archipelago defense
1Wanshan Archipelago Campaign — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Wanshan Archipelago Campaign partof=Chinese Civil War place=Wanshan Archipelago, Guangdong, China date=May 25, 1950 August 7, 1950 result=Communist victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= Qi Hongzhang 齐鸿章… …
2Chagos Archipelago — …
3Battle of Dachen Archipelago — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Dachen Archipelago partof=the Chinese Civil War place=Jiaojiang District, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China date=January 19, 1955 February 26, 1955 result=*Nationalist retreat and withdrawal *Communist victory… …
4Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago partof=the Chinese Civil War place= Nanpēng (南澎) Archipelago, off Chenghai, E Guangdong province, China date=September 20, 1952 October 20, 1952 result=Communist victory combatant1 …
5Aerospace Defense Command — Emblem of Aerospace Defense Command (1969 1979) Active 1946–1980 Country …
6National Defense Act of 1935 — The National Defense Act of 1935 (Commonwealth Act No. 1) was passed by the Philippine National Assembly on December 21, 1935. The purpose of this act was to create an independent Philippine Army, this was interrupted by World War II. Contents 1… …
7japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
8Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
9Philippines — /fil euh peenz , fil euh peenz /, n. (used with a pl. v.) an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898 1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 76,103,564; 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq.… …
10Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
