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  • 1mopping, mopped — verb (T) 1 (I, T) to wash a floor with a wet mop 2 (T) to dry your face by rubbing it with a cloth or something soft: It was so hot he had to keep stopping to mop his face. | mop your brow (=remove sweat 2 (1) from your forehead) 3 (I, T) to… …

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  • 2Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River caption= partof=Central Burma Campaign date=February 4 May 13, 1945 place=Pokoku, Burma result=Decisive Allied Victory combatant1=Indian 7th Infantry Division Indian 17th… …

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  • 3Battle of Nanking — Part of the Second Sino Japanese War …

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  • 4Battle of Mindanao — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Mindanao caption=Reconquest of Mindanao Map partof=World War II, Pacific theater date=10 March – 15 August 1945 place=Mindanao Island, Philippines result=Allied victory combatant1= flagicon|United… …

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  • 5Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation — Indonesia Malaysia confrontation Control of the island of Borneo, which is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and …

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  • 6Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) — For the Crimean War battle, see Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855). Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Part of the Eastern Front of World War II …

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  • 7Tsotsin-Yurt operation — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Tsotsin Yurt 2001 2002 caption= partof=Second Chechen War place=Tsotsin Yurt, Chechnya date=December 30, 2001 to January 3 2002 result=Disputed, human rights violations combatant1= combatant2= Chechen rebels… …

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  • 8Nanking Massacre — Rape of Nanking redirects here. For Iris Chang s book, see The Rape of Nanking (book). Nankin Jiken redirects here. For the 1927 Nankin Jiken, see Nanjing Incident. Nanking Massacre Massacre victims on the shore of Yangtze River with a Japanese… …

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  • 98th Cavalry Regiment (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=8th Cavalry Regiment caption=8th Cavalry Regiment coat of arms nickname= motto=Honor and Courage colors=Yellow march= ceremonial chief= type=Cavalry branch=Regular Army dates=September 21, 1866 country=United… …

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  • 10Battle of the Visayas — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Visayas caption=U.S. soldiers during landings at Talisay Beach, 26 March 1945. U.S. National Archives partof=World War II, Pacific theater date=18 March to 30 July 1945 place=Visayas region,… …

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