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81Rhine River — German Rhein River, western Europe. Rising in the Swiss Alps, it flows north and west through western Germany to drain through the delta region of The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is 820 mi (1,319 km) long and navigable for 540 mi (870 km) …
82Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany — German officers stand in front of the National Theater in Oslo, 1940 …
83Germany–United States relations — German American relations are the transatlantic relations between Germany and the United States and between the German and American people in particular.Today, the United States is regarded as one of Germany’s closest allies and partners outside… …
84Moltke, Helmuth von — ▪ German general [1800–91] Introduction in full Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Count (graf) von Moltke born October 26, 1800, Parchim, Mecklenburg [Germany] died April 24, 1891, Berlin, Germany chief of the Prussian and German General Staff (1858–88)… …
85History of Serbia — One of the first Serbian states, Raška, was founded in the first half of the 7th century on Byzantine territory by the Unknown Archont, the founder of the House of Vlastimirović; it evolved into the Serbian Empire under the House of Nemanjić. In… …
86Goebbels, Joseph — ▪ German propagandist in full Paul Joseph Goebbels born Oct. 29, 1897, Rheydt, Ger. died May 1, 1945, Berlin minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler (Hitler, Adolf). A master orator and propagandist, he is… …
87Marie Elisabeth Lüders — German stamp issued in 1997 in the Women in German history series Marie Elisabeth Lüders (June 25, 1878 – March 23, 1966) was a German politician and one of the most important figures in the German women s rights movement. Lüders was born in… …
88Köppen, Wladimir — ▪ German climatologist born Sept. 25, 1846, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire died June 22, 1940, Graz, Austria German meteorologist and climatologist best known for his delineation and mapping of the climatic regions of the world. He played a …
89Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst — German stamp of the German Development Service, 1988 The Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) (German Development Service) was a German development organization active between 1963 and 2010. It was one of the leading European development services… …
90Polydactyl cat — One of the polydactyl cats at the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, Florida. This particular cat has 26 toes, two extra on each paw. A polydactyl cat is a cat with a congenital physical anomaly called polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known… …
