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  • 91Peruvian War of Independence — At the time of the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the degradation of the Royal power took place, and under the attack of Buenos Aires armies in Upper Peru, the oligarch Peruvians support the Royalist army. The Creole rebellion… …

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  • 92Cross of Merit for Women and Girls — Ehrenkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen Awarded by King of Prussia …

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  • 93Dolchstosslegende — (Stab in the back legend)    In December 1918 Friedrich Ebert,* Germany s provisional Chancellor, greeted the returning German soldiers: As you return unconquered from the field of battle, I salute you. Although the army had carefully fabricated… …

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  • 94military engineering — military corps whose purpose is to aid fighting troops with engineering services at the front and at the rear …

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  • 95frontier guards —    troops used for invasion without a declaration of war    The Chinese Communists so described their armies which invaded India in 1960s and Vietnam in the 1970s:     Then a reference to Chinese Frontier Guards alerted me. (Naipaul, 1964 he had… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 96Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction        Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …

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  • 972008 timeline of the War in Somalia — The timeline of events in the War in Somalia during 2008 is set out below.= Casualties ={| style= float: right; clear: right; background color: transparent | Campaignbox Ethiopian war in Somalia=Timeline= January January 2, 2008 *3 civilians, 2… …

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  • 98international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 99Timeline of the Irish Civil War — This is a timeline of the Irish Civil War, which took place between June 1922 and May 1923. It followed the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independent from the United… …

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  • 1002008 Nord-Kivu campaign — Part of the Kivu conflict of the Second Congo War Villagers fleeing from a Kibati village …

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