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Jacob Gartner Lauman [SEP] conflict | Jacob Gartner Lauman
Jacob Gartner Lauman (January 20, 1813 – February 9, 1867) was a prominent American businessman from Iowa and a controversial general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
He commanded an infantry brigade in the Army of the Tennessee in several campaigns in the Western Theater, and then ... | the volunteer service on August 24.
Postbellum.
Lauman resumed his commercial ventures, but he suffered ill health from his lingering Belmont wound. He tried without success to clear his name, blaming his failure on a misunderstanding.
Lauman died in Burlington, Iowa, in February 1867. He was buried in Aspen Grove Ceme... | 9,000 | zeroshot-train |
James Langley Dalton [SEP] conflict | James Langley Dalton
James Langley Dalton VC (1833 – 7 January 1887) 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 for service at the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War.
... | War II
- James Dalton Highway, Alaska
- James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier
- J. J. Dalton (James Joseph Dalton, 1861–1924), Irish nationalist Member of Parliament
- James Dalton (MP for Saltash) (died 1601), MP for Saltash, Lostwithiel and Preston
- James Dalton (footballer) (1864–?), Irish footballer
Ch... | 9,001 | zeroshot-train |
Jean Boudet [SEP] conflict | Jean Boudet
Jean Boudet (9 February 1769 in Bordeaux – 14 September 1809 in Moravské Budějovice, now in the Czech Republic) was a French général de division of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The campaigns in which he was involved include the Saint-Domingue expedition. He was made a grand officer... | Boudet
Boudet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Jacques Boudet (born 1939), French actor
- Jean Boudet (1769–1809), French general
- Henri Boudet (1837-1915), French Catholic priest
- Richard Boudet (1958–1995), French archaeologist
See also.
- Boudet Island, island of Antarctica | 9,002 | zeroshot-train |
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn [SEP] conflict | Jindřich Matyáš Thurn
Count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn-Valsassina (German: "Heinrich Matthias Graf von Thurn und Valsassina"; Italian: "Enrico Matteo Conte della Torre di Valsassina") (24 February 1567 – 26 January 1640), was a Czech (Bohemian) nobleman, one of leaders of Protestant Bohemian Revolt against Emperor Ferdinand... | 1948), Czechoslovak handball player
- Jindřich Svoboda (aviator) (1917–1942), Czech aviator
- Jindřich Svoboda (footballer) (born 1952), Czech football player
- Josef Jindřich Šechtl (1877–1954), Czech photographer, specialized in photojournalism and portrait photography
- Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Czech Catholi... | 9,003 | zeroshot-train |
Joachim Kirschner [SEP] conflict | Joachim Kirschner
Joachim Kirschner (7 June 1920 – 17 December 1943) was a German World War II Luftwaffe 188 victories flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cro... | Fest
1168. Joachim Helbig
1169. Joachim Hoffmann
1170. Joachim Kirschner
1171. Joachim Lemelsen
1172. Joachim Müncheberg
1173. Joachim Mrugowsky
1174. Joachim Murat
1175. Joachim Peiper
1176. Joachim Rønneberg
1177. Joachim Schepke
1178. Joachim von Ribbentrop
1179. Joan-Eleanor system
1180. Joan Bartlett
1181. Joan Hu... | 9,004 | zeroshot-train |
Joan of Arc [SEP] conflict | Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, in French Jeanne d'Arc () or Jehanne (circa 1412 – 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. She was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Rom... | the play begins, Mary Grey and the fictional director of the play-within-a-play, Jimmy Masters, are in conflict over how Joan is to be played. The conflict is resolved during the course of the play.
Bergman won a Tony Award for this performance — one of the first such awards ever given. Other notable actors who appeare... | 9,005 | zeroshot-train |
Joe Ekins [SEP] conflict | Joe Ekins
Joe Ekins (15 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a World War II British Army veteran. He gained recognition for his action as a tank gunner in France in which he destroyed four tanks in a day, including three Tigers (Tiger tanks numbers 312, 009 & 314).
One of his opponents on that day, 8 August 1944 near St. A... | Ekins
Ekins may refer to:
- People
- Bud Ekins (1930-2007), American stuntman
- Charles Ekins (1768-1855), Royal Navy officer
- Dave Ekins (b. 1932), American off-road racer
- George Ekins (1871-?), English footballer
- Jeffery Ekins (d. 1791), English clergyman
- Joe Ekins (b. 1924), British army soldier
- Paul Ekins ... | 9,006 | zeroshot-train |
Johann von Werth [SEP] conflict | Johann von Werth
Count Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also "Jan von Werth" or in French "Jean de Werth", was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography.
Werth was born in 1591 at Büttgen in the Duchy of Jülich as the eldest son of lesser noble Johann von Wierdt († 1606) and Elisabeth St... | Duke made Freiburg the seat of his "princely Saxon government", but with his sudden death, his conquered territories went to France in 1639.
In the summer of 1644, an imperial Bavarian army led by generals Franz von Mercy and Johann van Werth relieved the city. Subsequently, this led to the Battle of Freiburg. This bat... | 9,007 | zeroshot-train |
John C. Donnelly [SEP] conflict | John C. Donnelly
John C. Donnelly (1839–1895) 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 1839 in England, Donnelly immigrated to the United States and was living in New York when he... | 10 vs Shoreham, 24 Sep 2016 (FA Vase, 2nd Qualifying Round)
Managers.
Mark Gilbert (June 2011-present)BR
Nathan Pullen, Joe Clark, Pat MassaroBR
Matt HeasmanBR
Shaun Donnelly, Steve BoldBR
John Mist (March 2009– )BR
Lee Butcher (Dec 2007 – Mar 2009)BR
Bob Pyle (Nov 2003 – Dec 2007)BR
Mark Dunk (May 2003 - Nov 2003)BR
A... | 9,008 | zeroshot-train |
John Codd [SEP] conflict | John Codd
John Codd was an Irish-born British-based soldier who, after being captured as a British Army corporal during World War II, went on to serve in the German Intelligence service (Abwehr) and SS Intelligence.
Early life.
Codd was born in Mountrath, County Laois, but emigrated to Canada in 1929. He moved from Can... | Sep., 1996), pp. 479–501. (JSTOR)
- Operationalising Pro-Poor Growth, A Country Case Study on Uganda, John A. Okidi, Sarah Ssewanyana, Lawrence Bategeka, Fred Muhumuza, October 2004
- "New-Breed" Leadership, Conflict, and Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Sociopolitical Biography of Uganda's Yoweri ... | 9,009 | zeroshot-train |
John F. Bickford [SEP] conflict | John F. Bickford
John F. Bickford (March 12, 1843 – April 28, 1927) received the Medal of Honor in the American Civil War.
Biography.
Bickford was born in Tremont, Maine, and joined the Navy from Boston, Massachusetts in January 1862. He rose to the rank of captain of the top (roughly equivalent to the modern day rank... | & 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... | 9,010 | zeroshot-train |
John Fastolf [SEP] conflict | John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English landowner and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War. He has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as the prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff. Many historians consider, however, that he deser... | John Paston (died 1466)
John Paston I (10 October 1421 – 21 or 22 May 1466) was an English country gentleman and landowner. He was the eldest son of the judge William Paston, Justice of the Common Pleas. After he succeeded his father in 1444, his life was marked by conflict occasioned by a power struggle in East Anglia... | 9,011 | zeroshot-train |
John Sedgwick [SEP] conflict | John Sedgwick
John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was a military officer and Union Army general during the American Civil War.
He was wounded three times at the Battle of Antietam while leading his division in an unsuccessful assault against Confederate forces, causing him to miss the Battle of Fredericksb... | . Complexity and utility are observed; the conclusion that they were designed and constructed by God, Paley holds, is as natural as it is correct."
Natural theology strongly influenced British science, with the expectation as expressed by Adam Sedgwick in 1831 that truths revealed by science could not conflict with the... | 9,012 | zeroshot-train |
Josef Schwendemann [SEP] conflict | Josef Schwendemann
Vizefeldwebel Josef Schwendemann was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 aerial victories.
Initially serving in the trenches and twice being wounded, Schwendemann transferred to the Air force in June 1916. He served with Schutzstaffel 14 from February 1917 before learning to fly and being poste... | founded at "Flieger-Abteilung" (Flier Detachment) 4, Posen on 18 June 1917. It scored its first aerial victory on 3 September 1917.
Commanding officers ("Staffelführer").
- Maxmilian Zeigler gen Stege: until 3 September 1917
- Georg Schlenker: 3 September 1917
- Fritz Höhn: 30 September 1918
- Helmut Brünig: 4 October ... | 9,013 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Berry Breck [SEP] conflict | Joseph Berry Breck
Joseph Berry Breck (July 12, 1828 – July 26, 1865) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Breck was born in Maine, the son of Benjamin Dunton Breck and Jane S. Simmons. Breck had a successful career in the American mercantile marine as a shipmaster and busi... | Joseph Breck (disambiguation)
Joseph Breck may refer to:
- Joseph Breck (1794–1873), Massachusetts businessman and gardener
- Joseph Breck (curator) (1885–1933), assistant director of Metropolitan Museum of Art and director of The Cloisters
- Joseph Berry Breck (1828–1865), U.S. Navy officer | 9,014 | zeroshot-train |
Juan Modesto [SEP] conflict | Juan Modesto
Juan Guilloto León, usually referred to as Modesto or Juan Modesto (24 September 1906 – 16 April 1969), was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Born at El Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz, Juan Guilloto worked at a sawmill before joining the Spanish Army. ... | , Brazilian footballer (soccer)
- Francesco Modesto (born 1982), Italian footballer (soccer)
- François Modesto (born 1978), French footballer (soccer)
- Jose Modesto Darcourt (1958-2014), Cuban baseball player
- Joseph Wol Modesto, South Sudanese politician
- Josué Modesto dos Passos Subrinho (born 1956), Brazilian Ec... | 9,015 | zeroshot-train |
Juan Picasso González [SEP] conflict | Juan Picasso González
Juan Picasso González (Málaga, 22 August 1857 – Madrid, 5 April 1935) was a Spanish military man and general who participated in the Rif War with the Spanish Army of Africa in late 19th century and early 20th century. He was a military investigation instructor known for "Expediente Picasso" "(Pica... | Ignacio González del Castillo (1763–1800), Spanish playwright
- Juan Miguel González, father of Cuban raft boy Elián González
- Juan Natalicio González (1897–1966), president of Paraguay, 1948
- Juan Picasso González (1857–1935), Spanish army officer
- Juan Gonzalez, creator of the play-by-post role-playing game Aelyri... | 9,016 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Thom [SEP] conflict | Karl Thom
Lieutenant Karl Thom (19 May 1893 – 3 March 1945), was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 27 victories. He was decorated with both his nation's highest decorations for valor, the Military Merit Cross as an enlisted soldier, and the Pour le Mérite after he was commissioned as an officer. He was one... | , so boundaries were seldom distinct.
See also.
- Interior Salish languages
- Tillamook (extinct Salishan language)
Bibliography.
- Bates, Dawn, Hess, Thom, and Hilbert, Vi; map by Dassow, Laura, 1994, Lushootseed dictionary, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, . (alk. paper) Revised and expanded update... | 9,017 | zeroshot-train |
Leopoldo Eleuteri [SEP] conflict | Leopoldo Eleuteri
"Tenente" Leopoldo Eleuteri was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Biography.
Leopoldo Eleuteri was born in Castel Ritaldi, Kingdom of Italy, on 27 December 1894. He was a student in a technical school until conscripted in 1915. At first, he was assigned to duty in ordnance... | Resch, and Flaminio Avet in staking claims for an enemy two-seater and two fighters; Eleuteri was credited with two victories.
Eleuteri would go on to fly 151 combat sorties and would engage the Austro-Hungarian enemy 26 times. He had seven of his eight combat claims confirmed, usually in conjunction with Bocchese and ... | 9,018 | zeroshot-train |
Little Omar [SEP] conflict | Little Omar
Petit Omar or Little Omar was the nickname of Yacef Omar (1944-1957), a notable figure of the Algerian War for Independence.
Biography.
Yacef Omar was born in 1944 at the Casbah of Algiers in a kabyle family. He is the nephew of Yacef Saadi, leader of the Autonomous Zone of Algiers. Little Omar was the liai... | as "Old Face" Andre. When Bill Rawls puts Lt. Charles Marimow in charge of the MCU for political reasons, the investigation stalls, due to Marimow's ordering a shutdown of the money-tracing.
"Proposition Joe" Stewart engineers a conflict between Marlo and Omar Little in an attempt to demonstrate the benefits of joining... | 9,019 | zeroshot-train |
Ludwig Luer [SEP] conflict | Ludwig Luer
"Leutnant" Ludwig Luer was a German World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
World War I service.
Luer was forwarded from "Armee-Flug-Park" 4 (Army Flight Park 4) to "Jagdstaffel 27", a fighter squadron, on 7 March 1917. At that time, he was ranked as a "Offizierstellvertreter" (Deputy Off... | Luer
Luer (also Lüer) is a Germanic surname. It may refer to:
- Carlyle A. Luer (born 1922), American botanist specializing in orchids
- Greg Luer (born 1994), English footballer
- Hermann Wülfing Luer (?–1883), German instrument maker; inventor of the Luer taper
- Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901–1997), Chilean pharmacist, bot... | 9,020 | zeroshot-train |
Lysander Cutler [SEP] conflict | Lysander Cutler
Lysander Cutler (February 16, 1807 – July 30, 1866) was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.
Early years.
Cutler was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer. Despite objections from his father, he desired a better education ... | Other.
- Allan Cutler, Canadian sponsorship scandal whistleblower
- Casey Cutler, United States criminal
- Craig Cutler, American photographer
- David Cutler, economist
- Hannah Tracy Cutler, abolitionist, temperance and women's suffrage activist
- Helen Cutler, Australian charity worker and patron
- John Cutler (disam... | 9,021 | zeroshot-train |
Ma Zhongying [SEP] conflict | and Kemal Kaya Effendi. Ma's adjutant claimed to Hedin that Ma had the entire region of Tien-shan-nan-lu (southern Xinjiang) under his control and Sven could pass through safely without any trouble. Hedin did not believe this assertion. Some of Ma's Tungan (Chinese-speaking Muslim) troops attacked Hedin's expedition by... | Muslim conflict in Gansu (1927–30)
Muslim Conflict in Gansu was when a coalition of Muslim Generals broke out in revolt against the Guominjun in 1927. Prominent among the rebels was Ma Tingxiang, the son of the General Ma Anliang, who received aid in the form of arms from Zhang Zuolin in Manchuria.
Causes.
Famine, natu... | 9,022 | zeroshot-train |
Marder III [SEP] conflict | Marder III
"Marder" III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers. They mounted either Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field guns, or German 7.5 cm PaK 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis of the Panzer 38(t). They offered little protection to the crew, but a... | ". Among the many German casemated tank destroyers, one based on the Panzer 38(t) chassis was built in numbers from 1944: the "Jagdpanzer 38(t)". The weakly armored Marder series were phased out of production in favor of the Jagdpanzer 38(t), but Marder series vehicles served until the end of the conflict.
External lin... | 9,023 | zeroshot-train |
Matt Whitaker Ransom [SEP] conflict | Matt Whitaker Ransom
Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.
Early life and antebellum career.
Matt Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carol... | great grandfather was Peter Ransom, who arrived in Virginia from England, settling in Elizabeth County, Virginia, and served in the House of Burgesses in 1652.
Ransom was the great-grandfather of Confederate generals Matt Whitaker Ransom and Robert Ransom, and great-great grandfather of Confederate general John Pegram ... | 9,024 | zeroshot-train |
Max Kahlow [SEP] conflict | Max Kahlow
Vizefeldwebel Max Kahlow (born 11 May 1894, date of death unknown) was a German World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Max Kahlow was born on 11 May 1894 in Bad Schoenfließ, German Empire; due to changes in political boundaries, the town is in present-day ... | He scored his second aerial victory on 29 July 1917. On 21 August, his craft was brought down by anti-aircraft fire, but Kahlow was unwounded. He would score four more confirmed victories during 1918. By the time he was discharged from the military on 15 December 1918, Max Kahlow had earned both the Second and First Cl... | 9,025 | zeroshot-train |
Maximino Ávila Camacho [SEP] conflict | Maximino Ávila Camacho
Maximino Ávila Camacho (1891 in Teziutlán, Puebla – 1945 in Mexico City) was a Constitutionalist Army in the Mexican Revolution and afterwards politician who served as governor of Puebla from 1937 to 1941 and as secretary of Public Works in the cabinet of his brother, President Manuel Ávila Camac... | Maximino Fernández Ávila
Maximino Alejandro Fernández Ávila (30 April 1968 – july 26 2018) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress as a plurinominal representative.
Nieto de Maximino Ávila Camacho quien es... | 9,026 | zeroshot-train |
Michael O'Riordan [SEP] conflict | Michael O'Riordan
Michael O'Riordan (; 12 November 1917 – 18 May 2006) was the founder of the Communist Party of Ireland (3rd) and also fought with the Connolly Column in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
Early life.
O'Riordan was born at 37 Pope's Quay, Cork City, on 11 November 1917. He was the... | Michael D. Ward
Michael Don Ward (born August 24, 1948) is an American political scientist and academic. He is professor emeritus of political science at Duke University, an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center, and the principal investigator at Ward Lab, a website that creates conflict predictions using Bayes... | 9,027 | zeroshot-train |
Moestopo [SEP] conflict | and his allies took offense to the demands and refused to entertain British requests. Fighting between the forces took place from 28 to 30 October after Moestopo told his troops that the British would attempt to forcibly disarm them; the fighting culminated with Mallaby's death.
When the British forces asked President ... | Moestopo
Major General Professor Moestopo (13 July 1913 – 29 September 1986) was an Indonesian dentist, freedom fighter, and educator. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia on 10 November 2007.
Born in Kediri, East Java, Moestopo moved to Surabaya to attend the School of Dentistry there. At first becoming a prac... | 9,028 | zeroshot-train |
Oliver Otis Howard [SEP] conflict | Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seve... | General Oliver Otis Howard House
The General Oliver Otis Howard House, also known as Howard Hall, is a historic house, and the oldest surviving building on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C. Built in 1867, it was the home of General Oliver Otis Howard, the university founder and its third president. T... | 9,029 | zeroshot-train |
Oscar Randolph Fladmark [SEP] conflict | Oscar Randolph Fladmark
Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. (June 23, 1922 – July 27, 1955) was an American fighter pilot who flew 164 "no-injury" combat missions in World War II and the Korean War. Fladmark received the Distinguished Flying Cross during his military career. Just a few years after the Korean War, Major Fladma... | exercises, and was upgraded to F-84B Thunderjet jet aircraft in early 1948.
The War Department authorized the establishment of Air National Guard units in all 48 states, with three units comprising a wing based in Sioux Falls, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa. The Air National Guard wing was organized by Colonel Frederi... | 9,030 | zeroshot-train |
Paul Lacombe de La Tour [SEP] conflict | Paul Lacombe de La Tour
Paul Lacombe de La Tour was a French army officer who served from 1910 to 1940 through both World War I and World War II. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and led the 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division into combat during the Battle of France. La Tour was kille... | was again transferred on February 3, 1940, to Bizerte also in northern Tunisia. On February 3, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Lacombe de La Tour was placed in command of the 97th Reconnaissance Group. On March 21, 1940, the 97th GRDI arrived at Marseilles and by March 24 the unit was transferred to Carcassonne where it was at... | 9,031 | zeroshot-train |
Peleg Wadsworth [SEP] conflict | Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Wadsworth was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts... | Coffin, Jr., financier, insurer, and politician
- Peleg Sprague, politician from Maine
- Peleg Sprague, politician from New Hampshire
- Peleg Tallman, Representative from Massachusetts
- Peleg Wadsworth, officer during the Revolutionary War, and a Congressman
Surname.
- Israel
- David Peleg, historian and diplomat
- Da... | 9,032 | zeroshot-train |
Percival Drayton [SEP] conflict | Percival Drayton
Percival Drayton (August 25, 1812 – August 4, 1865) was a career United States Navy officer who served during the American Civil War. He commanded naval forces against Confederate forts defended by his brother Thomas F. Drayton in the capture of Port Royal, South Carolina in 1861. He died after the war... | USS Drayton (DD-23)
USS "Drayton" (DD-23) was a in the United States Navy. She was the first ship named for Captain Percival Drayton.
"Drayton" was launched on 22 August 1910 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss E. G. Drayton, niece of Captain Drayton, and commissioned on 29 October 1910, Lieutenant Comma... | 9,033 | zeroshot-train |
Peter Gerald Charles Dickens [SEP] conflict | Peter Gerald Charles Dickens
Captain Peter Gerald Charles Dickens DSO, MBE, DSC, RN (6 April 1917 – 25 May 1987) was a Royal Navy officer during World War II and a great-grandson of novelist Charles Dickens.
Life and career.
The son of Admiral Sir Gerald Charles Dickens and Kathlen Pearl Birch, Peter Dickens was born i... | Gerald Dickens
Gerald Dickens may refer to:
- Gerald Charles Dickens (1879–1962), Royal Navy admiral
- Gerald Charles Dickens (actor) (born 1963), British actor and performer
- Gerald R. Dickens, professor of earth sciences at Rice University, Houston, Texas
See also.
- Peter Gerald Charles Dickens (1917–1987), Royal N... | 9,034 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre-Louis Dupas [SEP] conflict | Pierre-Louis Dupas
Count of the Empire Pierre-Louis Dupas (13 February 1761 – 6 March 1823) was a French soldier who rose to prominence during the French Revolutionary Wars, was noted for his association with Napoleon Bonaparte, and rose to the top military rank of General of Division during the Napoleonic Wars. A fier... | in the Lyonnaise school
- Pierre-Louis Dietsch (1808–1865), French composer and conductor
- Pierre-Louis Dieufaite (1983–2014), Haitian actor, known for his supporting role in the award-winning film "Love Me Haiti"
- Pierre Louis Dulong FRS FRSE IOF (1785–1838), French physicist and chemist, remembered for the law of D... | 9,035 | zeroshot-train |
Rajesh Singh Adhikari [SEP] conflict | Rajesh Singh Adhikari
Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, MVC (25 December 1970 – 30 May 1999), was an Indian Army officer who died during the Kargil War. He was posthumously awarded the second highest Indian military honour, the Maha Vir Chakra for bravery on the battlefield.
Early life.
Adhikari was brought up in Nainital, ... | . For conspicuous gallantry and supreme sacrifice, Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari was posthumously awarded the second highest Indian Army decoration Maha Vir Chakra for his actions in the battle.
Maha Vir Chakra Citation.
The citation for the Maha Vir Chakra reads as follows:
In popular culture.
In the 2003 war film LOC K... | 9,036 | zeroshot-train |
Reiner Dierksen [SEP] conflict | Reiner Dierksen
Reiner Dierksen (24 March 1908 – 15 May 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and posthumous recipient of the German Cross in Gold.
Naval career.
Reiner Dierksen joined the "Reichsmarine" in 1933. From October 1938 to June 1940 he was Commander M 5 of the 1st Mineseweeping flotilla, then h... | and U-boat familiarization until 15 December 1941 when he commissioned the Type IXC at Bremen. On his second patrol with U-176 Dierksen ran into one of the most stubborn victims of the entire war when he spent almost 48 hours hunting the Dutch steam merchant, Polydorus, before finally sinking her with his 7th and 8th t... | 9,037 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Ballard Long [SEP] conflict | Robert Ballard Long
Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 – 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high command due to his abrasive manner with his superiors and his alleg... | Robert Ballard (disambiguation)
Robert Ballard may refer to:
- Robert Ballard (lutenist) ( or 1575 – after 1650), French lutenist and composer
- Robert Ballard (born 1942), former United States Navy officer and oceanographer
- Robert Ballard (athlete) (born 1964), Australian athlete
See also.
- Robert Ballard Long (177... | 9,038 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Johnson Henderson [SEP] conflict | Robert Johnson Henderson
Robert Johnson Henderson (November 12, 1822 – February 3, 1891) was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War). His obituary stated that he was made a brigadier general by General Joseph E. Johnston, after Johnston witnessed Henderson making a desperate charge a... | , Kensington.
Gilbert Wood Family.
He married Ann Fraser, born Muckle Row, Shetland Islands 1829 – 27 November 1920); they had four daughters and three sons; they lived at "Seaton Cottage", Magill Road, North Kensington:
- Peter Wood (22 June 1855 – 21 December 1921) married Alice Maude Johnson on 23 May 1882
- Annie W... | 9,039 | zeroshot-train |
Ronald William Turner [SEP] conflict | Ronald William Turner
Lieutenant Ronald William Turner , was an English World War I flying ace. He was credited with nine aerial victories while flying as an observer/gunner in two-seater fighters.
Early life.
Ronald William Turner was born in York, England, on 17 November 1897. He worked for five years as a joiner and... | - Col (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Turner, CAP, Sep 1962 - Oct 1965
- Brig Gen Lyle W. Castle, CAP, Oct 1965 - Oct 1968
- Brig Gen F. Ward Reilly, CAP, Oct 1968 - Oct 1970
- Brig Gen Samuel H. DuPont, Jr., CAP, Oct 1970 - Oct 1973
- Brig Gen William M. Patterson, CAP, Oct 1973 - Aug 1975
CAP National Commanders.
- Brig Gen... | 9,040 | zeroshot-train |
Rudolf Wulf [SEP] conflict | Rudolf Wulf
Rudolf Wulf (12 December 1905 – 14 November 1972) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 319th Infantry Division on the island of Guernsey. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Awards and decorations.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2... | %. The company was reconstituted as Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH and no longer had to publish its accounts. A substantial capital injection occurred at this time.
In August 1933 Hans Holle and Rudolf Schubert were given power of attorney over the Berlin branch of Focke-Wulf. Then in October 1933, Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau ... | 9,041 | zeroshot-train |
Russell M. Cox [SEP] conflict | Russell M. Cox
Russell M. Cox (January 30, 1919 – November 13, 1942), was a United States Navy officer, killed in action during World War II, for whom a U.S. Navy ship was named.
Naval career.
Russell Mills Cox was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 30, 1919. Appointed an ensign in the United States Naval Res... | Lord Kings Norton, British aircraft engineer
- Russell M. Cox (1919–1942), American navy officer
- Samuel Cox (minister) (1826–1893), English Nonconformist minister
- Samuel Hanson Cox (1793–1880), American Presbyterian theologian
- Samuel S. Cox (1824–1889), American Congressman and diplomat
- Sara Cox (born 1974), Br... | 9,042 | zeroshot-train |
SS Josiah Parker [SEP] conflict | SS Josiah Parker
SS Josiah Parker was a Liberty Ship built during World War II by Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, LA, of the EC2-S-C1 Type. The ship was named for Josiah Parker (1751 – 1810), an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the First throug... | of other ships. Practically all ships opened fire and the amount of flak falling was quite heavy ... The "Josiah Parker" reported an explosion on one of the escorts and indicated that she too was hit by shell fragments."
The SS "Josiah Parker" was sold to private interests in 1947 and scrapped in 1964.
External links.
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Sail Mohamed [SEP] conflict | Sail Mohamed
Sail Mohamed Ameriane ben Amerzaine (October 14, 1894 – April 1953) was an Algerian and French anarchist who fought in the Spanish Civil War. The French writer Jacques Prévert dedicated a poem to him.
Born in Kabylie, French Algeria, Sail Mohamed served in the French Colonial Forces.
He was arrested for i... | Sultan Mohamed Thakurufaanu who freed the country from the reign of the Portuguese. It is also the largest tree of its kind in the country, and probably the oldest as well. It is said that Mohamed Thakurufaanu received a lot of help from the renowned Maroshi Raaveribe ( toddy-tapper) in his fight for national independe... | 9,044 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel-François Lhéritier [SEP] conflict | Samuel-François Lhéritier
Baron Samuel-François Lhéritier de Chézelles (; 6 August 1772 – 23 August 1829) was a French soldier who rose through the ranks during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, eventually gaining promotion to the military rank of Général de Division.
While his initial career in the in... | II Corps division on the left, Gérard's Paris Reserve in the center and Louis Huguet-Château's II Corps division on the right. Victor's corps artillery marched in the intervals. Milhaud's corps included Hippolyte Piré's light cavalry division, André Briche's dragoon division and Samuel-François Lhéritier dragoon divisi... | 9,045 | zeroshot-train |
Selwyn Jepson [SEP] conflict | School, London and the Sorbonne. He served in the Tank Corps during World War I and in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II.
In his SOE role, "Captain" Selwyn Jepson was recruiting officer for F section, the independent French section. As a recruiter he was one of SOE's "most skilled craftsmen", and h... | Selwyn Jepson
Selwyn Jepson (Bloomsbury 25th November 1899-Empshott, Hampshire 1989) was a British mystery/detective author and screenwriter, and builder of the Far House, Farther Common, Liss, Hampshire.
His father was the mystery/detective author Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863–1938); his mother was Frieda Holmes, daughter... | 9,046 | zeroshot-train |
Springfield Model 1861 [SEP] conflict | Springfield Model 1861
The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket shoulder-arm used by the United States Army and Marine Corps during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of production, Springfield, Massachusetts), it was the most widely used U.S. Ar... | and a few other minor alterations to make it cheaper and easier to manufacture, thus creating the ubiquitous Model 1861 Springfield. The Model 1855 was the best arm available at the beginning of the conflict as it took some time for the Model 1861s to be manufactured and actually reach the field. However, less than 80,... | 9,047 | zeroshot-train |
Tadeusz Żenczykowski [SEP] conflict | Tadeusz Żenczykowski
Tadeusz Żenczykowski, pseudonym "Kania", "Kowalik" and "Zawadzki" (2 January 1907, in Warsaw – 30 March 1997, in London) was a Polish lawyer, political activist and soldier in the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) during World War II, taking part in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Immediately after the war, h... | Soldier's Talks") – Zygmunt Ziółek pseudonym "Sawa"
- Sub-department of Aid for Soldiers – headed by Major Hanna Łukaszewicz pseudonym "Ludwika"
- Section of Organisation
- Section of Propaganda and Training
- Section of Economy
- Section of Social Care
- Sub-department "Antyk" – captain Tadeusz Żenczykowski pseudonym ... | 9,048 | zeroshot-train |
Teófilo Marxuach [SEP] conflict | Teófilo Marxuach
Lieutenant Colonel Teófilo Marxuach, (July 28, 1877 – November 8, 1939), was the person who ordered the first shots fired in World War I on behalf of the United States on an armed German supply ship trying to force its way out of the San Juan Bay. Marxuach ordered hostile shots from a machine gun and a... | Teófilo Villavicencio Marxuach
Teófilo Villavicencio Marxuach (October 2, 1912 – February 29, 1992) was a pioneer in Puerto Rican radio broadcasting. Joaquín Agusty Ramírez, Rafael Quiñones Vidal, and Villavicencio are considered (in that order) the three most important Puerto Rican pioneers of radio broadcasting.
Earl... | 9,049 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Carleton [SEP] conflict | Thomas Carleton
Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – 2 February 1817) was an Irish-born British Army officer who was promoted to Colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776. After the war, he was appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and supervised the resettlement of Lo... | . Normally, the Apaches' tactics involved guerrilla-style warfare. Capt. Thomas Roberts was persuaded by this conflict that it would be best to find a route around Apache Pass, which he did. Gen. Carleton continued unhindered to New Mexico and subsequently took over as commander of the territory.
In January 1863, Gen. ... | 9,050 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas E. Atkins [SEP] conflict | Thomas E. Atkins
Thomas E. Atkins (February 5, 1921 – September 15, 1999) was a Private in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for actions in World War II during a skirmish on 10 March 1945 in the Battle of Luzon.
He joined the Army from his birth town in December 1942.
After the war.
Atkins retired ... | Thomas Atkins
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Atkins may refer to:
People.
- Thomas Atkins (mercer), ("fl." 1570s to 1590s) Elizabethan, who was the Member of Parliament and holder of public offices
- Thomas Atkins (Lord Mayor) ("fl." 1640 to 1653), Lord Mayor of London, 1637
- Thomas E. Atkins (1921–1999), United States Army so... | 9,051 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas E. Atkinson [SEP] conflict | Thomas E. Atkinson
Thomas E. Atkinson (born 1824, 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 at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Biography.
Born in 1824 in Salem, Massachusetts, Atkinson was still livin... | forts active during the various Indian Wars.
Countless American military heroes served at the post over the years. Early leaders Thomas Atkinson, Henry Leavenworth and Henry Dodge had already won fame in the War of 1812 before coming to Jefferson Barracks. The post’s size and military importance in the mid-19th century... | 9,052 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas George Lanphier, Jr. [SEP] conflict | Thomas George Lanphier Jr.
Thomas George Lanphier Jr. (November 27, 1915 – November 26, 1987) was a colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit,
for shooting down the plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Biog... | 1st Baron Crathorne
754. Thomas E. Bourke
755. Thomas E. McCall
756. Thomas E. Watson (USMC)
757. Thomas Eastick
758. Thomas F. Breslin
759. Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
760. Thomas Farrell
761. Thomas Ferebee
762. Thomas Frank Durrant
763. Thomas George Lanphier, Jr.
764. Thomas Gray (VC)
765. Thomas H... | 9,053 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Maley Harris [SEP] conflict | Thomas Maley Harris
Thomas Maley Harris (1817–1906) was a physician and Union general during the American Civil War.
Born and raised in Harrisville, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), Harris originally set out to be a teacher, but changed career paths to study medicine. He received his medical degree from Louisville... | Harrisville, West Virginia
Harrisville is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,876 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ritchie County. The town is home to historic Berdine's Five and Dime.
History.
Some say the town was named for Gen. Thomas Harris, while others believe ... | 9,054 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Pleasant Dockery [SEP] conflict | Thomas Pleasant Dockery
Thomas Pleasant Dockery (December 18, 1833 – February 27, 1898) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life.
Dockery was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina, to Col. John Dockery, who had participated in the Indian removals in North Caro... | 1983), American basketball player
- Thomas Pleasant Dockery (1833–1898), American military officer
- Will Dockery (1865–1936), American plantation owner
See also.
- "Dockery and Son", a poem in "The Whitsun Weddings" by Philip Larkin | 9,055 | zeroshot-train |
Trần Văn Bảy [SEP] conflict | Trần Văn Bảy
Trần Văn Bảy was a Private First Class of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who was awarded the Navy Cross for actions on February 19, 1967 during the Vietnam War. Bảy was one of only two South Vietnamese, and the only South Vietnamese Army member, to receive the Navy Cross during the Vietnam War (the ot... | Trần Lệ Xuân"
- Đỗ Văn Nghiêm ... "Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục"
- Huyền Anh ... "Doctor Trần Kim Tuyến"
- Robert Hải ... "G. Frederick Reinhardt"
- Lan Chi ... "Reporter Hélen Fanfani"
- Bùi Thương Tín ... "Major Lê Như Vọng"
- Cai Văn Mỹ ... "Lý Kai"
- Phan Hiền Khánh ... "Bảy Cầu Muối"
- Đặng Trí Hoàng Sơn... | 9,056 | zeroshot-train |
Turner Gustavus Morehead [SEP] conflict | Turner Gustavus Morehead
Turner Gustavus Morehead (1814–1892) was an officer in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War and Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army.
Early life.
Turner Gustavus Morehead, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, on March 18, 1814, was educated and grew to young manhood in that city, b... | James Turner Morehead (North Carolina)
James Turner Morehead is the name shared by two separate individuals, uncle and nephew, who were members of a prominent nineteenth-century North Carolina family.
The first James Turner Morehead (January 11, 1799 – May 5, 1875) was the younger brother of North Carolina Govorner Joh... | 9,057 | zeroshot-train |
USNS Sgt. Morris E. Crain (T-AK-244) [SEP] conflict | USNS Sgt. Morris E. Crain (T-AK-244)
USNS "Sgt. Morris E. Crain" (T-AK-244) was a built at the end of World War II and served in the war prior to its demilitarization as a commercial cargo vessel. From post-war to 1950 she served the U.S. Army as a transport named USAT "Morris E. Crain". In 1950 she was acquired by the... | -AK-238)
- USNS "Kingsport Victory" (T-AK-239)
- USNS "Private John R. Towle" (T-AK-240)
- USNS "Private Francis X. McGraw" (T-AK-241)
- USNS "Sgt. Andrew Miller" (T-AK-242)
- USNS "Sgt. Archer T. Gammon" (T-AK-243)
- USNS "Sgt. Morris E. Crain" (T-AK-244)
- USNS "Captain Arlo L. Olson" (T-AK-245 | 9,058 | zeroshot-train |
USS Mistletoe (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS Mistletoe (1861)
USS "Mistletoe" (1861) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was planned by the Union Navy for use as a tugboat whose task it was to tow other ships or to free them when they became stuck or otherwise inoperable.
"Mistletoe", a small steam tug, was built as "R... | USS Mistletoe (WAGL-237)
The third USS "Mistletoe", originally designed for duty with the Lighthouse Service as a buoy tender, was built in 1939 by the Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota. As the Lighthouse Service became part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939, "Mistletoe" commissioned as a Coast Guard ... | 9,059 | zeroshot-train |
USS Sea Bird (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Sea Bird (1863)
USS "Sea Bird" (1863) was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
She was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
C... | 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... | 9,060 | zeroshot-train |
Ulrich Neckel [SEP] conflict | Ulrich Neckel
Ulrich Neckel (23 January 1898 – 11 May 1928) Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross First and Second Class, was a World War I fighter ace credited with 30 victories.
Early life and enlistment.
Ulrich Neckel was born in Güstrow, part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in northeastern Germany. He enlisted age... | was responsible for at least a dozen deaths; yet the twenty-year-old ace sought out and shook hands with his final victim, Lieutenant Ben E. Brown.
Ulrich Neckel survived the war, only to succumb to tuberculosis while in Arco. He was buried in Berlin. He was 30 years old.
In the 1930s, Lufthansa named one of its Junker... | 9,061 | zeroshot-train |
Welrod [SEP] conflict | Welrod
The Welrod is a British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed pistol devised during World War II by Major Hugh Reeves at the Inter-Services Research Bureau (later Station IX). Station IX, being based near Welwyn Garden City, gave the Welrod its unusual name, being derived from "Wel" from "Welwyn Garden City" (a ... | the right people were properly credited for their inventions at Station IX. This document reveals that the inventor of the Welrod was Major Hugh Reeves. He was also responsible for other important designs, including the sleeve gun, which was similar to the Welrod, though single shot and made to conceal up a sleeve.
The... | 9,062 | zeroshot-train |
Werner Preuss [SEP] conflict | Werner Preuss
Leutnant Werner Preuss (21 September 1894 – 6 March 1919), Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, was a World War I fighter ace credited with 22 victories.
Early life and military service.
Werner Preuss was the son of a tax inspector. He graduated from high school in Rendsburg, Holstein on 6 Augus... | Prophets or Apostles had higher authority, and when Apostle Preuss died on 25 July 1878, open conflict broke out. Geyer had already called the coal dealer Johannes F.L. Gueldner as an apostle in a private meeting four months before apostle Preuss' death. Apostle Preuss had refused to recognize this calling and, on his ... | 9,063 | zeroshot-train |
Whitfield Jack [SEP] conflict | Whitfield Jack
George Whitfield Jack, Jr., known as Whitfield Jack or Whit Jack (July 10, 1906 – April 23, 1989), was a United States Army colonel in World War II, a major general of the United States Army Reserve, and a prominent attorney in his native Shreveport, Louisiana.
Jack's father, George W. Jack, a native of... | - Aug 12: Hanson
- Aug 19: Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour
- Aug 26: Steve Lucas of X
- Sep 2: Gang of Youths
- Sep 9: Spoon
- Sep 16: The Preatures
- Sep 23: Mogwai
- Sep 30: Died Pretty
- Oct 7: The Jungle Giants
- Oct 14: Future Islands
- Nov 4: Cub Sport
- Nov 18: Whitfield Crane
- Nov 25: Pete Tong
- Dec | 9,064 | zeroshot-train |
Willard Warner [SEP] conflict | Willard Warner
Willard Warner (September 4, 1826 – November 23, 1906) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war.
Early life and career.
Warner was born in Granville, Ohio. His great-grandfather was Luke Knowlton, a found... | Dag Hammarskjöld
- 4 Jul – Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 11 Jul – Gussie Busch
- 18 Jul – André Malraux
- 25 Jul – Nikolai Bulganin
- 1 Aug – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Nikolai Bulganin, Edgar Faure
- 8 Aug – Roy Campanella
- 15 Aug – Willard Libby
- 22 Aug – Carmine De Sapio
- 29 Aug – Frank Sinatra
- 5 Sep – Herman... | 9,065 | zeroshot-train |
William Rufus Shafter [SEP] conflict | William Rufus Shafter
William Rufus Shafter (October 16, 1835 – November 12, 1906) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shafter also played a prominent part as a major general in the Spa... | Ruger, April 20, 1891 - July, 1891
Commanders Department of California after July 3, 1891 - February 15, 1913.
- Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, July 3, 1891 - November 10, 1894
- Brigadier General James W. Forsyth, November 10, 1894 - 1897
- Major General William Rufus Shafter 1897 - May 1898
- ?, May 1898 - Septem... | 9,066 | zeroshot-train |
William Scott Chalmers [SEP] conflict | William Scott Chalmers
William Scott Chalmers CBE DSC (1 May 1888 – 11 June 1971) was a rear admiral of the Royal Navy who served in World War I and World War II.
Biography.
Chalmers was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Dr. Quintin Chalmers MD JP of London. He attended the Glasgow Academy from 1895 to 1902, enteri... | William Chalmers (bishop) (1833–1901), Anglican Bishop of Goulburn
- William Scott Chalmers (1888–1971), admiral in the Royal Navy
See also.
- Billy Chalmers (born 1907), Scottish football player and manager | 9,067 | zeroshot-train |
William Woodford [SEP] conflict | William Woodford
William Woodford (October 6, 1734 – November 13, 1780) was an American Revolutionary War general from Virginia.
Early life.
William Woodford was born in Caroline County, Virginia Colony, in the town, of present-day Woodford. His wife's grandmother, Mildred Washington Gregory, was George Washington's Au... | in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.
In June 1897, President William McKinley had appointed Stewart L. Woodford to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, in a last attempt to convince the Spanish government to sell its ... | 9,068 | zeroshot-train |
Zdzisław Henneberg [SEP] conflict | Zdzisław Henneberg
Zdzisław Henneberg VM, DFC, KZ***, CdeG (11 May 1911 – 12 April 1941) was a Polish airman who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain and a flying ace of the Second World War.
Early life and career.
Henneberg was born on 11 May 1914 in Warsaw. He graduated from the VIIIth Polish Ai... | Henneberg
Henneberg may refer to:
Terms.
- Henneberg family, German nobility
Places.
- County of Henneberg, a mediaeval state in the Holy Roman Empire
- Henneberg, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany
People.
- Henneberg, Allan, b. 1964, a Danish Computer Engineer and Adventure
- Henneberg, Maciej, b. 1949, ... | 9,069 | zeroshot-train |
31st Indian Armoured Division [SEP] conflict | 31st Indian Armoured Division
The 31st Indian Armoured Division was an armoured division of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in 1940, originally as the 1st Indian Armoured Division; it consisted of units of the British Army and the British Indian Army. When it was raised, it consisted of two Armoured Brigade... | was unlinked from R Battery at Sheraiba "(or Shuabia)" on 9 November and was once again T Battery, RA. 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade (by now renumbered as 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade) came under the command of 31st Indian Armoured Division and the regiment came under the direct command of the division on 1 August 1942.... | 9,070 | zeroshot-train |
7th Cavalry Regiment [SEP] conflict | 1st Cavalry Brigade was garrisoned at Douglas, Arizona. Additional garrison points were used as well.
The 7th Cavalry Regiment continued to train as horse cavalry right up to the American entry into World War II, including participation in several training maneuvers at the Louisiana Maneuver Area on 26 April – 28 May 1... | Formation.
- 3rd Carabiniers, Lee tanks
- 149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, Lee tanks, raised from a Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 150th Royal Armoured Corps Regiment, Lee tanks, raised from 10th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
- 7th Light Cavalry, Stuart tanks
- 3/4th Bombay Grenadiers
Comma... | 9,071 | zeroshot-train |
AMX-30 [SEP] conflict | coming years, the AMX-30 would be exported to Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and Chile. By the end of production, 3,571 units of AMX-30s and its variants had been manufactured. Both Spain and Venezuela later began extensive modernization programs to extend the life of their vehicles an... | -Range Munition which was attempted to be developed for the M1A2 SEP Abrams MBT.
- Russia: 9K112 Kobra (AT-8 Songster) is also fired through 125-mm smoothbore gun tubes.
- Israel: LAHAT, used with their 105 and 120-mm gun tubes.
- France: 142mm anti-tank missile, tested on a version of the AMX-30 MBT.
- Ukraine: tandem... | 9,072 | zeroshot-train |
Aberra Kassa [SEP] conflict | " Kebbedech Seyum, the daughter of "Leul Ras" Seyum Mangasha.
During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Aberra Kassa fought for his father. At the Second Battle of Tembien, the armies of his father and Seyum Mangasha were defeated in battle and bombed out of existence as they withdrew.
During the early days of the Italia... | Aberra Kassa
Aberra Kassa (1905 – 21 December 1936) was an army commander and a member of the Royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.
Biography.
"Leul" "Dejazmach" ("Prince of the Cadet line") Aberra Kassa was the second son of "Ras" ("Duke") Kassa Haile Darge. Kassa Haile Darge was a loyal ally of Negus Tafari Makonnen,... | 9,073 | zeroshot-train |
Albert Beyer [SEP] conflict | Albert Beyer
Albert E Beyer (June 13, 1859 – October 29, 1929) was a United States Navy Coxswain received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Cienfuegos during the Spanish–American War. He was one of 52 sailors and Marines awarded the Medal for actions during that battle. Albert is buried in the Mount M... | Beyer
Beyer is mostly a German family name. Most inventions and institutions listed here with the name Beyer were named after an inventor or founder or supporter with the name Beyer.
People named Beyer.
- Absalon Pederssøn Beyer (died 1575), Norwegian clergyman
- Adam Beyer (born 1976), Swedish techno producer and DJ
-... | 9,074 | zeroshot-train |
Aleksander Litwinowicz [SEP] conflict | Aleksander Litwinowicz
Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879 — 1948) was a Polish general who was a member of Polish Independence Organizations before World War I and a member of the Polish Legions during the war. Litwinowicz was promoted to general in 1924. From 1936 to 1939 he was the Second Deputy Minister of War and Chief o... | Litwinowicz
Litwinowicz is a Polish and a Belarusian surname derived from the word "litwin" meaning "a Lithuanian". The Belarusian variant of spelling is Litvinovič (Лiтвiновiч), and the English one is Litvinovich.
Surnames of similar etymology: Slavic: Litvin, Litvinchuk, Litvinov, Litwin, Litvak, Litovchenko; German... | 9,075 | zeroshot-train |
Alexander Slidell MacKenzie [SEP] conflict | Alexander Slidell MacKenzie
Alexander Slidell MacKenzie (January 24, 1842 – June 13, 1867) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Early life.
He was the son of Catherine Alexander (Robinson) and Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, both of whom were natives of New York City. His father was a we... | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (April 6, 1803 – September 13, 1848), born Alexander Slidell, was a US naval officer, most famous for his 1842 decision to execute three suspected mutineers aboard a ship under his command, the "USS Somers". Mackenzie was also an accomplished man of letters, produ... | 9,076 | zeroshot-train |
Alexander von Hartmann [SEP] conflict | Alexander von Hartmann
Alexander von Hartmann (11 December 1890 – 26 January 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 71st Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Hartmann was killed on 26 January 1943 during the Battle of S... | 1673 Died)
- Johann Hartmann Reichsritter von Rosenbach † (13 Mar 1673 Appointed – 19 Apr 1675 Died)
- Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † (Jul 1675 Appointed – 24 Apr 1683 Died)
- Konrad Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Wernau † (31 May 1683 Appointed – 5 Sep 1684 Died)
- Johann Gottfried II von Gutenberg † (16 Oct 1684... | 9,077 | zeroshot-train |
Armbrust [SEP] conflict | at either end of the barrel, locking the hot gases inside. Its warhead can penetrate up to 300 mm of armoured steel.
Since 2004, Armbrusts have gradually been replaced by the Israeli-German-Singapore co-developed MATADOR.
Combat use.
During the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Armbrust was supplied to the Cambodian Khmer Roug... | Armbrust (surname)
Armbrust is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Barbara Armbrust (born 1963), Canadian rower
- Heather Armbrust (born 1977), American professional bodybuilder
- Orville Armbrust (1908–1967), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tobin Armbrust, American film producer
Fictional characters:... | 9,078 | zeroshot-train |
Bernd von Brauchitsch [SEP] conflict | Bernd von Brauchitsch
Bernd von Brauchitsch (30 September 1911 - 19 December 1974) was a German aristocratic "Luftwaffe" colonel during World War II and adjutant to "Reichsmarschall" Hermann Göring.
Born in 1911, as the son of Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, he embarked on a military career. He took part in the ... | - Margarete von Brauchitsch (1879-1939), designer.
- Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948), field marshal.
- Georg von Brauchitsch (1885-1940), archeologist.
- Manfred von Brauchitsch (1905–2003), auto-racing driver.
- Bernd von Brauchitsch (1911-1974) adjutant to Göring and, after the war, a manager in steel business.
-... | 9,079 | zeroshot-train |
Bertrand du Guesclin [SEP] conflict | Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander in the French side during the Hundred Years' War. From 1370 to his death, he was Constable of France for King Charles V. Well k... | advance halted at the unsuccessful siege of Bécherel. Another opportunity to negotiate an agreement arose, but again Joan blocked negotiations. John de Montfort moved to besiege Auray with renowned English warlord John Chandos. Charles of Blois and Bertrand du Guesclin came to the rescue of the besieged city, but they ... | 9,080 | zeroshot-train |
Biggles [SEP] conflict | based have been suggested, including rugby player and WWI flying ace Cyril Lowe, fighter pilot Albert Ball and air commodore Arthur Bigsworth. Johns stated that the character was a composite of many individuals in the RFC (including himself).
The bulk of the Biggles books are set after the First World War, and after Jo... | "Biggles Foreign Legionnaire" (1954) in W. E. John's Biggles series set in the '50s, the eponymous hero and his protégé Ginger join the Legion as part of an undercover operation trying to unmask a gang of multi-national arms dealers who are instigating war in global conflict zones.
- The chronicle of Richard Halliburto... | 9,081 | zeroshot-train |
Carlos Asensio Cabanillas [SEP] conflict | Carlos Asensio Cabanillas
Carlos Asensio Cabanillas (14 November 1896, Madrid – 1969, Madrid) was a Spanish soldier and statesman who served during the Spanish Civil War, rising in command from Colonel to General in Franco's Army of Africa.
When Franco's military conspiracy flared into revolt in July 1936, Asensio Caba... | Asensio
Asensio is a Spanish given name and surname.
Notable people with the given name include:
- Asensio Julià i Alvarracín (1760–1832), Spanish painter and engraver
- Asensio Nebot "The Friar" (1779-after 1831), Spanish monk and rebel
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ana Asensio (1978-), Spanish actress a... | 9,082 | zeroshot-train |
Charles B. Woram [SEP] conflict | Charles B. Woram
Charles B. Woram (March 29, 1845 – November 1, 1897) 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 on March 29, 1845, in New York City, Woram was still living in the stat... | Mobile Bay. These men were:
- Quartermaster John E. Jones
- Coxswain Thomas Kendrick
- Landsman David Naylor
- Ordinary Seaman William D. Newland
- Landsman John Preston
- Sergeant James S. Roantree (USMC)
- Quartermaster James Sheridan
- Seaman Charles B. Woram
In late June 1865, shortly after the conclusion of the Ci... | 9,083 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Calvin Rogers [SEP] conflict | Charles Calvin Rogers
Charles Calvin Rogers (September 6, 1929 – September 21, 1990) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Biography.
Charles Rogers joined the U.S. Army through the Army ROTC program at West Virgi... | Charles Rogers
Charles Rogers may refer to:
- Charles Rogers (1711–1784), British customs official and art collector
- Charles Rogers (born 1987), American film director and screenwriter
- Charles Rogers (born 1981), American football wide receiver
- Charles Rogers (1903–1986), American football coach
- Charles "Buddy"... | 9,084 | zeroshot-train |
Charles F. Marshall [SEP] conflict | Charles F. Marshall
World War II veteran Charles F. Marshall (1915 - October 2002) was raised by a German-speaking family in New Jersey, United States, and spoke fluent German.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army Sixth Corps in World War II for military intelligence and interrogated German POWs and analyzed captured and ... | Paul Reynaud
- 24 Jun – Benito Mussolini & Pietro Badoglio
- 1 Jul – Admiral Richardson
- 8 Jul – Philip Henry Kerr
- 15 Jul – Vyacheslav Molotov
- 22 Jul – Fumimaro Konoe
- 29 Jul – George Marshall
- 5 Aug – Sir Alan F. Brooke
- 12 Aug – Getúlio Vargas
- 19 Aug – William Allen White
- 26 Aug – Erhard Milch
- 2 Sep – E... | 9,085 | zeroshot-train |
Christodoulos Hatzipetros [SEP] conflict | Christodoulos Hatzipetros
Christodoulos Hatzipetros (, 10 May 1799 – 29 October 1869) was a Greek military leader during the Greek War of Independence, who became a general and adjutant to King Otto of Greece after Independence.
Life.
The son of a wealthy Vlach family, he was born in 1799 in the village of Veternikon (... | Jane Digby
Jane Elizabeth Digby, Lady Ellenborough (3 April 1807 – 11 August 1881) was an English aristocrat, famed for her remarkable love life and lifestyle. She had four husbands and many lovers, including King Ludwig I of Bavaria, his son King Otto of Greece, statesman Felix zu Schwarzenberg, and a Greek general (C... | 9,086 | zeroshot-train |
Cuvier Grover [SEP] conflict | Cuvier Grover
Cuvier Grover (July 24, 1828 – June 6, 1885) was a career officer in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Grover was born in Bethel, Maine, the younger brother of Governor and Senator La Fayette Grover of Oregon. A graduate of the United States M... | include:
- A.D. Grover (1865–1927), American banjoist
- Antoni Grover (born 1980), Australian football league player
- Asa Grover (1818–1887), U.S. politician from Kentucky
- Cuvier Grover (1828–1885), U.S. Army officer
- Frank Grover, New Zealand politician
- Geoff Grover, Australian Rules Footballer with St Kilda and... | 9,087 | zeroshot-train |
Daniel Chaplin [SEP] conflict | Daniel Chaplin
Daniel Chaplin (January 22, 1820 – August 20, 1864) was a Union army officer in the American Civil War. Under Chaplin's command, the ill-fated charge of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment against Confederate breastworks during Siege of Petersburg resulted on the greatest single loss of life by a Unio... | Chaplin" (1992). During that time, relations between Kassar and Hoffman had degenerated into mistrust and antipathy. Hoffman thought Kassar's largesse was destroying the company; Kassar suspected Hoffman was scheming to depose him. Hoffman later resigned on March 1992 with a $1.8 million settlement. A falling out that ... | 9,088 | zeroshot-train |
Don J. Jenkins [SEP] conflict | Don J. Jenkins
Don J. Jenkins (born April 18, 1948) is a former 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.
Jenkins joined the Army from Nashville, Tennessee, and by January 6, 1969 was serving as a priva... | - Robin Hobbs Duport
- Eric Hollies Old Hill, West Bromwich Dartmouth
- Martin Horton Stourbridge
- Harry Howell
- Dick Howorth Old Hill, Stourbridge, Walsall
- Geoff Humpage Moseley Ashfield
- Kenneth Hutchings
- Richard Illingworth Barnt Green, Old Elizabethans, Worcester City
- John Jameson
- Roly Jenkins West Bromw... | 9,089 | zeroshot-train |
Douglas Arthur Davies [SEP] conflict | Douglas Arthur Davies
Wing Commander Douglas Arthur Davies (12 January 1896 – 1992) was an officer of the British Royal Air Force, who was credited with 10 aerial victories in World War I, and also served during World War II.
Early life.
Davies was born in Harrow, England, the first-born son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davi... | 1863 – 23 Sep 1869 Donald McLean
- 24 Sep 1869 – 1 Jan 1877 John Davies Ormond
List of superintendents Marlborough Province.
The Marlborough Province had five superintendents:
- 1860 William Adams
- 1861 Captain Baillie
- 1863 Thomas Carter
- 1864 Arthur Seymour (1st time)
- 1865 William Henry Eyes
- 1870 Arthur Seymou... | 9,090 | zeroshot-train |
E. Richard Barnes [SEP] conflict | E. Richard Barnes
E. Richard Barnes served in the California legislature and during World War II he served in the United States Navy. | to this position.
United States Ambassadors to Ceylon.
- Frances E. Willis – (03-Aug-1949 – 30-Oct-1949)
- Joseph C. Satterthwaite – (19-Nov-1949 – 25-Jul-1953)
- Maxwell Henry Gluck – (19-Sep-1953 – 27-Sep-1956)
- Philip K. Crowe – (19-Sep-1957 – 02-Oct-1958)
- Lampton Berry – (22-Nov-1958 – 03-Jun-1959)
- Bernard Guf... | 9,091 | zeroshot-train |
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord [SEP] conflict | Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 2nd Duke of Talleyrand, 2nd Duke of Dino (1 August 1787, Paris – 14 May 1872, Florence), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.
Early life.
As the son of Archambaud de Talleyrand-Périgord (1762–1838) and Madeleine Olivier de Senozan de Viriville (1764–1... | married Alexandre Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, son of Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord and Princess Dorothea of Courland, at the Château de Beauregard at Cellettes (Loir-et-Cher), her mother's property. With Talleyrand-Périgord, Valentine had six children, of whom four survived:
- "Clémentine" Marie Wilhelmine de Talley... | 9,092 | zeroshot-train |
Elliott White Springs [SEP] conflict | Elliott White Springs
Elliott White Springs (July 31, 1896 – October 15, 1959), was a South Carolina businessman and an American flying ace of World War I, credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft.
Early life.
Springs was born to Col. Leroy Springs and Grace Allison White Springs. His father was a noted South Caro... | site.
Clarke began to accumulate land east of Congress Park from the time he arrived in Saratoga Springs. At his death he owned nearly .
Dr. Clarke was married to Mrs. Eliza (Bryer) White, widow of Charles White, with whom he had three children, Eliza(Sep 6, 1829−Apr 25, 1894), Thomas (d. August 16, 1880 ), and George ... | 9,093 | zeroshot-train |
Emilio S. Liwanag [SEP] conflict | Emilio S. Liwanag
Captain Emilio S. Liwanag (March 27, 1911 – April 12, 1967) was an officer in the Philippine Navy who served during the Second World War and the Korean War.
He started his military career as a 3rd Lieutenant with the 3rd Light Infantry Regiment in the Philippine Commonwealth Army after graduation from... | airfield which has a unpaved airstrip. It currently operates on 1,200 airstrip because both ends of the runway have already eroded to the sea. Repairs are already on-going and is expected to be finished by the end of 2019.
Military installations Naval Station Emilio Liwanag.
Naval Station Emilio Liwanag (formerly calle... | 9,094 | zeroshot-train |
Eric Douglas Cummings [SEP] conflict | Eric Douglas Cummings
Captain Eric Douglas Cummings (13 April 1896 – 27 October 1979) was an Australian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories while flying for the Australian Flying Corps. Postwar, he was an integral part of fund-raising campaigns to care for his fellow Australian military veterans.... | , Eric Cuthbertson
Cellos
Douglas Cummings (Principal), Maurice Meulien (Co-Principal), Ray Adams (Sub-Principal), Jack Long, Ken Law, Douglas Powrie, Francis Saunders, Clive Gillinson, Tom Storer, K. Glossop
Double Basses
Bruce Mollinson (Principal), Arthur Griffiths (Sub-Principal), John Cooper, Gerald Newson, Pashan... | 9,095 | zeroshot-train |
Eugen Bönsch [SEP] conflict | Eugen Bönsch
Feldwebel Eugen Bönsch was a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.
Early life and service.
Bönsch studied mechanics at the State Trade School. He originally joined the army in 1915, but after completing basic training transferred to aviation. His original assignment was as a mechanic wi... | this victory. He also downed a Nieuport the following day.
Bönsch began the new year of 1918 by surviving being shot down by anti-aircraft fire. He also added other dimensions to his flying repertoire. On 10 March, he led such a determined assault on an escorted of Italian Capronis that the bombers aborted the mission.... | 9,096 | zeroshot-train |
Fahrpanzer [SEP] conflict | Fahrpanzer
The Fahrpanzer was a mobile artillery piece made prior to World War I in Germany, implemented in several German fortifications from 1890 onwards and exported to several foreign military powers prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
Specifications.
Beginning in 1878 the German industrialist Hermann Gruson's co... | in Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Italy. One of his companies products was the Fahrpanzer which was a type of mobile armored pillbox.
As designed the Fahrpanzer was mounted on narrow gauge railroad trucks and was wheeled along military gauge tracks to its battle station. When not in use it would be pu... | 9,097 | zeroshot-train |
Fernand Bonneton [SEP] conflict | Fernand Bonneton
Commandant Fernand Bonneton was a French World War I flying ace credited with nine confirmed aerial victories. He would survive the war, only to die in an aviation accident on 24 June 1922.
Early life.
Fernand Bonneton was born in La Coucourde-Montelimar on 10 May 1890.
World War I.
In the beginning of... | - Paul Y. R. Waddington
- Armond J. Berthelot
- Jean G. Bouyer
- Jean Bozon-Verduraz
- André Julien Chainat
- André Herbelin
- William Herisson
- Maxime Lenoir
- Ernest Maunoury
- René Montrion
- Jacques Ortoli
10 victories.
- Maurice Bizot
- Lucien Gasser
- Auguste Lahoulle
- Jean André Pezon
- Charles Quette
- Lauren... | 9,098 | zeroshot-train |
Finnish Navy [SEP] conflict | Yrjö")
- One tug ("Vakava")
- Two motor boats ("S 1" and "N. K. af Klercker")
The navy also had several auxiliary warships, ice-breakers and patrol boats from the coast guard.
History World War II Winter War.
When the Winter War broke out the Finnish Navy moved to occupy the de-militarized Åland Islands and to protect ... | List of active Finnish Navy ships
This is a list of ships currently being operated by the Finnish Navy or entering service in near future, . In the case of a conflict, eight offshore patrol vessels, seven hovercraft and 81 coastal patrol boats from the Finnish Border Guard can be armed and transferred to the Navy.
Summ... | 9,099 | zeroshot-train |
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