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  • 1HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 2History of the England cricket team from 1945 — 1940s= In 1944, an England XI played one day matches at Lord s against West Indies and Australia , England winning both. (These were not limited overs matches.) The following year, with the Second World War having finished in the European theatre …

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  • 34th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands — The 4. SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland was a German Waffen SS volunteer brigade comprising volunteers of Dutch background. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.In February 1945, the Panzergrenadier Brigade was… …

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  • 4List of Wing Commander characters — The Wing Commander series of video games and novels have developed a wide variety of characters and personalities.In order of appearance: Historical figures(pre 27th Century) * Sivar * Karga * Sun Wan Lu * Zhing * Harold Jarvis * Tralchar * Shari …

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  • 5Battle of Jutland — fixHTML|begInfobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Jutland partof = World War I caption = The Battle of Jutland, 1916 date = 31 May 1916 ndash; 1 June 1916 place = North Sea, near Denmark result = Indecisive combatant1 = combatant2 =… …

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  • 6Battle of Leipzig — Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition …

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  • 750th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division — Infobox Military Unit unit name=50th (Northumbrian) Division caption=Insignia of the 50th Division dates=World War II country=United Kingdom allegiance= branch=British Army type=Infantry role= size= Approximately 18,000 men command structure= XXX …

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  • 8Battle of Crete — Part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II …

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  • 9Minsk Offensive — Part of Operation Bagration The University of Minsk burns after the city …

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  • 108th Division (Australia) — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 8th Division caption= dates= 1940 1942 country= flagicon|Australia Australia allegiance= Allies branch= Australian Army type= Division role= Infantry size= command structure= Second Australian Imperial Force… …

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