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  • 121rearguard — rear|guard [ rır,gard ] noun count 1. ) the members of a political organization who are conservative and do not want the organization to change 2. ) the part of an army that is responsible for preventing it from being attacked from behind …

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  • 122List of Honorverse characters — This is intended to be a comprehensive list of the names of even minor fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber. Characters are sorted by their last name. Some are sorted by first… …

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  • 123Military history of Puerto Rico — Military history of Puerto Rico …

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  • 124Battle of Waterloo — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Waterloo partof=the War of the Seventh Coalition caption= Wellington at Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford. date=18 June 1815 place=Waterloo, present day Belgium south of brussels result=Decisive …

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  • 125Guadalcanal Campaign — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …

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  • 126Ko shogi — Kō shōgi (廣将棋 or 廣象棋 wide (elephant) chess ) is a large board variant of shogi, or Japanese chess. The game dates back to the turn of the 18th century and is based on xiangqi and go as well as shogi. Credit for its invention has been given to… …

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  • 127Loudoun County in the American Civil War — Loudoun County in the Civil War mdash;Loudoun County, Virginia, was destined to be an area of significant military activity during the American Civil War. Located on Virginia s northern frontier, the Potomac River, Loudoun County became a… …

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  • 12853rd Pennsylvania Infantry — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry caption=Pennsylvania flag dates= August 1861 to June 30, 1865 country= United States allegiance= Union branch= Infantry size= command structure= nickname= motto= colors= mascot=… …

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