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81British Army during World War I — The History of the British army during World War I, witnessed a great change to the army in a very short time. From being a small army policing an Empire to a European continental army able to match the German Army. Organisation At the outbreak… …
82Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — The decade long War in Afghanistan (2001–present) has caused the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians directly from insurgent and foreign military action, as well as the deaths of possibly tens of thousands of Afghan civilians indirectly as a… …
83Lack of outside support in the Warsaw Uprising — The Warsaw Uprising, in 1944 ended in the capitulation of the city and its near total destruction. According to many historians, a major cause of this was the almost complete lack of outside support and the late arrival of the support which did… …
84History of the Punjab — The first known use of the word Punjab is in the book Tarikh e Sher Shah Suri (1580), which mentions the construction of a fort by Sher Khan of Punjab . The first mentioning of the Sanskrit equivalent of Punjab , however, occurs in the great epic …
85Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy — The ships of the People s Liberation Army Navy number over a hundred combatant ships, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of… …
86USAF Units and Aircraft of the Korean War — The Korean War (25 Jun 1950 27 Jul 1953) was the first shooting war for the newly independent United States Air Force. It was the first time U.S. jet aircraft entered into battle. Air Force F 86 Sabre jets took control of the skies, as American… …
87History of the Australian Army — The Two Armies: Militia and Permanent forces 1870 ndash;1947 For more about Australian military history before the withdrawal of British forces, see: Colonial forces of Australia. For more than 80 years after the first British settlement, the… …
88Indian Army — The Indian Army (Bharatiya Thalsena, भारतीय थाल्सेना) is one of the armed forces of India and has the responsibility for land based military operations. Its primary objectives include maintaining the peace and security of the country, patrolling… …
89Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter …
90History of the Orange Institution — The Orange Institution, better known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based in Northern Ireland. It has been a strong supporter of Irish unionism and has had close links with the Ulster Unionist Party which governed… …
