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51Polish–Soviet War in 1920 — oviet Forces in early 1920Soviet forces had recently been very successful against the White Russians, defeating Denikin, and had signed peace treaties with Latvia and Estonia. The Polish front became the most important war theater and majority of …
52Requirement (Conquistadors) — The Requirement was a document that Spanish conquistadores upon arriving in the New World read to native populations before attacking them. The text gave a brief overview of the history of the world, focusing on the rise of Christianity, and… …
53Spanish Requirement of 1513 — The Spanish Requirement of 1513 ( El Requerimiento ) was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy of its divinely ordained right to take possession of the territories of the New World and to subjugate, exploit and, when necessary, to kill the native …
54Space Opera (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Space Opera title orig = translator = image caption = first edition of the Space Opera author = Jack Vance illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel… …
55The Slab Boys — is a play by the Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne. The play is the first part of a trilogy, originally known as Paisley Patterns but now called The Slab Boys Trilogy , which tells the story of a group of young, urban, working class Scots …
56S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 — was an ill fated effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée (1854 ndash;97), [Andrée, christened Salomon August, invariably went by his initials as an adult.] the first Swedish balloonist, proposed …
57W. N. Hodgson — William Noel Hodgson MC (3 January 1893 1 July 1916) was an English poet of the First World War. During the war, he published stories and poems under the pen name Edward Melbourne.Hodgson was the fourth and youngest child of the Bishop of St.… …
58Brigadier Gerard — is the hero of a series of comic short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard s most notable attribute is his vanity he is utterly convinced that he is the… …
59A Book of Common Prayer — Infobox Book name = A Book of Common Prayer title orig = translator = image caption = 1995 trade paperback cover author = Joan Didion illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Simon …
60Battlefield Earth (film) — ] Travolta and Krane also signed the cinematographer and most of the principal actors. Corey Mandell, a screenwriter who had previously worked with Ridley Scott on Blade Runner , signed on to write the script for the film, which had previously… …
