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  • 21United States home front during World War II — The United States home front during World War II covers the developments within the United States, 1940 1945, to support its efforts during World War II.Taxes and controlsFederal tax policy was highly contentious during the war, with a liberal… …

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  • 22History 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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  • 23German exodus from Eastern Europe — Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II (demographic estimates) Background …

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  • 24Military reforms resulting from the Yen Bai mutiny — For the mutiny, see Yen Bai mutiny. The failure of the Yen Bai mutiny by Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on February 10, 1930 caused the French authorities to engage in a reform of military policies which were aimed at preventing… …

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  • 25Tales from the Crypt (comics) — Tales from the Crypt Cover to Tales from the Crypt #24. Art by Al Feldstein. Publication information Publisher …

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  • 26Music from "The Elder" — Studio album by Kiss Released November 16, 1981 Recorded March–Sep …

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  • 27Trustee from the Toolroom — is a novel written by the late Nevil Shute. Shute died in January, 1960, and Trustee was published posthumously later that year. Plot summaryThe plot of the novel hinges on the actions of a technical journalist, Keith Stewart, whose life has been …

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  • 28Soviet deportations from Estonia — As the Soviet Union had occupied Estonia in 1940 and retaken it from Nazi Germany again in 1944, tens of thousands of Estonia s citizens suffered deportation in the 1940s. Deportations were predominantly to Siberia and Kazakhstan by means of… …

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  • 29Japanese cryptology from the 1500s to Meiji — The cipher system that Uesugi used is basically a simple substitution usually known as a Polybius square or “checkerboard.” The i ro ha alphabet contains forty eight letters, so a seven by seven square is used, with one of the cells left blank.… …

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  • 30History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889 — The history of Test cricket between 1884 and 1889 was one of English dominance over the Australians. England won every Test series that was played. The period also saw the first use of the word Test to describe a form of cricket when the Press… …

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