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Ernst Hess [SEP] conflict | Ernst Hess
Leutnant Ernst Hess HOH IC was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 confirmed and four unconfirmed aerial victories. Hess was one of a few World War I pilots involved in aviation prewar, as he gained his civil pilot's license on 26 September 1913. He was already enrolled in "Die Fliegertruppen" (The Fly... | Ernst Hess (composer)
Ernst Hess (13 May 1912 in Schaffhausen – 2 November 1968 in Egg) was a Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist.
Hess studied at the conservatory of Zurich from 1932 and 1934, and then at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger among others. From 1935 he worke... | 8,600 | zeroshot-train |
Ernst Wellmann [SEP] conflict | Ernst Wellmann
Ernst Wellmann (14 January 1904 – 17 July 1970) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Awards and decorations.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 October 1939)
- German... | Wellmann
Wellmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Allan Wellmann (born 1954), Guatemalan footballer
- Dieter Wellmann (born 1942), German fencer
- Ellen Wellmann (born 1948), German middle and long-distance runner
- Ernst Wellmann (1904–1970), German Wehrmacht officer
- Paul-Heinz Wellma... | 8,601 | zeroshot-train |
Erwin Walker [SEP] conflict | Erwin Walker
William Erwin Walker, a.k.a. Erwin M. Walker and Machine Gun Walker (October 6, 1917 − 2008) was an American police employee and World War II Army veteran remembered for a violent series of thefts, burglaries, and shootouts with police in Los Angeles County, California during 1945 and 1946, one of which re... | 6 Jul – Flag of the United States
- 13 Jul – Erwin Rommel
- 20 Jul – Dmitri Shostakovich
- 27 Jul – Semyon Timoshenko
- 3 Aug – Seishirō Itagaki
- 10 Aug – General McNaughton
- 17 Aug – Robert L. Ghormley
- 24 Aug – Jawaharlal Nehru
- 31 Aug – Gerd von Rundstedt
- 7 Sep – Frank Knox
- 14 Sep – Harold Alexander
- 21 Sep... | 8,602 | zeroshot-train |
Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau [SEP] conflict | Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau
Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau, comte de Mercy or Eugen Gillis Wilhelm Graf Mercy d'Argenteau (1743 – 4 May 1819) joined the Austrian army in 1760, became a general officer, and led large formations of soldiers in several actions during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Early... | Battle of Montenotte
The Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, between the French army under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian corps under Count Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau. The French won the battle, which was fought near the village of Cairo Montenotte in the ... | 8,603 | zeroshot-train |
Eulalio Gutiérrez [SEP] conflict | Eulalio Gutiérrez
Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz (February 4, 1881 – August 12, 1939) was a general in the Mexican Revolution from state of Coahuila. He is most notable for his election as provisional president of Mexico during the Aguascalientes Convention and led the country for a few months between November 6, 1914, and Ja... | Eulalio
Eulalio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
- Eulalio Avila (born 1941), Mexican basketball player
- Eulalio Ferrer (1921-2009), Spanish-Mexican entrepreneur
- Eulalio García (born 1951), Spanish cyclist
- Eulalio González (1921-2003), Mexican actor, humorist, singer-songwriter, screenw... | 8,604 | zeroshot-train |
Felipe Díaz Sandino [SEP] conflict | Felipe Díaz Sandino
Felipe Díaz Sandino (1891–1960) was a Spanish aviator and Air Force Officer from Catalonia who fought in the Spanish Civil War. He supported the Republic during the Army Coup attempt in July 1936, and was Minister of Defense of Catalonia between July and December 1936.
Works.
- From conspiracy to re... | militia units. On December 6, 1936, the creation of the "People's Army of Catalonia" was decreed, decree signed by the Defense Minister of Catalonia, Felipe Díaz Sandino.
The People's Army of Catalonia was made up of 9 infantry regiments, 3 artillery regiments, 3 cavalry groups, 3 engineers' groups, a group of officers... | 8,605 | zeroshot-train |
Francis Asbury Roe [SEP] conflict | Francis Asbury Roe
Francis Asbury Roe (October 4, 1823 – December 28, 1901) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Born in Elmira, New York, Roe entered the United States Navy as a midshipman on October 19, 1841, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy i... | Stanley Roe, medical doctor from Queensland, Australia
- Arthur Roe (footballer) (1892–1960), English football half back
- Brian Roe (1939–2014), English cricketer
- Charles Roe (1715–1781), English industrialist
- David Roe (born 1965), English snooker player
- Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), American novelist
- Erica ... | 8,606 | zeroshot-train |
Frederick John Knowles [SEP] conflict | Frederick John Knowles
Corporal Frederick John Knowles (born 1895 in Nairn, Moray, Scotland; died 1979) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Military service.
Knowles served in No. 111 Squadron in Palestine, part of 40th (Army) Wing, in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the ... | & Lucia M. Cormier
- 12 Sep – Shah of Iran
- 19 Sep – New Products
- 26 Sep – Henry Cabot Lodge
- 3 Oct – Nikita Khrushchev
- 10 Oct – Robert F. Kennedy
- 17 Oct – Clark Kerr
- 24 Oct – Paul Bagwell
- 31 Oct – Richard Nixon
- 7 Nov – John F. Kennedy
- 14 Nov – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
- 16 Nov – John F. Kenned... | 8,607 | zeroshot-train |
Friedrich Körner [SEP] conflict | Friedrich Körner
Friedrich Körner (24 January 1921 – 3 September 1998) was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Körner was credite... | Busse, Hans Walter Hütter, Judith Koppetsch, Wolfgang Pehnt, Heinrich Welfing, Udo Wengst (Autoren), Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland/Wüstenrot Stiftung Ludwigsburg (Hg.): "Kanzlerbungalow", Prestel, München 2009,
- Burkhard Körner: "Der Kanzlerbungalow von Sep Ruf in Bonn." In: "Bonner Gesch... | 8,608 | zeroshot-train |
George Ferrari [SEP] conflict | George Ferrari
Corporal George Ferrari (1845 – 1895?) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He was one of three men who were received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Apache Indians at Red Creek in the Arizona Territory on September 23, 1869. H... | , 1984 .
- Eargle, John "Loudspeaker Handbook", Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 .
- Gatti, Paolo L.; Ferrari, Vittorio, "Applied Structural and Mechanical Vibrations: Theory, Methods, and Measuring Instrumentation", London: Taylor & Francis, 1999 .
- George, R. W. "Mechanically resonant filter devices", , file... | 8,609 | zeroshot-train |
George Powell-Shedden [SEP] conflict | George Powell-Shedden
George Ffolliott Powell-Shedden, (1 April 1916 – 31 October 1994) was a Royal Air Force pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain and later went on to operational commands. He was also an Olympic bobsledder who competed for Britain in the late 1940s.
Early life.
Born George Ffolliott Powell on 1... | passed down the Shedden line, from the original George Shedden.
One of George Shedden’s grandsons, George Powell-Shedden went on to become a decorated war-hero in the RAF and was also an Olympic bobsledder.
History Wartime years.
Following the death of Sir George Shedden, it was reported that the estate was sold in May... | 8,610 | zeroshot-train |
George Watters [SEP] conflict | George Watters
George Watters (26 September 1904 – 1980) was a miner and labourer from Prestonpans, East Lothian, who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
Watters was barred from working in the local pit as he was seen as an agitator and trouble maker following the 1926 General Strike and ensuing lock-out.
Watters oppose... | Watters (surname)
Watters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrée Watters (born 1983), Canadian singer
- Charles J. Watters (19271967), Chaplain (Major) in the United States Army
- David E. Watters, Tibeto-Burman linguist
- George Watters (19041980), British soldier
- George Watters II, Academy ... | 8,611 | zeroshot-train |
Georgios Mitzou [SEP] conflict | Georgios Mitzou
Georgios Mitzou or Mitsou (Greek: Γεώργιος Μήτζου, Γεώργιος Μήτσου) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.
He descended from an old military family. He was famous under the pseudonym Captain George. A street in Pyrgos is named after him.
References.
- "The first version o... | Mitzou
Mitzou () is a Greek surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Georgios Mitzou, Greek revolutionary leader
- Petros Mitzou, Greek revolutionary leader | 8,612 | zeroshot-train |
Gilbert Sardier [SEP] conflict | Gilbert Sardier
Lieutenant Jean Marie Luc Gilbert Sardier was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. He remained active in aviation following World War I. During World War II, he was deeply involved in a veterans organization that collaborated with the occupying Nazis.
Service in World War I.
His v... | Barny de Romanet
- Jean Chaput
- Gervais Raoul Lufbery
- Armand de Turenne
- Gilbert Sardier
11-14 victories.
- Marius Ambrogi
- Jean Casale
- Omer Demeuldre
- Hector Garaud
- Marcel Nogues
- Bernard Artigau
- Gustave Daladier
- Joseph M. X. de Sévin
- Fernand Guyou
- Marcel A. Hugues
- Lucien J. Jailler
- Adrien L. J.... | 8,613 | zeroshot-train |
Giorgakis Olympios [SEP] conflict | Giorgakis Olympios
Giorgakis Olympios (; ; 1772–1821) was a Greek "armatolos" and military commander during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Noted for his activities with the Filiki Eteria in the Danubian Principalities, he is considered to be a leading figure of the Greek Revolution.
Biography... | then worked together on various projects such as Wallingford Castle.
- The emissaries of the British King George III and the leaders of the Jamaican Maroons reportedly drank each other's blood when conducting peace treaties in the 18th century CE.
- People of the Serbian Revolution (1804–17): Rebel leader Karađorđe (17... | 8,614 | zeroshot-train |
Gotfred Jensen [SEP] conflict | Gotfred Jensen
Gotfred Jensen (November 20, 1872 in Denmark – December 26, 1945) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine-American War. He was a member of Young's Scouts and was one of thirteen Scouts awarded the Medal between 16 and May 19, 1899. Sergeant Jense... | 8.7 tons to FRELIMO in Mozambique and PFLOAG in Oman in 1973, 4.7 tons to FRELIMO in 1974, 13.3 tons to MPLA, PFLO in Oman, and ZANU in Zimbabwe in 1975, 9.1 tons ZANU in 1976, and 27.3 tons to ZANU in 1977.
Jens Holger Jensen purchased a bungalow for Gotfred Appel and Ulla Hauton on July 25, 1976. Jens Holger Jensen t... | 8,615 | zeroshot-train |
Gustav Dörr [SEP] conflict | Gustav Dörr
Gustav Dörr (5 October 1887 – 11 December 1928) was a German World War I fighter pilot credited with 35 victories. He went on to become one of the world's first airline pilots.
Early life and infantry service.
Gustav Dörr was born in Blindgallen, East Prussia, the son of a building contractor. He completed ... | Hans Rolfes: 17 December 1917
- Lothar Zencominierski: ca October–November 1918
Duty stations.
- Marville, France: 25 December 1917
- Cohartville: 25 March 1918
- Vivaise, France
- Sissonne, France
- Mont-Saint-Martin, France
- Rocourt-Saint-Martin, France
- Arcy
- Mont-Notre-Dame, France
- Maizy, France
- Plomion, Fra... | 8,616 | zeroshot-train |
Hans Seidemann [SEP] conflict | Hans Seidemann
Hans Seidemann (18 January 1901 – 21 December 1967) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
From April 1928 to October 1929, Seidemann was trained as a Luftwaffe pilot at the secret training facility in Lipetsk,... | , vol.149, (Aug 1912)
- "Die Differenzen der uber die Kriegsziele huben und druben", in Krieg und Politik, vol.1 (Sep 1914)
See also.
- German Empire
- Mitteleuropa
- Schlieffen Plan
- Septemberprogramm
Sources.
- Bucholz, Arden (1985): "Hans Delbrück and the German Military Establishment: War Images in Conflict", Iowa... | 8,617 | zeroshot-train |
Helmut Bruck [SEP] conflict | Helmut Bruck
Helmut Bruck (16 February 1913 – 25 August 2001) was a German pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. During his career he flew 973 missions.
Awards and decorations.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 September 1939) & 1st Class ... | August 1940
- Hauptmann Helmut Bruck, 28 August 1940 – 19 February 1943
- Major Werner Roell, 20 February 1943 – 18 October 1943
Commanding officers Gruppenkommandeure II./StG 77.
- Hauptmann Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, 1 May 1939 – 15 May 1940
- Hauptmann Waldemar Plewig, 15 May 1940 – 8 August 1940
- Haup... | 8,618 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler [SEP] conflict | Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler
Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler (June 8, 1925, Augusta, Georgia – August 10, 2007) was a member of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen during World War II who would later aid the advancement of Civil rights for African-Americans living in the rural Southern United States.
World War II and after.
He enlist... | 784. Henry Bailey (sport shooter)
785. Henry Bellmon
786. Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland
787. Henry Blagrove
788. Henry Botterell
789. Henry Browne, Farmer
790. Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler
791. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
792. Henry Cattan
793. Henry Clausen
794. Henry Cohen (civil servant)
795. Henry Corbin
796. Henry C... | 8,619 | zeroshot-train |
Henry J. Stainrook [SEP] conflict | Henry J. Stainrook
Henry J. Stainrook, occasionally spelled Steinrock, led a regiment of the Army of Virginia and the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War. He briefly led a brigade at the Battle of Antietam. Stainrook was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Before Antietam.
Stainrook was a resident of Ch... | . Gens. Samuel W. Crawford and George H. Gordon).
- Brig. Gen. George S. Greene (brigades of Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, Col. Henry J. Stainrook, and Col. William B. Goodrich).
The Cavalry Division of Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton consisted of the brigades of Maj. Charles J. Whiting and Cols. John F. Farnsworth, Richard H.... | 8,620 | zeroshot-train |
Henry James Knight [SEP] conflict | Henry James Knight
Henry James Knight VC (5 November 1878 – 24 November 1955) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details.
Born in Yeovil, Somerset (Born James Huntley Knight... | 3 Sep – Fred Perry
- 10 Sep – Donald Richberg
- 17 Sep – Henry Morgenthau
- 24 Sep – Louis Barthou
- 1 Oct – Henry MacCracken
- 8 Oct – Helen Rogers Reid & Friends
- 15 Oct – Reverend James Perry
- 22 Oct – Upton Sinclair
- 29 Oct – Roscoe Turner
- 5 Nov – Henry P. Fletcher
- 12 Nov – Joseph C. Grew
- 19 Nov – Robert M... | 8,621 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Wirz [SEP] conflict | Henry Wirz
Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, better known as Henry Wirz (November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865), was a Swiss-American officer of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Wirz was the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, where terribl... | Wirz
Wirz is a Swiss surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- George Otto Wirz, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Henry Wirz, American officer of the Confederate States Army
- Johann Jakob Wirz, Swiss Theosophist prophet
- Rodolfo Wirz, Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop
- Rudolf Wirz, Swiss field handball playe... | 8,622 | zeroshot-train |
Herbert Findeisen [SEP] conflict | Herbert Findeisen
Herbert Findeisen (11 July 1913 – 11 May 1963) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. During his career Herbert Findeisen was credited with 67 aerial victories, all on the Eastern Front.
Awards and decorations.
- Aviator badge
- Front Flyi... | Health: The Life and Times of Herbert M. Shelton," was published by Jean A. Oswald.
Bibliography.
- Shelton, Herbert M. "An Introduction to Natural Hygiene." (Sep. 1996).
- Shelton, Herbert M. "Colds (Acute Coryza) and Related Subjects." (Sep. 1996).
- Shelton, Herbert M. "Facts About Fasting" (1977).
- Shelton, Herber... | 8,623 | zeroshot-train |
Herbert Sawyer [SEP] conflict | Herbert Sawyer
Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer KCB (fl. 1783–1833) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral.
Family and early life.
Sawyer was born the eldest son of Admira... | Robert Sawyer Herbert
Robert Sawyer Herbert (28 January 1693 – 1769) of Highclere, Hampshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 46 years from 1722 to 1768.
Early life.
Herbert was the second son of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Margaret Sawyer, daughter of Sir Robert Sawye... | 8,624 | zeroshot-train |
James Bintliff [SEP] conflict | James Bintliff
James Bintliff (November 1, 1824 – March 16, 1901) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He briefly commanded brigades for three weeks near the end of 1864 and during most of the crucial month of April 1865. In 1866, he was nominated for appointment as and confirmed as a brevet b... | New York City. His parents had moved to New York a year earlier. According to an early biographical sketch, he "engaged in a woollen factory in New York State."
In 1847, he married Harriet Snook, the daughter of James Snook of Somerset, England, at Skaneateles, New York. James and Harriet Bintliff had four children, Ed... | 8,625 | zeroshot-train |
Jason Gurney [SEP] conflict | Jason Gurney
Jason Gurney (1910–1973) was a British sculptor who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
His family moved to South Africa when he was a child and after leaving school he worked in Johannesburg. Eventually, he saved enough money to return to Europe.
He was with the International Brigades from December 1936 to A... | where he served through most of the conflict. Gurney was not popular at Copenhagen where he was accused of being timid and lacking in judgement by Ambassador Ralph Paget. When Paget took up the position of Ambassador to Brazil in the summer of 1918, the Foreign Office in London decided to remove Gurney from Copenhagen ... | 8,626 | zeroshot-train |
Jean-Baptiste Hamelin [SEP] conflict | Jean-Baptiste Hamelin
Jean-Baptiste Hamelin (August 9, 1733 – September 23, 1804) was a French Canadian soldier who fought on the U.S. side of the American Revolutionary War, serving in Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army.
Hamelin participated in the battle of the Congress Own Regiment until 177... | of Australia (New Holland). He had two ships, and captained by Hamelin, and a suite of nine zoologists and botanists, including Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Nicolas Baudin left Le Havre on 19 October 1800, stopped off in St. Croix, Tenerife, then sailed straight to the Ile de France arriving on 15 March 1801, ... | 8,627 | zeroshot-train |
Jerome Morford [SEP] conflict | Jerome Morford
Jerome Morford (June 13, 1841 – June 11, 1910) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
Morford joined the 55th Illinois Infantry in October 1861, and was mustered out in August 1865.
Union assault.... | Jerry White (socialist)
Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979... | 8,628 | zeroshot-train |
John E. Wilkes [SEP] conflict | John E. Wilkes
John E. Wilkes (May 26, 1895 – July 20, 1957) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served in World War I and World War II. In December 1941 he was appointed Commander of Submarines, Asiatic Fleet. In 1944 Wilkes was commander of all ports in Northern Europe. From 1945 to 1951 he was the chie... | NL - From 23 Aug 2007 to 26 Aug 2007
- St. John, NB - From 30 Aug 2007 to 2 Sep 2007
- Syracuse, NY - From 5 Sep 2007 to 9 Sep 2007
- Wilkes-Barre, PA - From 12 Sep 2007 to 16 Sep 2007
- Greensboro, NC - From 19 Sep 2007 to 23 Sep 2007
- State College, PA - From 26 Sep 2007 to 30 Sep 2007
- Norfolk, VA - From 3 Oct 200... | 8,629 | zeroshot-train |
John Francis Sheehan [SEP] conflict | John Francis Sheehan
John Francis Sheehan (1910–1942) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II for whom a destroyer escort was named during the war.
Naval career.
John Francis Sheehan was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, on 20 January 1910. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 25 October 1928 a... | John Sheehan
John Sheehan may refer to:
- John Sheehan (journalist) (1812–1882), Irish writer and barrister
- John Sheehan (New Zealand politician) (1844–1885), New Zealand politician
- John Sheehan (Australian politician) (1916–1984), Labor member of the Parliament of Victoria
- John C. Sheehan (1915–1992), American c... | 8,630 | zeroshot-train |
John J. McVeigh [SEP] conflict | John J. McVeigh
John Joseph McVeigh (September 26, 1921 – August 29, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Battle for Brest in World War II. He was a 1939 graduate of Northeast Catholic High School for boys... | McVeigh
McVeigh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrea McVeigh, New Zealand netball commentator
- Annita McVeigh, British newsreader
- Brian J. McVeigh (born 1959), American anthropologist
- Charles McVeigh (1898–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jarrad McVeigh (born 1985), Australian rules f... | 8,631 | zeroshot-train |
John McLeod Murphy [SEP] conflict | John McLeod Murphy
John McLeod Murphy (February 14, 1827 – June 1, 1871) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Murphy was born in Westchester County, New York, and was appointed midshipman on August 10, 1841. He served during the War with Mexico at Vera Cruz and Tabasco on b... | USS Murphy (DD-603)
USS "Murphy" (DD-603) was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant John McLeod Murphy.
"Murphy"s keel was laid down 19 May 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation at their shipyard in Staten Island, New York. The destroyer was launched on 29 April 1942, sponsored by ... | 8,632 | zeroshot-train |
John Parker Hawkins [SEP] conflict | John Parker Hawkins
John Parker Hawkins (September 29, 1830 – February 7, 1914) was a career officer of the United States Army who served as brigadier general during the American Civil War, in which he served as a commissary officer and as a commander of colored troops. After the war he remained in the army and rose to... | John Hawkins
John Hawkins may refer to:
Public officials.
- Sir John Hawkins (naval commander) (1532–1595), English admiral
- John Hawkins (diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France 1626–1627
- John Hawkins (MP) (c. 1611–?), English politician
- John Hawkins (burgess), member of the Virginia House of Bu... | 8,633 | zeroshot-train |
John Woon [SEP] conflict | John Woon
John Woon (born 1823, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Grand Gulf.
Born in 1823 in England, Woon immigrated to the United States and was living in New Yor... | of the Falklands War and the Northern Ireland conflict.
Woon moved from being television news editor to holding publicity and ambassadorial roles for the BBC; in 1985 he became the BBC's representative in the United States. He retired in 1988.
Personal life.
Woon was born in Bristol in 1931. He married Betty in 1956, b... | 8,634 | zeroshot-train |
Jonathan Eddy [SEP] conflict | Jonathan Eddy
Jonathan Eddy (c. 1726–1804) was a British-American soldier, who fought for the British in the French and Indian War and for the Americans in the American Revolution. After the French and Indian War, he settled in Nova Scotia as a New England Planter, becoming a member of the General Assembly of Nova Scot... | guerrillas led by the American sympathizer Jonathan Eddy.
Fort Cumberland was abandoned in the late 1780s. With the British resumption of the War of 1812 with the United States, British forces reoccupied and refurbished the fort, although it did not see any action during this conflict. The British military in 1835 decl... | 8,635 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Pope Balch [SEP] conflict | Joseph Pope Balch
Joseph Pope Balch (August 9, 1822 – December 2, 1872) was an American businessman from Rhode Island who served as an officer in the Union Army during the early months of the American Civil War.
Early life and background.
Balch was an educated man, but decided upon a career in business instead of atten... | Providence Marine Corps of Artillery was mobilized as the 1st Rhode Island Battery. Both of these units fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, under the command of Major Joseph Pope Balch, who succeeded to command after Burnside was promoted to brigadier general. The 1st Rhode Island was discharged, along with the 1st... | 8,636 | zeroshot-train |
Josiah O. Livingston [SEP] conflict | Josiah O. Livingston
Josiah O. Livingston (February 3, 1837–July 23, 1917) was an officer in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
Livingston joined the 9th Vermont Infantry as a first lieutenant in June 1862, and became regimental adjutant a year later. He was promote... | ; for a total loss of 298 men.
The regiment mustered out of service on December 1, 1865.
Commanders.
- George J. Stannard
- Dudley Kimball Andross
- Edward H. Ripley
- Valentine G. Barney (Acting)
Notable members.
- Erastus W. Jewett, Medal of Honor.
- Abel E. Leavenworth, Capt. Co. K; Assistant Adjutant General, Distr... | 8,637 | zeroshot-train |
José García Vayas [SEP] conflict | José García Vayas
José García Vayas (7 September 1889 – 1962) was a Spanish soldier who remained loyal to the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), during which he commanded the forces in Santander. After the civil war he was forced into exile in France.
Early years.
José García Vayas was born... | "Vayas donde vayas (1996)"
External links.
- José Luis García Pérez: "Quiero que la gente vea a Juanjo como un canalla encantador" - interview by Antena 3 Televisión | 8,638 | zeroshot-train |
José Inés Salazar [SEP] conflict | José Inés Salazar
José Inés Salazar (1884 – 9 August 1917) was a leading "Orozquista" General in the Mexican Revolution who later fought with Pancho Villa. He was a native of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.
Compagnion of Pascual Orozco.
Salazar was a good friend of Pascual Orozco and in 1909, they were reported to be involve... | in good order. In December 1916, Villa and Salazar attacked and took the city of Torreón. They captured large amounts of supplies and succeeded in extracting substantial amounts of money from the local merchants and foreign companies in the city.
By April 1917 José Inés Salazar was one of Villa’s most trusted Lieutenan... | 8,639 | zeroshot-train |
Juan Carlos de Aréizaga [SEP] conflict | Juan Carlos de Aréizaga
Juan Carlos de Aréizaga (died 1816) was a Spanish general, who fought in the Peninsular War.
In 1808 he was a retired colonel, residing in Pamplona, where he made friends with a young Francisco Javier Mina. After the outbreak of the Peninsular War, he moved to Zaragoza, where he became a divisio... | - Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938), Paraguayan politician
Other people.
- Juan Carlos Caballero Vega (1900–2010), Mexican revolutionary
- Juan Carlos de Aréizaga (died 1816), Spanish general
- Juan Carlos Ortíz, advertising executive
- Juan Carlos Pavía, Puerto Rican civil servant
Other uses.
- Estadio Juan Carlos Durán... | 8,640 | zeroshot-train |
Julius White [SEP] conflict | Julius White
Julius White (September 23, 1816 – May 12, 1890) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum diplomat.
Civil War.
A lawyer before the war, White received a commission as colonel of the 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 19, 1861. He l... | ", Sep-Oct 2010
- 3rd : Doug Allyn, "Days of Rage", Mar-Apr 2010
Recipients 2009.
- 1st : Doug Allyn, (tied) "An Early Christmas", Jan 2009
- 1st : Mick Herron, "Dolphin Junction", Dec 2009
- 2nd : Clark Howard, "White Wolves", Nov 2009
- 3rd : Dave Zeltserman, "Julius Katz", Sep-Oct 2009
Recipients 2008.
- 1st | 8,641 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Emil Schäfer [SEP] conflict | Karl Emil Schäfer
Karl Emil Schäfer (17 December 1891 – 5 June 1917) was a German pilot during World War I; he became one of the major German flying aces of the war, with 30 confirmed aerial victories.
Early life and infantry service.
Schäfer was born in Krefeld and joined the Jäger Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 10 of the Pru... | 106. Karl Auer (SS officer)
107. Karl August Nerger
108. Karl Barth
109. Karl Bendetsen
110. Karl Brandt (Nazi physician)
111. Karl Dönitz
112. Karl Decker
113. Karl Dietrich Bracher
114. Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
115. Karl Ehrenbolger
116. Karl Eibl
117. Karl Emil Schäfer
118. Karl Ernst Krafft
119. Karl Ernst Rahtgens... | 8,642 | zeroshot-train |
Karl von Plettenberg [SEP] conflict | officer (Major and cavalry squadron commander). His mother was Minette von der Borch.
World War I.
Karl von Plettenberg was in command of the Guards Corps at the outset of World War I, assigned to the 2nd Army as part of the right wing of the forces that invaded France and Belgium as part of the Schlieffen Plan offensi... | - Joachim van Plettenberg (1739–1793), Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and founder of Plettenberg Bay
- Karl von Plettenberg (1852–1938), General of the Infantry, Commandant-General of the Guards Corps and Adjutant General of the German Kaiser
- Kurt von Plettenberg (1891–1945), plenipotentiary of the House of Hohenz... | 8,643 | zeroshot-train |
Kenneth Garside [SEP] conflict | Kenneth Garside
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Garside (1913–1983) was a librarian, information theorist and World War II British Intelligence Corps officer.
Born in Bradford in 1913, he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Leeds University. He became an Assistant Librarian at Leeds University in 1937, before going ... | of London between 1974 and 1978. He served on many public bodies connected with library, university and cultural work.
Garside devised the library classification systems still in use at Leeds University library and at UCL.
Publications.
Books, a selection:
- 1981. Library co-operation at a time of financial constraints... | 8,644 | zeroshot-train |
Konstantinos Davakis [SEP] conflict | Konstantinos Davakis
Konstantinos Davakis (, 1897 – 21 January 1943) was a Greek military officer in World War II. He organized the Greek defensive lines during the Battle of Pindus that led to Italian defeat in the first stage of the Greco-Italian War of 1940.
Early life.
He was born in the village of Kechrianika outs... | in January 1943. Davakis' body was recognized by local Greeks and buried at Vlorë. His bones were transferred to Athens after the war.
Legacy.
The military camp "Colonel Konstantinos Davakis" in Sparta bears his name.
Sources.
- Kōstas N. Chatzēpateras, Maria S. Phaphaliou, Patrick Leigh Fermor. "Greece 1940-41 eyewitn... | 8,645 | zeroshot-train |
Leon Berbecki [SEP] conflict | Leon Berbecki
Leon Berbecki (28 July 1875, Lublin – 23 March 1963, Gliwice) was a Polish army officer, who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I with the Imperial Russian Army. Following the foundation of the Second Polish Republic, Berbecki served in the Polish Army.
Early life.
Peter Leon Berbecki, born on... | - Colonel Antoni Cebulski (March 1939 – September 1939).
Symbols and traditions.
On May 15, 1920 in Budslaw (in what is now Lithuania), Colonel Leon Berbecki, commandant of the 3rd Legions Infantry Division, handed the regimental flag to its commandant, Wladyslaw Boncza-Uzdowski. The flag was funded by the residents of... | 8,646 | zeroshot-train |
Lewis Locke [SEP] conflict | Lewis Locke
Lewis Locke (born Louis Tacy) (November 5, 1835 - January 4, 1920) was a Private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
Locke joined the 1st New Jersey Cavalry in October 1864, and mustered out with his regiment in July 1865.
Medal of Honor citation.
Ran... | 24 Jul 1937 "Pride and Prejudice adapted by Helen Jerome at the Conservatorium of Music
- 14 Aug 1937 "Much Ado About Nothing at clubrooms, King Street
- 11 Sep 1937 "Candida" at the Conservatorium of Music
- 30 Sep 1937 "There's Always Juliet" (prod. Brian Wright) at clubrooms, King Street
- 2 Oct 1937 "Le Malade Imag... | 8,647 | zeroshot-train |
Lloyd Thomas [SEP] conflict | Lloyd Thomas
Lloyd Thomas (March 10, 1912 – June 4, 1942) was an aviator in United States Navy who was killed in action in World War II during the Battle of Midway while attacking an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier.
Biography.
Thomas was born in Nelsonville, Ohio. He attended the local schools and then graduate... | General Election.
When a General Election was called at short notice in early 1874, Richards initially expected an unopposed return, but Thomas Edward Lloyd of Coedmore emerged at the last moment as a Conservative candidate, Lloyd was not a prominent landowner and his estate only comprised 450 acres. However, his fathe... | 8,648 | zeroshot-train |
Long Cecil [SEP] conflict | Long Cecil
Long Cecil is a single cannon, designed by George Labram, an American citizen, and built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British during the Siege of Kimberley in the Second Boer War.
In 1902, during Cecil Rhodes' funeral procession in Cape Town, his coffin was carr... | was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
- NAS Jacksonville – 01 Sep 1950
- NAAS Cecil Field – 19 Sep 1950
- NAS Jacksonville – 13 Oct 1952
- NAS Cecil Field – 18 Feb 1963
Aircraft Assignment.
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
- F4U-5 "Corsair" – Sep 1950
- F4... | 8,649 | zeroshot-train |
Louis G. Chaput [SEP] conflict | Louis G. Chaput
Louis G. Chaput (1845 – April 17, 1916) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Born in 1845 in Montreal, Chaput immigrated to the United States and was living in New Yor... | Twelve of "Lackawanna's" sailors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle:
- Seaman John M. Burns
- Landsman Michael Cassidy
- Landsman Louis G. Chaput
- Landsman Patrick Dougherty
- Captain of the Top John Edwards
- Landsman Samuel W. Kinnaird
- Seaman Adam McCullock
- Boatswain's Mate William ... | 8,650 | zeroshot-train |
Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé [SEP] conflict | Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé
Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé (28 August 1764 – 9 April 1834) became a French general during the Napoleonic Wars. He enlisted as a foot soldier in the royal army in 1784 and was a non-commissioned officer by 1792. He spent most of the French Revolutionary Wars fighting in Italy. In 1802 he joined the ... | Jean-Louis de Cordemoy
The Abbé Jean-Louis de Cordemoy (1655–1714) was a French architectural historian, prior of St-Nicolas at La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne), and a canon at St-Jean-des-Vignes, Soissons (Aisne). His "Nouveau Traité de toute l’architecture" was amongst the first studies of ecclesiastical archit... | 8,651 | zeroshot-train |
Lê Trọng Tấn [SEP] conflict | Castries marking the end of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
After the war, Lê Trọng Tấn continued to hold the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Director of the Advanced Military Academy ("Học viện Quân sự cấp cao"). At the beginning of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Lê Trọng Tấn was commander of Vietnamese ... | Lê Trọng Tấn
General Lê Trọng Tấn (3 October 1914 – 5 December 1986) was an officer of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during 1945 to 1986. During this period of his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn held several senior positions of the Army. Lê Trọng Tấn participated in the Viet Minh movement before the August Revolut... | 8,652 | zeroshot-train |
M. Waldo Hatler [SEP] conflict | M. Waldo Hatler
M. Waldo Hatler (January 6, 1894 - August 31, 1967) was a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for heroism near Pouilly, France, November 8, 1918.
Biography.
M. Waldo Hatler was born January 6, 1894 at Bolivar, Missouri, elder of two sons of Troy and Rose... | Germany at the Meuse River near the French village of Pouilly. Information relative to enemy strength and disposition on the opposite bank was vitally needed and Hatler was one of several men to volunteer.
Extensive biographical and autobiographical information is contained in "The M. Waldo Hatler Story", a book compil... | 8,653 | zeroshot-train |
Nazario Benavídez [SEP] conflict | Nazario Benavídez
José Nazario Benavídez (27 July 1802 – 23 October 1858) was an Argentine soldier who rose to the rank of Brigadier General and played a leading role in the Argentine Civil Wars. He was Governor of San Juan Province, Argentina, for almost twenty years in the mid-nineteenth century. His lengthy politica... | José Luciano Fernández
José Luciano Fernández was briefly acting Governor of San Juan Province, Argentina after the Unitarian Governor José Martín Yanzón had been defeated by Colonel Tomás Brizuela. A few weeks later, he handed over power to Nazario Benavídez.
Background.
Nazario Benavídez had attempted a revolution ag... | 8,654 | zeroshot-train |
Nene Hatun [SEP] conflict | Nene Hatun
Nene Hatun (1857 – 22 May 1955) was a Turkish folk heroine, who became known for fighting against Russian forces during the recapture of Fort Aziziye in Erzurum from Russian forces at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Turkish historiography.
According to Turkish folklore, she had been living i... | .
Nene Hatun in film.
Nene Hatun was depicted in the 1973 Turkish movie "Gazi kadin (Nene hatun)" starring Türkan Şoray and Kadir İnanır. Another movie titled "Nene Hatun" was released in 2010
External links.
- Nene Hatun biography
- Nene Natun's letter to President Inonu | 8,655 | zeroshot-train |
Nicholas Longworth Anderson [SEP] conflict | Nicholas Longworth Anderson
Nicholas Longworth Anderson (April 22, 1838 – September 18, 1892) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War as Colonel of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the Civil War, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the brevet grades of brigadier general... | father, Anderson spent much of the remainder of his days managing the estate he had inherited from his mother. Anderson died in Lucerne, Switzerland at age fifty-four on September 18, 1892 and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
Relatives.
Nicholas Longworth Anderson, son of Larz Anderson I and Catherine ... | 8,656 | zeroshot-train |
Niels Bätge [SEP] conflict | Niels Bätge
Niels Bätge (19 April 1913 in Reval – 12 December 1944 near the Åland Islands) was a German Schnellboot commander with Baltic German origin in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Bätge was promoted to "Korvettenkapitän" on 1 September 1943. Shortly after his promotion he took... | number W1005 on 6 June at Deschimag's Bremen shipyard, launched on 2 October 1942 and commissioned on 22 September 1943 under the command of "Korvettenkapitän" (Lieutenant Commander) Niels Bätge. After working up "Z35" was assigned to the "6. Zerstörerflotille" (6th Destroyer Flotilla) in February 1944.
The four destro... | 8,657 | zeroshot-train |
Nikola Kalabić [SEP] conflict | Nikola Kalabić
Nikola Kalabić (; 20 December 1906 – 19 January 1946) was a Serbian Chetnik commander during World War II.
Early life.
He was born to father Milan and mother Joka in Podnovlje (municipality of Doboj) in present-day Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He had a sister named Angelina (1912–1999).
Niko... | Rifle 3 Positions
- Aleksandra Ivošev
- Aranka Binder
Women's 10m Air Pistol
- Jasna Šekarić
Women's 25m Pistol
- Jasna Šekarić
Swimming.
Men's 50 m freestyle
- Nebojša Bikić
Men's 100 m freestyle
- Nikola Kalabić
Men's 200 m freestyle
- Nikola Kalabić
Men's 100 m butterfly
- Milorad Čavić
Men's 200 m butterfly
- Vlada... | 8,658 | zeroshot-train |
Osman Digna [SEP] conflict | Osman Digna
Osman Digna ()(c. 1840 – 1926) was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military commander during the Mahdist War. He is descendant from Abbasid family. As the Mahdi's ablest general, he played an important role in the fate of General Charles George Go... | Digna
Digna can refer to:
- Osman Digna
- Digna Ochoa
- Digna, Jura, a French commune in the Jura department
- Digna, Tibet
Saint Digna can refer to:
- Roman martyr (see Digna and Emerita)
- One of the Martyrs of Córdoba (9th century).
- In Latin, "digna" means "worthy". | 8,659 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Christian Hammer [SEP] conflict | Otto Christian Hammer
Otto Christian Hammer (18 August 1822 – 10 March 1892) was a Danish naval officer who participated in the First Schleswig War and the Second Schleswig War.
After a successful campaign along the west coast of the Duchy of Schleswig in the First Schleswig War, Hammer became a lighthouse inspector bu... | Stauffenberg (born 28.Apr.1964)
- Clarissa Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 30.Jun.1965) married Friedrich-Christian Frhr von Elverfeldt-Ulm (born 27.Dec.1960)
- Irma Grafin von Stauffenberg (13.Apr.1898 – 28.Sep.1932) married Otto Frhr Groß von Trockau (*Würzburg 10.11.1890, +Trockau 21.2.1957)
- Alfred Graf Stauffenberg... | 8,660 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Esswein [SEP] conflict | Otto Esswein
Offizierstellvertreter Otto Esswein was a German World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.
Early life.
Otto Esswein was born in Waiblingen, in the Kingdom of Württemberg within the German Empire, on 3 March 1890.
Aviation service.
Details of Esswein's entry into military service are not... | , Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, scored over half of his 44 victories while commanding Jasta 26.
- The squadron's other winner of the "Blue Max" was Walter Blume, who also rated an Iron Cross.
- Otto Fruhner, leading ace of the Jasta with 27 wins, won the enlisted man's equivalent of the Blue Max, the M... | 8,661 | zeroshot-train |
Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos [SEP] conflict | Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos
Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos (; c. 1790–1854) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence and a member of Filiki Eteria, the secret organization whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state.
Biography.
Panagiotis wa... | Anagnostopoulos
Anagnostopoulos () is a Greek surname meaning "son of Anagnostis". The feminine form is Anagnostopoulou (Αναγνωστοπούλου). It may refer to these people:
- Spiro Agnew (Spiro Anagnostopoulos), American politician and the 39th vice president of the United States
- Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos (c. 1790–1854)... | 8,662 | zeroshot-train |
Paul Legentilhomme [SEP] conflict | Paul Legentilhomme
Paul Louis Legentilhomme (March 26, 1884 – May 23, 1975) was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II. After the fall of France in 1940, he joined the forces of the Free French. Legentilhomme was a recipient of the "Order of the Liberation" ("Compagnon de la Libération").
Ear... | relations Colonial struggle with Free France French Somaliland.
The governor of French Somaliland (now Djibouti), Brigadier-General Paul Legentilhomme, had a garrison of seven battalions of Senegalese and Somali infantry, three batteries of field guns, four batteries of anti-aircraft guns, a company of light tanks, fou... | 8,663 | zeroshot-train |
Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan [SEP] conflict | Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan
Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan (14 April 1777 – 17 February 1834), baron of the Empire, was a French officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, who rose to the rank of general.
Early career during the Revolutionary Wars.
Joining the army as a volunteer artil... | Joseph Christiani, Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, Claude Marie Meunier, Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan and 4,000 cavalry in the divisions of Nicolas-François Roussel d'Hurbal and Louis Michel Pac, and a march regiment. One battalion of the Legion of the Vistula, 600 Polish lancers, three cavalry march regiments, t... | 8,664 | zeroshot-train |
Pavlos Melas [SEP] conflict | of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia and many of his personal belongings can be seen in the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Thessaloniki and Pavlos Melas Museum in Kastoria.
External links.
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Thessaloniki
- Pavlos Melas Museum, Kastoria
- Photographs from the website of the Hellen... | - 19th Sep 2016 30th World Underwater Spearfishing Championship
Notable residents.
- Eumaeus, character in the Odyssey
- Pherecydes (c. 600-550 BC), philosopher
- Michail Melas (1833-1897), Greek politician and merchant, father to Pavlos Melas
- Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), writer and the first president of the Inter... | 8,665 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre Dominique Garnier [SEP] conflict | Pierre Dominique Garnier
Pierre Dominique Garnier, born 19 December 1756 – died 11 May 1827, was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He enlisted in the French royal army in 1773 and served in the French West Indies. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he left his career as an... | Pierre François Léonard Fontaine
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel
- Charles Garnier
- Tony Garnier
- Hector Guimard
- Villard de Honnecourt
- Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss-born)
- Henri Labrouste
- Claude Nicolas Ledoux
- Pierre Lescot
- André Lurçat
- Robert Mallet-Stevens
- François Mansart
- Jules Hardouin Mansart
- Louis Métezeau
... | 8,666 | zeroshot-train |
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland [SEP] conflict | Ralph Pomeroy Buckland
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (January 20, 1812 – May 27, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad following the war.
Early life and career.
Born in Leyden, Massachusetts Buckl... | . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13–25, and duty there until May 10. Moved to Meridian, Miss., and duty there until September.
Casualties.
The regiment lost a total of 298 men during service; ... | 8,667 | zeroshot-train |
Raymond Abescat [SEP] conflict | Raymond Abescat
Raymond Abescat (September 10, 1891 in Paris – August 25, 2001 in Rueil-Malmaison) was one of the last surviving veterans of World War I in France, its oldest living man and its oldest living veteran when he died aged 109 years, 349 days.
Life.
Abescat joined the military in October 1912 and spent seven... | .
- Rita Hendriks: Dolle Mina activist (1970) ("Half the People")
Egyptians.
- Fathia El Assal: Cairo writer (1969) ("God Fights Back")
- Ali Abdel Hamid: Cairo teacher (1979) ("God Fights Back")
- Mahmoud: Cairo plasterer (1978) ("God Fights Back")
- Yasser Tawfiq: Cairo preacher (1980) ("God Fights Back")
French.
- R... | 8,668 | zeroshot-train |
Renault FT [SEP] conflict | production. It played a leading role in the offensives of 1918, when it received the popular name of "Victory Tank".
The British Army used 24 FTs for command and liaison duties, usually with the gun removed.
Italy received 3 FTs in June 1918, but they did not see action and no other tanks were received until the end of... | used during the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. Mechanical reliability was an issue, but the experiment proved its worth. Within a year, the British were fielding tanks by the hundreds, and they showed their potential during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917, by breaking the Hindenburg Line, while combin... | 8,669 | zeroshot-train |
Richard E. Fleming [SEP] conflict | Richard E. Fleming
Captain Richard Eugene Fleming (November 2, 1917 – June 5, 1942) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in World War II during the Battle of Midway. Fleming piloted a Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber in an attack on the .
Biography.
Richard Fleming was born in Sa... | -Hyman
- MAJ Allison Owen
- CPT Luther E. Hall (141 Field Artillery)
- MAJ Guy Molony
- MAJ Raymond H. Fleming (2nd BN Field Artillery)
- LTC Henry Curtis (141 Sep BN Field Artillery – Motorized)
- LTC Edward P. Benezech, Sr. (1st BN, 141 FA Regiment)
- LTC Thurber G. Rickey (2nd BN, 141 FA Regiment)
- LTC Bernard Raus... | 8,670 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Watson Howard [SEP] conflict | Richard Watson Howard
Captain Richard Watson Howard was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. | 1976
- Brig Gen Thomas C. Casaday, CAP, Sep 1976 - Sep 1979
- Brig Gen Johnnie Boyd, CAP, Sep 1979 - Aug 1982
- Brig Gen Howard L. Brookfield, CAP, Aug 1982 - Aug 1984
- Brig Gen William B. Cass, CAP, Aug 1984 - Mar 1986
- Maj Gen Eugene E. Harwell, CAP, Mar 1986 - Aug 1990
- Brig Gen Warren J. Barry, CAP, Aug 1990 - A... | 8,671 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Clerk [SEP] conflict | Robert Clerk
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Clerk (c.1720 – 1797) was a British engineer officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. His report on the state of the defences of Rochefort (Rochefort, Charente-Maritime) in 1757 was the main reason for that French naval port being chosen a... | world outside the monastery than most of his brother monks. His personality reflects more modern, pragmatic attitudes and progressive ethics than those of his time, which often puts him in conflict with his brethren, particularly with his superior Prior Robert and Robert's clerk Brother Jerome, who disapprove of Cadfae... | 8,672 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Martin Patterson [SEP] conflict | Robert Martin Patterson
Robert Martin Patterson (born April 16, 1948) is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Biography.
Patterson joined the Army from Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1966, and by May 6... | Surgery 1940; the war years 1941–1945. J HSS 2009 Feb; 5(1): 1-8.
- Levine DB. The Hospital for Special Surgery affiliates with Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, 1951; Philip D. Wilson retires as surgeon-in-chief, 1955. J HSS 2009 Sep; 5(2): 83-91.
- Levine DB. The Hospital for Special Surgery 1... | 8,673 | zeroshot-train |
Roman Schmidt [SEP] conflict | Roman Schmidt
Roman Oto Kažimir Schmidt or Roman Šmidt was a World War I flying ace in the Austro-Hungarian airforce, credited with six aerial victories.
His first aerial victory was scored on the Russian front, whilst posted with Flik 7, and flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I, when he together with pilot Paul Hablitschek ... | Art Schmidt
Arthur Louis Schmidt (May 1, 1927 - Sep 2, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky Senate and in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He was a member of the Republican party.. He died on Sep 2, 2018 at the age of 91. | 8,674 | zeroshot-train |
Romolo Ticconi [SEP] conflict | Romolo Ticconi
Sergente Romolo Ticconi was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Biography.
Romolo Ticconi was born in Acuto, the Kingdom of Italy, on 25 March 1893. Ticconi was conscripted into military service on 21 August 1914, before Italy had entered World War I. On 16 December 1916, he was ... | through war's end, continuing to fly despite illness.
On 21 November 1918, in the wake of war's end, Ticconi transferred to "81a Squadriglia". His perseverance in flying while ill helped him win a belated award of the Bronze Medal for Military Valor. On 26 August 1919, Romolo Ticconi was killed in a flying accident at ... | 8,675 | zeroshot-train |
Roy Stone [SEP] conflict | Roy Stone
Roy Stone (October 16, 1836 – August 5, 1905) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his stubborn defense of the McPherson Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. He later served as a general in the Spanish–American War
Early life and family.
Stone was born in Plattsburg, N... | to 28 JAN 1923
- MG Baird H. Markham 28 JAN 1923 to 30 JUN 1925
- MG Charles F. Barrett 1 JUL 1925 to 19 SEP 1939
- BG Louis A. Ledbetter 20 SEP 1939 to 13 SEP 1940
- MG George A. Davis 14 SEP 1940 to 6 MAY 1947
- MG Roy W. Kenny 7 MAY 1947 to 7 MAR 1965
- MG LaVern E. Weber 8 MAR 1965 to 30 SEP 1971
- MG David C. Matt... | 8,676 | zeroshot-train |
Rudolf Frank [SEP] conflict | Rudolf Frank
Rudolf Frank (19 August 1920 – 27 April 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 45 enemy aircraft shot down in 183 combat missions. All of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in nocturnal Defense of the Reich missions against the Ro... | - 8 Jul – Robert McNamara
- 15 Jul – Suharto
- 22 Jul – Charles Tillinghast Jr.
- 29 Jul – Lauren Bacall
- 5 Aug – Luci B. Johnson & Patrick Nugent
- 12 Aug – Charles Whitman
- 19 Aug – James E. Thomson
- 26 Aug – Hendrik Verwoerd
- 2 Sep – Sam Yorty
- 9 Sep – Lin Piao
- 16 Sep – Robert F. Kennedy
- 23 Sep – Rudolf Bin... | 8,677 | zeroshot-train |
Rufus Saxton [SEP] conflict | Rufus Saxton
Rufus Saxton (October 19, 1824 – February 23, 1908) was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions defending Harpers Ferry during Confederate General Jackson's Valley Campaign.
Early life.
Saxton was b... | (Ashley, Williams, Edwards). His father attempted to secure a place for Rufus Saxton at Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, a transcendentalist community started by George Ripley and attended by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rufus Saxton's brother Samuel Willard "Will" Saxton attended Brook Farm in his stead, learning th... | 8,678 | zeroshot-train |
Salaria Kea [SEP] conflict | Salaria Kea
Salaria Kea O'Reilly (born 13 July 1917 in Milledgeville, Georgia – died 18 May 1990 in Akron, Ohio) was an American nurse and desegregation activist who volunteered in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. During the Spanish Civil War she was the only African American nurse working in the Ab... | nurses the Army was allowed to recruit. In the United States Kea and O’Reilly experienced strong racism. In Akron they experienced personal threats and property damage, and Kea often referred to her time in the International Brigades as the best days of her life since they were free from discrimination. After the war t... | 8,679 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel Leech [SEP] conflict | Samuel Leech
Samuel Leech (1798–1848) was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few who wrote an account of his experiences, titled, in the manner of the time, "Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of S... | . He delivered a key note speech to guests and dignitaries in attendance.
15 Jan 2015: launch of Britain's first ever Muslim archives in a joint project with The National Archives, with guests Jeff James, CEO of The National Archives, Simon Hughes and Sadiq Khan.
30 Sep 2015: subject of BBC documentary "Welcome to the ... | 8,680 | zeroshot-train |
Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet [SEP] conflict | Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (bpt. 17 February 1738 – April 1770) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War.
Born into a prominent and long-standing London family, Adams inherited a baronetcy when young, and went on to have a successful career at sea. He was ... | Adams, 4th Baronet (c. 1665–1726)
- Sir Robert Adams, 5th Baronet (died c. 1754)
- Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (died 1770)
See also.
- Adam baronets | 8,681 | zeroshot-train |
Song Shilun [SEP] conflict | Song Shilun
Song Shilun (; 1907–1991), born September 10, 1907 in Hunan Province, was a general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. General Song had graduated from Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Long March. He died September 17, 1991 in Shanghai.
Korean War.
During the K... | Song Renqiong
- Zhao Erlu
- Xiao Ke
- Wang Zhen
- Zhou Chunquan
- Xu Shiyou
- Liu Yalou
- Deng Hua
- Chen Zaidao
- Yang Dezhi
- Peng Shaohui
- Wang Hongkun
- Li Kenong
- Chen Bojun
- Li Da
- Yang Chengwu
- Li Tao
- Xiao Hua
- Gan Siqi
- Lai Chuanzhu
- Chen Qihan
- Song Shilun
- Su Zhenhua
- Chen Xilian
- Chen Shiju
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Theodoros Kolokotronis [SEP] conflict | Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis (; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's greatest success was the defeat of the Ottoman army under Mahmud Dramali Pasha at the Battle of Dervenak... | troop of eight hundred men that fought the Ottomans. Paros sent a contingent to the Peloponnese that distinguished itself during the Siege of Tripolitsa led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
The vicissitudes of conflict on the continent had their repercussions in the Cyclades. The massacres of Chios and Psara (committed in Ju... | 8,683 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Cruse [SEP] conflict | Thomas Cruse
Thomas Cruse (December 29, 1857 – June 8, 1943) was a United States Army brigadier general who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on July 17, 1882, at the Battle of Big Dry Wash, Arizona. An 1879 graduate of West Point, he served in numerous campaigns on the Western Frontier and late... | East India Company in South Africa
- Howard Cruse (born 1944), American cartoonist
- Howard Cruse (bishop) (1908–1979), Anglican Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972
- Jack Cruise (1915–1979), Irish comedian & actor
- Susan Cruse, British television actress
- Thomas Cruse (1857–1943), United States Army brigadier ... | 8,684 | zeroshot-train |
Thornsbury Bailey Brown [SEP] conflict | Thornsbury Bailey Brown
Thornsbury Bailey Brown (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union... | ), resulting in the death of Thornsbury Bailey Brown, the first soldier killed in the Civil War.
The Confederate forces were pushed south of Grafton to Philippi by Union troops under General B.J. Kelley and General George McClellan. On June 3, 1861, Kelley's forces defeated the Confederates led by Colonel George A. Po... | 8,685 | zeroshot-train |
USS Rose (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Rose
USS "Rose" was a screw steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and ammunition ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Commissioned in New York City as a tugboat in 1864.
The wooden screw steamer "Ai Fitch" was pu... | These efforts towards revision remained largely unsuccessful.
A Japanese Embassy to the United States was sent in 1860, on board the "Kanrin Maru" and the USS "Powhattan". A First Japanese Embassy to Europe was sent in 1862.
Crisis and conflict Imperial Order to Expel Barbarians (1863).
Belligerent opposition to Wester... | 8,686 | zeroshot-train |
USS Stonewall (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Stonewall (1863)
USS "Stonewall" (1863) was a small 30-ton blockade-running schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
The Union Navy placed "Stonewall" in service as a ship’s tender, a role she played during the rest of the war.
Captured by Union forces.
"Stonewall" w... | USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)
USS "Stonewall Jackson" (SSBN-634), a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Confederate States Army General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863).
Construction and commissioning.
The contract to build "Stonewall Jackson" was ... | 8,687 | zeroshot-train |
United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea [SEP] conflict | United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea
The United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK), also known as the White Tigers, was a unit during the Korean War that was consolidated under the control of Eighth United States Army, Korea's 8th Army G-3 Miscellaneous Group, 8086th and 8240th Army Unit. The details of the unde... | SAM) Detachment, 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), 5th AF
- United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK)
- BAKER Section
- Partisan Airborne Infantry Regiment (PAIR)
- US Navy Special Operations Group, Korea
- Vietnam War
- 46th Special Forces Company
- Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP)
- MIKE Force
- Military... | 8,688 | zeroshot-train |
V-42 stiletto [SEP] conflict | V-42 stiletto
The V-42 stiletto was a stiletto and fighting knife issued during World War II to the First Special Service Force (1st SSF, a.k.a. Devil's Brigade), a joint Canadian/American commando unit.
Design and features.
Based on the Fairbairn–Sykes commando knife designed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes,... | of knife blades exhibiting a narrow blade with minimal cutting surfaces and a needle-like point, such as the U.S. V-42 stiletto, while in American English usage, the name "stiletto" can also refer to a switchblade knife with a stiletto- or bayonet-type blade design. The term in plural "stilettos", is also used as slang... | 8,689 | zeroshot-train |
Vladimir Majder [SEP] conflict | Vladimir Majder
Vladimir Majder (19111943) was Croatian Partisan who fought in the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Majder was born in Sisak to a Jewish family. After finishing elementary and high school in Sisak, he moved to Zagreb, where he studied at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. As a high school ... | he was imprisoned.
During World War II, in August 1942, he managed to escape and move to the occupied Yugoslavia, Croatia. Immediately upon his arrival, Majder joined the Partisans. He was the intelligence officer operating in Croatian zone, and later a member of the Partisan General Headquarters.
In June 1943, Mayder... | 8,690 | zeroshot-train |
Walter J. Fourt [SEP] conflict | Walter J. Fourt
Walter J. Fourt served in the California legislature and during World War I he served in the United States Army. | of the Dominion of Canada, Fourt Session - Tenth Parliament 7-8 Edward VII 1907-1908, Vol. LXXXVI, 12 May - 10 Jun 1908, inclusive" (S.E. Dawson, Printer).
- Walter, John, "Allied Small Arms of World War One" (Crowood Press, 2000, )
- Walter, John, "Rifles of the World" third edition (Krause Publications, Inc. 2006) ()... | 8,691 | zeroshot-train |
Welton Ralph Abell [SEP] conflict | Welton Ralph Abell
Colonel Welton Ralph Abell (May 17, 1922 – April 26, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps officer serving in the Korean War, as well as a former advertising executive. Abell was a recipient of the navy's second-highest decoration — the Navy Cross — for combat valor in the Korean War.
Marine Corps s... | photographer
- Stig Abell (born 1980), British journalist
- Thomas Abel (or Abell) (c. 1497 – 1540), English priest and martyr
- Timothy Abell (born 1930), English cricketer
- Tom Abell (born 1994), English cricketer
- Walter Abell (1897–1956), American art teacher and theoretician
- Welton Ralph Abell (1922–1998), Ame... | 8,692 | zeroshot-train |
Wilhelm Meisel [SEP] conflict | Wilhelm Meisel
Wilhelm Meisel (4 November 1891 – 7 September 1974) was an Admiral of the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Meisel was born in Zwickau and joined the Navy as a midshipman in 1913. During the First World War he served on the battlecru... | Jackboot Mutiny
Jackboot Mutiny (, literally "It Happened on 20 July") is a 1955 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the 20 July Plot to kill Adolf Hitler. It features Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg.
Cast.
- Bernhard Wicki as Oberst Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaloberst a... | 8,693 | zeroshot-train |
William Drummond Matheson [SEP] conflict | William Drummond Matheson
Captain William Drummond Matheson MC was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Sergeant Matheson was promoted to temporary 2nd lieutenant (on probation) on 12 November 1916.
His citation for the Military Cross, published in the "Supplement to the London Gazette... | Florence Jardine, daughter of Sir Robert William Buchanan-Jardine of Castlemilk, 2nd Bt (Managing Director of Jardine Matheson), and Ethel Mary Piercy. They had three daughters:
- Jean Cherry, 16th Baroness Strange (1928–2005), m. Captain Humphrey Evans (later Drummond of Megginch), MC.
- Adam Drummond, 17th Baron Stra... | 8,694 | zeroshot-train |
William H. Woodall [SEP] conflict | William H. Woodall
William H. Woodall was a civilian employee of the Union Army during the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Namozine Church. He is one of only a handful of civilians to have received the medal.
Born in Lync... | Cunningham, 1956
- Earl W. Bowen, 1957
- William M. Hollis, 1958
- R. Tom Joyner, Jr., circa 1959
- William G. Cooper, Jr., 1960
- Reuben H. Gibson, 1961
- Morris J. Pritchard, 1962
- William H. Lofton, 1963
- R. Harold Grizzard, 1964
- James R. West, 1965
- Lois Q. Searl, 1965
- John H. Woodall, Jr., 1966
- W. Jack Da... | 8,695 | zeroshot-train |
William Howard Stovall [SEP] conflict | William Howard Stovall
Lieutenant (later Colonel) William Howard Stovall (18 February 1895 - 11 May 1970) began his military career as a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He went on to become a successful businessman before serving in World War II. On the latter occasion, he served once again w... | won awards for his agricultural expertise. He died in his sleep at home, aged 75.
Biography.
William Howard Stovall was born on his family's cotton plantation in Stovall, Mississippi on 18 February 1895. He was the son of Civil War Confederate colonel William Howard Stovall. He graduated from Lawrenceville School in 19... | 8,696 | zeroshot-train |
William Radford [SEP] conflict | William Radford
William Radford (September 9, 1809 – January 8, 1890) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, in which he remained loyal to the Union, despite his Virginia birth. Radford commanded the Ironclad Division in the attacks on Fort Fi... | Account of the Conflict between the National Socialist Government of Germany and the Roman Catholic Church, 1933-1938". London: Oxford University Press, 1939.
- Nicholls, William, "Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate". Jason Aronson Inc., 1993.
- Ruether, Rosemary Radford "Faith and fratricide: the theological ro... | 8,697 | zeroshot-train |
William Victor Trevor Rooper [SEP] conflict | William Victor Trevor Rooper
Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper (10 May 1897 – 9 October 1917) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories, before becoming Xavier Dannhuber's seventh victim.
Biography.
Rooper was the third and youngest son of Percy Lens Rooper and Alice Nancy (née Royden... | son of Thomas Richard Rooper (1782–1865), also a cleric, and as the third son of John Rooper the brother of John Bonfoy Rooper. In the next generation, William Victor Trevor Rooper was son of Percy Lens Rooper, the son of Captain John Rooper (1809–1892) of the Rifle Brigade; who was another son of Thomas Richard Rooper... | 8,698 | zeroshot-train |
13th (Western) Division [SEP] conflict | 13th (Western) Division
The 13th (Western) Division was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions in the First World War, raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener. It fought at Gallipoli, in Mesopotamia (including the capture of Baghdad), and Persia.
Service During The Great War.
Service During The Great War 1914–1915.
The... | "false report". Al-Saud called on all the member groups of the FIA to integrate under one organization.
History Clashes with al-Qaeda.
In November 2014, the 13th Division and the al-Nusra Front clashed in Jabal Zawiya as part of the al-Nusra Front-SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict. Al-Nusra reportedly declared war on rebel f... | 8,699 | zeroshot-train |
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