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    Battle of Kapyong

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    Battle of Kapyong The Battle of Kapyong is one of Canada’s greatest‚ yet least-known‚ military achievements. For two days in April‚ 1951‚ a battalion of roughly 700 Canadian troops helped defend a crucial hill in the front lines of the Korean War against a force of about 5‚000 Chinese soldiers. The Battle of Kapyong is one of Canada’s greatest‚ yet least-known‚ military achievements. For two days in April‚ 1951‚ a battalion of roughly 700 Canadian troops helped defend a crucial hill in the front

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    Battle of Britain

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    The Luftwaffe Needs Lessons from the Brits: An Investigation of Hitler’s Defeat at the Battle of Britain By: Jake Pilla Global History II 11-28-07 In 1940‚ German planes flew over Britain in an attempt to take over the country and tear apart the enemy’s alliance. Britain was surprised by this attack‚ but countered by shooting down at least twenty planes of the Luftwaffe‚ the Nazi air force‚ during the initial attack. Hitler sent waves of planes into Britain every day‚ trying to lower

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    The battle at Shiloh

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    The Battle of Shiloh History 217 Dr. Tew 4/24/2014 Dr. Tew Important Event in History April 21‚ 2014 The Battle of Shiloh ​Early in the morning of April 6 to 7‚ 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh took place. This was in the early‚ middle of the Civil war. The battle took place in Hardin County‚ Tennessee. This war was fought between Americans. The North side was the Union who believed in keeping the Union intact. The Union was the twenty Free states and five border slave states

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    Battle of Algiers

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    Nov. 7 2009 Battle of Algiers Originally released in 1965 and banned by the French‚ Gillo Pontecorvo ’s historical film masterpiece has been called "One of the most remarkable films of all time". (IMDB) Commissioned by the Algerian government‚ Pontecorvo ’s film brings us into the middle of the 1954 to 1962 Franco-Algerian conflict and the struggle that faced both the Algerians and the French colonials who had occupied the nation since the 1830s. In the 1960s the French Foreign Legion had pulled

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    Battle of Midway

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    The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway‚ fought in June 4-7 1942‚ only six months after Japan ’s attack on Pearl Harbor‚ and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea‚ the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll‚ must be considered one of the most decisive battles of World War II. Fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll‚ represents the strategic high water mark of Japan ’s Pacific Ocean war. The Battle of

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    Battle of Salamis

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    The Battle of Salamis The naval battle of Salamis was one of the last great battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‚ An invasion of Greece by the Persians Led by Persian King forces cunningly defeated Xerxes larger fleet under the leadership of Athenian general Themistocles. Xerxes‚ the son of King Darius was aggressive in the building of his empire. To get revenge for his late his father’s defeat at Marathon‚ he led an army of 150‚000 men and a navy consisting of 600 triremes (war vessels) into Greece

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    Online vs. Face to Face Education Kenya Armstrong CSS 101.87 10/07/2012 Elona Bala Abstract Keywords: [Insert Paper Title Here] * Paper should be printed on 8.5 X 11 inch white paper. * Entire paper should be double-spaced. * The paper should be clean. The printer should produce letters that are dark enough and clear enough to be easily read. * Margins should be 1 inch at the top‚ bottom‚ left‚ and right of every page. Do not justify the right margin‚ instead

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    The Battle of Stalingrad

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    The Battle of Stalingrad The battle of Stalingrad may have very well been the most important battle over the course of World War II. Not necessarily remembered for its course of fighting‚ the battle is more known for its outcome. Not only did the battle turn out to be a major turning point in the war‚ it may have saved most of Eastern Europe from incomparable destruction. The battle included two of the biggest political and military icons of their time‚ Stalin and Hitler. World War II was seen

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    battle of britain

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    Battle of Britain For residents of Southern England‚ 1940 was a horrific year. “ Citizens of London lived through the Blitz ” as the British Royal Air force (RAF) did their best to defend their country (Wawro‚ par. 1). The “ Germans had defeated France‚ Poland‚ and Czechoslovakia leaving the United Kingdom as the only country in their way of winning the war in Western Europe ” (Wawro par. 1). The Battle of Britain began on “July 10‚ 1940” (Wawro par. 1). This Battle was “an air conflict or

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    The Battle Of Thermoplyae

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    The Battle of Thermopylae The Spartans vs. The Persians The Battle of Thermopylae started in August of September of 480 BC. The battle lead by King Leonides of Sparta and Xerxes of The Persian empire. The Persians were trying to overtake Greece. In an effort to protect the Greek cities‚ The Greek Army lead by King Leonides was sent to the Pass of Thermopyle to stop the Persian entry into Greece. King Leonides started his march to Thermopylae with 300 men from the Royal Body Guard. As

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