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| | |  | Conflicts in 1945, 1945 in Indonesia, Battles involving the United Kingdom, Battles involving the Netherlands, Indonesian National Revolution, Military history of Indonesia, Hidden categories:, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from August 2012, All articles with dead external links, Articles with dead external links from August 2012, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2010, Use dmy dates from March 2014, Use British English fr... | | The Battle of Surabaya was fought between pro-independence Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and British Indian Troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution. The peak of the battle was in November 1945. The battle was the heaviest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance. Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence. 10 November is celebr... |
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| | | | | | Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II using Australian built MKIII folboats. It was a follow-up to the successful Operation Jaywick, which had taken place in 1943, and Rimau, a shortened version of the word Harimau (which is Malay for tiger). It was again led by Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders. Originally named Operation Hornbill the aim of Rimau was to sink Japane... |
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| | | | | | Battle of Nanpéng Island (�����) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in the communist victory. After Guangdong fell into communist hands, a detachment of the nationalist troops held out on Nanpéng Island (���) of Yangjiang. This remnant of the nationalist force proved to be a major headache the communists because the island is strategically located between the Pearl River mouth and the Qiongzhou Strait, contr... |
| | | | | | The Wanshan Archipelago Campaign (�山群��役) was a campaign fought between the communist and the nationalist forces during the Chinese Civil War for the control of Wanshan Archipelago (Wanshan Qundao,�山群�), and resulted in communist victory. The archipelago consists of 48 islands strategically located at the mouth of the Pearl River, a chokepoint on the communication lines to Hong Kong and Macau. The largest island is the Laurel Mountain (Guishan, �山) Island, which was forme... |
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| | | | | | The Sanyuanli Incident was a military conflict between regular troops of the British Army and an irregular force made up of Chinese militia and local citizens that took place around Sanyuanli village on the outskirts of Canton (now Guangzhou) on the 29 May 1841 after the Second Battle of Canton at the time of the First Opium War (1839�1842). Regarded by the British as a minor skirmish, to the Chinese it is widely regarded as the first example of a spontaneous uprising by the Chinese people in ... |
| | | | | | The Battle of Nanp�ng Archipelago was a battle fought between the Chinese nationalists and the communists over the islands of the Nanp�ng Archipelago (���島, Nanpeng Liedao) off the Cantonese coast during the Chinese Civil War that resulted in communist victory. The Nanp�ng Archipelago is a small island chain in Nanao County off the coast of Shantou, and is named after the largest island, Nanp�ng island (Nanp�ng Dao, ���), home to a fishing community of more than 400 peopl... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of Nanao island (Nanao Dao, �澳�) was a battle fought between the nationalists (Kuomintang) and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and communists emerged as the victors. Nanao Island (Nanao Dao, �澳�) of Swatow (now known as Shantou) remained in the nationalist hands after Guangdong fell into communist hands. On March 3, 1950, the 121st division of the 41st Army of the Peoples Liberation Army attacked the island. Faced with such overwhelming enemy, the defenders sto... |
| | | | | | The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19�20, 1944) was a decisive naval battle of World War II which eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navys ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The battle was the last of five major carrier-versus-carrier engagements between American and Japanese naval forces, and involved elements of the United States Navys Fifth Fleet as well as ships and land... |
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| | | | | | Dongshan Island Campaign (traditional Chinese: �山島�役; simplified Chinese: �山��役; pinyin: D�ngsh�n D�o Zh� nyì) was a series of battles fought on the Dongshan Island, Fujian between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Chinese Civil War when the nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to retake the island from the Communists. The campaign was the last and largest battle between two sides since the Nationalists withdrew to Taiwan. After this defeat, the nationa... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1942, 1942 in Papua New Guinea, Battles and operations of World War II involving Australia, Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Japanese war crimes, Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea in World War II, Hidden categories:, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Use dmy dates from December 2012, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from Ja... | | The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied�primarily Australian�forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua. Following a landing near Gona, on the north coast of New Guinea, on the night of 21- 22 July, Japanese forces attempted to advance south overland through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range to seize Port ... |
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| | | | Educational institutions established in 2008, Universities in Colombo, Hidden categories:, Pages using web citations with no URL, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Articles lacking in-text citations from October 2014, All articles lacking in-text citations, Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from September 2014, Articles with too few wikilinks from September 2014, All articles with too few wikilinks, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2014, ... | | Horizon College of Business and Technology (Pvt) Ltd (HCBT) is registered as a Private Limited Liability Company under the Companies Act since 30.01.2008. HCBT offers education in all four divisions of education under the Horizon College of Business and Technology entity; Pre-School, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary and Higher Education. Together, the Pre-School, Primary and the Secondary Education divisions function under Horizon College International, which is a government, registered private i... |
| | | | | | The Siege of Kotte from November 1557 � November 1558 was a battle part of the Sinhalese�Portuguese War. A 50,000 strong Sitawaka army led by King Mayadunne besieged Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Kotte Kingdom for 12 months against a combined force of Portuguese and lascarins led by Captain major Dom Afonso Pereira de Lacerda. After receiving reinforcements from Mannar, Portuguese made a sally and succeeded in forcing the besiegers to withdraw. This siege marked the beginning of ... |
| | | | | | The Action of 6 July 1746 was an inconclusive naval engagement between a British fleet under Edward Peyton and a French fleet under Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais early in the First Carnatic War, as the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession is sometimes called. Both fleets were damaged, with La Bourdonnais putting in at Pondicherry for repairs, and Peyton at Trincomalee. La Bourdonnais acquired additional guns at Pondicherry, and when the fleets met again in August 174... |
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| | | | Former French colonies, Battles of the Seven Years War, Sieges involving British India, History of Puducherry, Battles of the East Indies Campaign (1757–1763), Conflicts in 1760, Conflicts in 1761, 1760 in India, 1761 in India, Battles involving French India, Third Carnatic War, 18th century in French India, French battle stubs, British battle stubs, Indian history stubs, Hidden categories:, Articles lacking in-text citations from September 2014, All articles lacking in-text citations, Coordin... | | The 1760�1761 Siege of Pondicherry was a conflict in the Third Carnatic War, part of the global Seven Years War. Lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, British land and naval forces besieged and eventually compelled the forces defending the French colonial outpost of Pondicherry to surrender. The city was on the verge of starvation when French commander Lally surrendered. Many civilians were killed in fire between the lines when Lally attempted to evict them from the city in order t... |
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| | | | 1942 ships, Conflicts in 1943, John F. Kennedy, Maritime incidents in August 1943, 20th-century military history of the United States, Naval battles of World War II involving Japan, Naval battles of World War II involving the United States, Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II, PT boats, Ships built in New Jersey, Ships sunk in collisions, World War II patrol vessels of the United States, World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean, Hidden categories:, Pages with citations lacking titles, Arti... | | |
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| | | | Mass murder in 1984, 1984 crimes in Australia, Murder in Sydney, People murdered by organized crime, Bandidos Motorcycle Club, Deaths by firearm in New South Wales, Gun politics in Australia, Gangs in Australia, Outlaw motorcycle club conflicts, Organised crime conflicts in Australia, Mass shootings in Australia, Hidden categories:, Use dmy dates from March 2013, Articles needing additional references from July 2012, All articles needing additional references, Coordinates on Wikidata, Wikipedia ... | | The Milperra Massacre, Milperra bikie shoot-out or Fathers Day Massacre^ was a firearm battle between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September (Fathers Day in Australia^) 1984, in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The shootout had its roots in an intense rivalry that developed after a group of Comancheros broke away and formed the first Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter in Australia. Seven people were killed and twenty-eight injured when the two groups clashed at Mi... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of Baekgang, also known as Battle of Baekgang-gu or by the Japanese name Battle of Hakusukinoe (������ Hakusuki-no-e no Tatakai or Hakusonk� no Tatakai), was a battle between Baekje restoration forces and their ally, Yamato Japan, against the allied forces of Silla and the Tang Dynasty of ancient China. The battle took place in the lower reaches of the Geum River in Jeollabuk-do province, Korea. The Silla-Tang forces won a decisive victory, forced Yamato Japan to withdra... |
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| | | | 1614 in Japan, 1615 in Japan, Military history of feudal Japan, Battles involving Japan, Sieges involving Japan, Conflicts in 1614, Conflicts in 1615, Osaka, History of Osaka Prefecture, Hidden categories:, CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja), Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2011, All articles lacking in-text citations, Articles containing Japanese-language text, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2014, Wikipedia articles incorpora... | | The Siege of Osaka (大��役, �saka no Eki?, or, more commonly, 大��� �saka no Jin) was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clans destruction. Divided into two stages (Winter Campaign and Summer Campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunates establishment. The end of the conflict is sometimes called the Genna Armistice (����, Genna Enbu?),... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of the Yalu River (simplified Chinese: �海海�; traditional Chinese: �海海�; pinyin: Huáng H�i H�izh� n; Japanese:K�kai-kaisen (�海海�, lit. Naval Battle of the Yellow Sea^?)), was the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War, and took place on September 17, 1894, the day after the Japanese victory at the land Battle of Pyongyang. It involved ships from the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. The battle is also known by a vari... |
| | | | | | The Tumu Crisis (simplified Chinese: ����; traditional Chinese: ����; Mongolian: Т�м�гийн ��лалдаан); also called the Crisis of Tumu Fortress (simplified Chinese: ��� ���; traditional Chinese: ��� ���) or Battle of Tumu (Chinese: ���役), was a frontier conflict between the Oirats and the Chinese Ming dynasty which led to the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor on September 1, 1449, and the defeat of an army of 500,000 men by a much... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 2002, Mass murder in 2002, Arson attacks on vehicles, History of Gujarat (1947–present), Massacres in India, Hinduism-related controversies, 2002 crimes in India, Rail transport in Gujarat, 2002 Gujarat violence, Arson in India, Violence against Hindus, Railway accidents in India, Islam-related controversies, Persecution of Hindus, 21st-century Hinduism, Hidden categories:, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Use British English from May 2013, Coordinates on Wikidata... | | The Godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 February 2002, in which 59 people died in a fire inside the Sabarmati Express train near the Godhra railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat. The victims were mainly Hindu pilgrims who were returning from the city of Ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the disputed Babri Masjid site. The commission set up by the Government of Gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details of the cas... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1919, Mass murder in 1919, British India, Protests in India, Massacres in India, Massacres committed by the United Kingdom, Amritsar, Political repression, Military scandals, Hindu–German Conspiracy, 1919 in India, History of Punjab, India, Massacres of Sikhs, Indian independence movement, Hidden categories:, Pages with citations lacking titles, Pages with citations having bare URLs, EngvarB from March 2014, Use dmy dates from March 2014, Coordinates on Wikidata, All articles with... | | The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Reginald Dyer. The civilians had assembled at Jallianwala Bagh to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations which are both a religious and a cultural festival of the Punjabis. Coming from outside the... |
| | | | | | The Mallian Campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great from November 326 to February 325 BC, against the Malli of the eastern Punjab. Alexander was defining the eastern limit of his power by marching down-river along the Hydaspes to the Acesines (now the Jhelum and Chenab), but the Malli and the Oxydraci combined to refuse passage through their territory. Alexander sought to prevent their forces meeting, and made a swift campaign against them which successfully pacified the region between the... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of the Camel, sometimes called the Battle of Jamal or the Battle of Bassorah, took place at Basra, Iraq on 7 November 656. Aisha heard about the killing of Uthman (644-656), the third Caliph. At the time she was on a pilgrimage to Mecca. It was on this journey that she became so angered by his unavenged death, and the naming of Ali as the fourth caliph, that she took up arms against those supporting Ali. She gained support of the big city of Basra and, for the first time, Muslims took... |
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| | | | Battles involving Armenia, Battles involving Azerbaijan, Conflicts in 1992, 1992 in Azerbaijan, 1992 in Armenia, Battles involving the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh War, 1992 in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Hidden categories:, Articles with Armenian-language external links, Articles with Russian-language external links, Articles with French-language external links, Pages using citations with old-style implicit et al. in editors, Use mdy dates from September 2011, Coordinates on W... | | The Capture of Shusha, referred to as the Liberation of Shushi by Armenians (Armenian: �ո�շիի ազատագ�ո�մը Shushii azatagrumë) and Occupation of Shusha by Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijani: �u�anın i��alı) was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The battle took place in the strategically important mountain town of Shusha (known as Shushi to Armenians) on the evening of May 8, 1992, and fighting swiftly concluded the ne... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of Syracuse was a naval engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 9 November 1710, outside the Sicilian port of Syracuse. A French fleet of four ships under the command of Jacques Cassard came to relieve a heavily laden French merchant fleet that had been blockaded in the Syracuse harbour by a British fleet. Cassard arrived off Syracuse when most of the blockading fleet had left to resupply at Port Mahon; he successfully captured Falcon and Pembroke, the two ships left... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1918, Battles involving Armenia, Battles of the Caucasus Campaign, Battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, 1918 in Armenia, 1918 in the Ottoman Empire, Hidden categories:, Articles with Armenian-language external links, Articles with Turkish-language external links, Articles with French-language external links, CS1 Armenian-language sources (hy), CS1 Russian-language sources (ru), Pages with citations lacking titles, Coordinates on Wikidata, All articles with unsourced ... | | The Battle of Sardarabad (Armenian: �ա�դա�ապատի ճակատամա�տ, Sardarapati �̣akatamart; Turkish: Serdarabad Muharebesi) was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Sardarabad (modern-day Armavir), Armenia from May 21�29, 1918. Sardarabad was only 40 kilometers west of the city of Yerevan. The battle is currently seen as not only stopping the Ottoman advance into the rest of Armenia but also preventing the complete destruction of the Armeni... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1881, Battles of the First Boer War, 1881 in South Africa, History of KwaZulu-Natal, History of South Africa, Hidden categories:, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Articles lacking in-text citations from October 2014, All articles lacking in-text citations, Use dmy dates from March 2013, Use South African English from March 2013, All Wikipedia articles written in South African English, Coordinates on Wikidata, Commons category with local link same as on Wikidata, All... | | The Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February 1881 was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26�27 February 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear. The Boers believed that he may have been attempting to outflank their positions at Laings Nek. The hill was not considered scale-able by the Boers for military pu... |
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| | | | | | The Siege of Theodosiopolis occurred in August 502, during the opening stages of the Anastasian War. The Sassanid ruler Kavadh I laid siege ti the city of Theodosiopolis, a major Byzantine stronghold in western Armenia. The city was ungarrisoned by troops and its walls were weak, and surrendered after brief resistance, perhaps assisted by elements of the local population. The citizenry was treated well by the Persian king, but Constantine, the governor of the city, was taken with him as a captiv... |
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| | | | | | The Kafr Qasim massacre took place in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Qasim situated on the Green Line, at that time, the de facto border between Israel and the Jordanian West Bank on October 29, 1956. It was carried out by the Israel Border Police (Magav), who murdered Arab civilians returning from work during a curfew, imposed earlier in the day, on the eve of the Sinai war, of which they were unaware. In total 48 people died, including 6 women and 23 children aged 8�17. Arab sources usual... |
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| | | | 2010 crimes in South Africa, 2010 in England, Deaths by firearm in South Africa, Murder in 2010, People murdered in South Africa, Swedish murder victims, Swedish people murdered abroad, Deaths by person, Kidnappings in South Africa, Kidnapped Swiss people, Hidden categories:, Pages with citations lacking titles, Pages with citations having bare URLs, NPOV disputes from August 2015, All NPOV disputes, Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from August 2015, Use British English fro... | | Anni Ninna Dewani (née Hindocha; 12 March 1982 � 13 November 2010) was a Swedish woman of Indian origin who, while on her honeymoon in South Africa, was murdered in Gugulethu township near Cape Town, after the taxi in which she was travelling was carjacked. South Africa prosecutors formulated charges on the basis that she had been the victim of a premeditated kidnapping and murder for hire staged to appear as a random carjacking, though evidence suggested she might have been killed in a rape ... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of Apros occurred between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, under co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos, and the forces of the Catalan Company, at Apros on July 1305. The Catalan Company had been hired by the Byzantines as mercenaries against the Turks, but despite the Catalans successes against the Turks, the two sides distrusted each other, and their relationship was strained by the Catalans financial demands. Eventually, Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos and his son and co-ruler Mich... |
| | | | | | The Battle of the Willows (377) took place at a place called ad Salices (town by the willows), or according to Ammianus, a road way-station called Ad Salices (by the Willows); probably located within 15 kilometres of Marcianople (modern day Dobrudja, Bulgaria), although its exact location is unknown. Forces from the Western Roman Empire under the command of Richomeres advanced westward, while forces of the Eastern Roman Empire under Traianus and Profuturus advanced northward where they joined fo... |
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| | | | | | The Second Battle of Polotsk (18�20 October 1812) took place during Napoleons invasion of Russia. In this encounter the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein attacked and defeated a Franco-Bavarian force under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr. In the aftermath of this success, the Russians took Polotsk and dismantled Napoleons operations in Belarus. Wittgensteins victory set the stage for the Battle of Berezina in November, in which three Russian armies converged on Napoleon from separate directi... |
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| | | | | | The Battle of Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia and crossing the Berezina (near Borisov, Belarus), and the Russian armies under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chichagov. The battle ended with a mixed outcome. The French suffered very heavy losses but managed to cross the river and avoid being trapped. Since then Bérézina has been used in French as a synonym for disas... |
| | | | | | The Battle of Klyastitsy, also called battle of Yakubovo, was a series of military engagements which took place in 1812 near the village of Klyastitsy (Russian: �����) (Drissa uyezd, Vitebsk guberniya) on the road between Polotsk and Sebezh. In this battle the Russian corps under the command of Peter Wittgenstein, stood up to the French corps under the command of Marshal Nicolas Oudinot. The result was inconclusive, with both sides suffering heavy losses and retreating along ... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1944, 1944 in Lithuania, Battles of Operation Tempest, Battles involving the Soviet Union, History of Vilnius, Jewish Lithuanian history, Military operations involving Armia Krajowa, Political repression in the Soviet Union, Stalinism in Poland, Poland–Soviet Union relations, Uprisings during World War II, Reichskommissariat Ostland, Hidden categories:, Articles lacking in-text citations from November 2012, All articles lacking in-text citations, Articles containing Polish-languag... | | Operation Ostra Brama (lit. Operation Gate of Dawn) was an armed conflict during World War II between the Polish Home Army and the Nazi German occupiers of Vilnius (Polish: Wilno). It began on 7 July 1944, as part of a Polish national uprising, Operation Tempest, and lasted until 14 July 1944. Though the Germans were defeated, the following day the Soviet Red Army entered the city and the Soviet NKVD proceeded to intern Polish soldiers and to arrest their officers. Several days later, the remain... |
| | | | | | The Battle of Demetritzes in 1185 was fought between the Byzantine army and the Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily, who had recently sacked the Byzantine Empires second city, Thessalonica. The Norman army advanced east and met the Byzantine field army under Alexios Branas near Demetritzes (modern Sidirokastro). A period of confrontation and virtual truce between the two armies followed, but on 7 November Branas launched a sudden attack on the Norman army and routed it. Pursued by the Byzantines, t... |
| | | | | | The Siege of Weissenstein took place between May 31 and September 30, 1602, during the Polish�Swedish War (1600�11). Two weeks after the capture of Fellin, Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski led the Polish-Lithuanian army of 2,000 troops to besiege Weissenstein (now known as Paide in Estonia). Weissenstein, a major transportation hub in Estonia, was a site of strategic importance to both Poland and Sweden. Located among the marshes and built during the Teutonic period, the castle had strong art... |
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| | | | | | The Sack of Thessalonica in 1185 by Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily was one of the worst disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century. The citys governor, David Komnenos, had neglected to make sufficient preparations for the siege, and even forbade sallies by the defenders to disrupt the Norman siege works. The Byzantine relief armies failed to coordinate their efforts, and only two forces, under Theodore Choumnos and John Maurozomes, actually came to the citys aid. In the event... |
| | | | | | The battle of GrOdek Jagiello�ski or battle of Horodok took place during the Russo-Polish War (1654�67) on 29 September 1655. Russian and Ukrainian Cossack forces under Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev and Bohdan Khmelnytsky engaged a Polish�Lithuanian army under Stanis�aw Rewera Potocki near GrOdek Jagiello�ski, which at that time was part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth�s Ruthenian Voivodeship (now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Polish forces were defeated and forced to retreat, los... |
| | | | | | The Battle of Callinicus (Greek: μά�η �ο� �αλλίνικο�) was fought in 171 BC between Macedon and Rome at the city Callinicus, near Larissa. The Macedonians were led by their king, Perseus of Macedon, while the Roman force was led by consul Publius Licinius Crassus. The Macedonians were victorious. The battle is notable for the prevalent role of cavalry and light infantry as a combined task force. Livy describes this battle at 42.58-60, and according to his account, the heavy ... |
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