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The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...

one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting independence, they ...

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Liechtenstein is situated in the Upper Rhine valley of the European ...

: singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ... metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan ...

Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway. It is also a municipality ... several times by fire, King Christian IV of Denmark (and Norway) in 1624 ...

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William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...

The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... shaped country between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long ...

century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent ... There are many distinct types of trumpet, with the most common being ...

the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...

Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... The phrase Weimar Republic is an invention of historians, and was not used ...

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...

Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...

Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...

), officially the Republic of Cyprus ( Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία ... ) is an Eurasian island nation in the eastern part of the Mediterranean ...

Established in 1802, USMA is the oldest of the United States' five ... The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree with a curriculum ...

The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...

Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...

He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...

and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including ... the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The ...

military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many ... Goering was one of the central figures in the Nazi regime that was ...

The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... the North Sea on the west, and a majority of its land mass lies on a peninsula ...

England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...

Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds ...

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... and Peru), with an area more than twice that of France. ...

Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked ... After a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid ...

) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...

The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning ...

The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian ... to concentration camps and executions of between 280,000 to 380,000 Jews. ...

transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). ... Socialist Republic (RSFSR), a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...

quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...

The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...

), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... by Greeks and Romans. It is a successor of the powerful European Bulgarian ...

Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January ... the one hand, he was unhappy with the scale of the war. On the other hand ...

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...

a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... for her day. She sought the attention of those who could influence her ...

and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...

) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...