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Churchill White Paper
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Churchill White Paper (also known as The British White Paper of 1922) of 3 June 1922 clarified how Britain viewed the Balfour Declaration, 1917. That Declaration announced the British intent to aid the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."
Raid on Le Havre
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Raid on Le Havre was a two-day naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre early in July 1759 by Royal Navy forces under George Rodney during the Seven Years` War, which succeeded in its aim of destroying many of the invasion barges being gathered there for the planned French invasion of Great Britain.
Social Democratic Party of Russia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Social Democratic Party of Russia (Russian: Социал-демократическая партия России, Sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii) was a political party founded in Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev on November 26, 2001. First name of party is: Social Democratic Party of Russia (United). It was a coalition of several social democratic parties, had approximately 12,000 members, but had no seats in the Russian State Duma. Gorbachev resigned as party leader in May 2004 over a disagreement with party chairman Konstantin Titov who had insisted, over Gorbachev`s opposition, on a deal with the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party in the previous year`s general election.
Woman (Sensuous Woman)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" is a 1972 single by Don Gibson. "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" would be Don Gibson`s final number one on the country charts spending one week at the top and a total of sixteen weeks on the charts . Other artists released their versions of "Woman (Sensuous Woman)," including Ray Charles on his 1984 album "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind," and Mark Chesnutt, whose version under the title "Woman, Sensuous Woman" peaked at #21 in the Country Music charts.
Raid on Lorient
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Raid on Lorient took place in September 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession when British troops landed on the French coast with the intention of capturing the town of Lorient. However, due to a number of factors, the force never attempted to take the town, and withdrew, despite the very poor defences of Lorient.
Jewish Brigade
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group (more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade) was a military formation of the British Army that served in Europe during the Second World War. The brigade was formed in late 1944, and its personnel fought the Germans in Italy. After the war, some of them assisted Holocaust survivors to emigrate illegally to Israel, as part of Aliyah Bet.
Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo took place on 30 July 1941 during the Second World War. The Royal Navy air arm launched this unsuccessful raid from the aircraft carriers HMS Victorious and Furious to inflict damage on merchant vessels owned by Germany and Finland and to show support for their new ally, the Soviet Union.
Walter Brandorff
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Brandorff (born 1943 in Munich, Germany; died 8 August 1996, in Carinthia, Austria) was a German-Austrian author.
Walter Branscombe
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Branscombe (or Walter Bronscombe, Walter Branescombe, Walter Bronescombe, or Walter Bronescomb; circa 1220–1280) was Bishop of Exeter from 1258 to 1280.
Yezupil
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yezupil (Ukrainian: Єзупіль, Polish: Jezupol) is a town/urban-type settlement (selysche mis`koho typu) in western Ukraine. It is located in the Tysmenytsia Raion (district) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), approximately 14 km north of the oblast capital, Ivano-Frankivsk.
Wanamaker`s
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wanamaker`s department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States. At its zenith in the early 20th century, there were two major Wanamaker department stores, one in Philadelphia and one in New York City at Broadway and Tenth Street. Both employed extremely large staffs. By the end of the 20th century in the shopping-mall era, there were 16 Wanamaker`s outlets, but the chain was absorbed into Hecht`s (now Macy`s) in 1995 after years of change. As of 2011, the occupant of the former Philadelphia Wanamaker`s Department Store is Macy`s Center City.
Walter Braithwaite
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! General Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, GCB (11 November 1865 – 7 September 1945) was a British general during World War I. After being dismissed from his position as Chief of Staff for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, he received some acclaim as a competent divisional commander on the Western Front. After the war, he was commissioned to produce a report analyzing the performance of British staff officers during the conflict.
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