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  • 41History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942) — The Armée de l Air (literally, army of the air ) is the name of the French Air Force in its native language. It has borne this name only from August 1933 when it was still under the jurisdiction of the army. Today, several other countries, all of …

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  • 42The Black Adder (pilot episode) — Infobox Television show name = The Black Adder caption = From left to right: Prince Harry, Baldrick, Lord Percy and Prince Edmund genre = Period, Situational comedy creator = Richard Curtis Rowan Atkinson starring = Rowan Atkinson Philip Fox Tim… …

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  • 43History of the Luftwaffe 1933 - 1945 — The German Luftwaffe was one of the strongest, doctrinally advanced, and battle experienced air forces in the world when World War II started in Europe in September 1939. Officially unveiled in 1935, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, its… …

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  • 44Timeline of the 2008 South Ossetia war — The 2008 South Ossetia war started on August 7, 2008 and involves Georgia, Russian Federation, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.Military conflict TimelineThe tensions have been escalating through the year of 2008, but the countdown to the open… …

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  • 45History of the Falkland Islands — The history of the Falkland Islands goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by… …

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  • 46The Disasters of War — Plate 3: Lo mismo (The same). A man about to cut off the head of a soldier with an axe.[1] …

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  • 47The Lovely Bones — infobox Book | name = The Lovely Bones orig title = translator = author = Alice Sebold cover artist = Yoori Kim (design); Daniel Lee (photo illustration) country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Little, Brown… …

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  • 48War of the Regulation — The War of the Regulation (or the Regulator Movement) was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771, where mostly lower class citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. While unsuccessful, some historians… …

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  • 49Virginia in the American Civil War — The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It sponsored a convention about secession on February 13, 1861, after six states seceded to form the Confederacy on February 4.… …

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  • 50Technology of the Discworld — The technology depicted in Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels takes two forms: magical and mechanical. Nearly all technology early in the series is at least partially magical, but in recent books there has been something of an industrial… …

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