Afrika Korps
2007-02-03 13:55:46
German army in the western desert of North Africa 1941 - 43 during World War II, commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. They were driven out of North Africa by May 1943.
The Korps was formed as the German component of a joint Axis force to fend off the Allied counteroffensive against Italian advances in North Africa 1940. They were initially successful in revitalizing the Axis effort in the area ; in their first clash with the British 24 March 1941, a reconnaissance force succeeded in taking their forward outpost at El Agheila. They recaptured Tobruk and advanced over the Egyptian border June 1942 until they were halted at El Alamein November 1942. The Allies gradually drove them back and they surrendered May 1943
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An Najaf
2007-02-03 13:48:02
Walled city near the Euphrates in Iraq, 144 km / 90 mi south of Baghdad ;Â population (1987) 309,000. The tomb of Ali, son - in - law of Muhammad, is a Shi’ite Muslim shrine and a starting point of the route to Mecca
Blue Mountains
2007-01-17 06:48:23
Mountain range in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington, USA. The average elevation of the range is 2,000 m / 6,500 ft ;Â the highest peak is Rock Creek Butte (2,775 m / 9,105 ft). The mountains are the source of tributaries to the Columbia River. Densely forested, the mountains are used for stock grazing and some lumbering. They are also popular with outdoors enthusiasts.
London : history
2007-01-13 12:43:46
London’s history is essentially that of two cities : Westminster, the UK’s political and administrative centre, seat of the government and royal court ; and the City of London, the capital’s economic centre, with a separately evolved administration in the corporation of the City of London. London became the administrative capital of the British Empire and the economic nerve centre of Britain’s great trading empire.
Batik
2007-01-11 03:59:58
Javanese technique of dyeing fabrics in which areas to be left undyed are sealed with wax. Practised throughout Indonesia, the craft was introduced to the West by Dutch traders.
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Abdera
2007-01-09 04:21:47
Town in ancient Thrace on the Aegean Sea (now in ruins) ; the birthplace of the philosopher Democritus and the sophist Protagoras. Its inhabitants had a reputation for stupidity, and ` Abderite ´ became a term for a simpleton. The site is occupied by the modern town of Avdhira, Greece.
Aachen
2007-01-09 04:12:02
French Aix - la - Chapelle
Cathedral city and spa in the Land (state) of North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany, 64 km / 40 mi southwest of Cologne, near the Dutch and Belgian borders ; population (1995) 247,400. It has thriving electronic, glass, food, woollen textile, and rubber industries, and is one of Germany's principal railway junctions. It also lies at the centre of a coalmining district, although coal and lignite produ
Accademia dei Lincei
2007-01-09 04:05:52
A scientific society founded in Rome in 1603 by Federico Cesi. Galileo and Giambattista della Porta were among its most important early members. After a long decline it was revived in 1795 and in 1870 was remodelled as the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy's national academy, covering both arts and sciences.
Kean, Edmund (1787 - 1833)
2007-02-06 08:55:55
English tragic actor. He was noted for his portrayal of villainy in the Shakespearean roles of Shylock, Richard III, and Iago. He died on stage, playing Othello opposite his son as Iago.
His life story was turned into a romantic myth and dramatized by both the elder Dumas and Jean - Paul Sartre
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Adamov, Arthur (1908 - 1970)
2007-02-06 08:51:14
Russian - born French poet and dramatist. A Surrealist, Adamov contributed to the Theatre of the Absurd with his plays Professeur Taranne 1953 and Ping Pong 1955. His style, influenced by a Brechtian social and political awareness, is best illustrated in Paolo Paoli 1957 and Le Printemps "71 / Spring "71 1961, a history of the Paris Commune of 1871
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2007-02-07 13:21:33
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Arctic convoys
2007-03-07 02:31:32
In World War II, series of supply convoys sailing from the UK to the USSR around the North Cape to Murmansk, commencing October 1941.
The natural hazards of sailing in these waters were greatly increased by the activity of German submarines and surface ships, together with German aircraft operating from bases in northern Norway, and casualties were often heavy. In spite of such losses, the convoys delivered thousands of tanks and aircraft, 356,000 trucks, 50,000 jeeps, 1,500 locomotives, and 9,800 freight wagons in the course of the war.
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