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  • 21Pacific War — For other uses, see Pacific War (disambiguation). War in the Pacific redirects here. For the video game, see War in the Pacific (video game). For the war between Chile, Bolivia, and Peru in 1879–84, see War of the Pacific. Pacific War Part of… …

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  • 22War of 1812 — This article is about the Anglo American War of 1812 to 1815. For other wars in 1812, see War of 1812 (disambiguation). War of 1812 The unfinished United States Capitol after the burning of Washington. Watercolor and i …

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  • 23Japanese battleship Yamato — Yamato (大和), named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was lead ship of her class. She and her sister ship the Musashi were the largest, heaviest, and most powerful battleships ever… …

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  • 24Battle of the Denmark Strait — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Denmark Strait caption=Bismarck firing at HMS Prince of Wales, shortly after the sinking of HMS Hood on the 24 May 1941. partof=World War II date=May 24 1941 place=Denmark Strait result=German… …

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  • 25japan — 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,… …

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  • 26Japan — /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… …

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  • 27Kriegsmarine — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Kriegsmarine (KM) caption=Kriegsmarine Ensign dates=1935 ndash;1945 country= Nazi Germany allegiance= Nazi Germany branch= type=Navy role= size= command structure= current commander= garrison= ceremonial chief=… …

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  • 28Battleships in World War II — The Second World War saw the end of the battleship as the dominant force in the world s navies. On the outbreak of war, large fleets of battleships many inherited from the dreadnought era decades before were one of the decisive forces in naval… …

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  • 29Bangkok — Infobox Settlement name = Bangkok official name = Krung Thep Maha Nakhon native name = กรุงเทพมหานคร nickname = motto = image size = 800 × 533 pixels image caption = Bangkok flag size = image seal size = mapsize = 178px map caption = Location… …

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  • 30Mexico City — This article is about the capital of Mexico, coterminous with the Federal District. For other uses, see Mexico City (disambiguation). Mexico City   City   Ciudad de México City of Mexico …

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