Due to his injury, Lerner could not serve in World War II.

Due to the difficulty of operating in Sicily, most of the First Punic War was fought at sea, including the most decisive battles.

Due to World War II, Zuse's work went largely unnoticed in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Due to the 1997 unrest in Albania and the Kosovo War in 1998 – 1999 ethnic Albanian traffickers enjoyed a competitive advantage, which has been eroding as the region stabilises.

Due to the escalating political tensions, and the outbreak of World War II, these developments were largely kept secret.

Due to the Peninsular War, the Portuguese court was relocated to Brazil in 1808.

Due to solidarity with both the United States and with the Soviet Union and with the allies of the two nations, Sudan declared neutrality and instead chose membership in the Non-Aligned Movement throughout the Cold War.

Due to the pressure of outside events during the Vietnam War, the politics of the kingdom became even more tense.

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Due to competition with the War for workers, rails, ties, railroad engines and supplies, the Union Pacific RR did not start construction until July 1865.

Due to political exclusion, ethnic and linguistic discrimination, as well as economic neglect by the politically dominant West Pakistan, popular agitation led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman grew against West Pakistan, resulting in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which the Bengali people won with the support of India.

Due to its participation in the uprisings of the German Peasants ' War of 1525, Wiesbaden lost all its privileges for over forty years.

Due to its inadvertent effect on American slavery, the invention of the cotton gin is frequently cited as one of the ultimate causes of the American Civil War.

Due to impending World War II and the opposition from all sides, the plan was dropped.

Due to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War that went disastrously for the Dutch, the Patriot party staged a revolt against the authoritarian regime of stadtholder William V that was struck down through the intervention of William's brother-in-law Frederick William II of Prussia in June 1787.

The name was changed to " Propaganda Due " following World War II, when the Grand Orient of Italy numbered its lodges.

Due to religious wars and the Eighty Years War, a split slowly started to take place.

Due to the flooding and a continuously threatening food shortage during World War I, support for the project grew.

Due to indecision and the Second World War, little action was taken.

Due to his alliances with England and the Dutch Republic during the Nine Years War, he was forced to cease this practice from 1688, and in 1694 granted an Edict of Toleration.

Due to its loss of the American Civil War, the south cannot afford Dunson's beef.

Due to the post-World War I financial recession, the state's accounts were in deficit ; Lang managed to cut this deficit significantly.

Due to the interminable nature of the war, the conflict in Afghanistan has sometimes been referred to as the " Soviet Union's Vietnam War " or " the Bear Trap ".

Due to the fact that building codes and regulations vary so much throughout the country, the first thing to do is to find out what, if any, they are.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Thomas Vermaelen ( now with Arsenal ) and winger Tom de Mul ( now with Sevilla ), all of whom are full internationals as well as Dutch youth international Javier Martina and Vurnon Anita of the Netherlands Antilles.

Due to recorded predictions of the destruction of the temple, the Gospel of Mark is believed by many critical scholars to have been composed around or shortly after the fall of Jerusalem due to prophecies assumed to be ex post facto regarding the destruction of the temple, and both traditional and critical scholarly consensus maintains that it was the first written of the four canonical gospels.

Due to his complete independence as a filmmaker, Chaplin has been identified by Andrew Sarris as one of the first auteur filmmakers.

Due to the wartime travel restrictions, the first three games of the 1945 World Series were played in Detroit, where the Cubs won two games, including a one-hitter by Claude Passeau, and the final four were played at Wrigley.

Due to politically charged differences in the 4th century, schisms developed, and the first denominations ( from the Latin, " to take a new name ") formed.

Due to his two periods of exile in 1904 – 1909, to escape the British invasion of 1904, and from 1910 – 1912 to escape a Chinese invasion, he became well aware of the complexities of international politics and was the first Dalai Lama to become aware of the importance of foreign relations.

Due to the association of the breed with Germany, the dachshund was chosen to be the first official mascot for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, with the name Waldi.

Due to its widespread distribution, Doom hence became the game that introduced deathmatching to a large audience ( and was also the first game to use the term " deathmatch ").

Due to limitations of this system found during the 1960s and 1970s — victims often simply did not report crimes to the police in the first place — the Department of Justice developed an alternate method of tallying crime, the victimization survey.

Due to its similarity to an oblique minuscule " y ", an actual " Y " is substituted in modern pseudo-old-fashioned usage as in " Ye Olde Curiositie Shoppe "; the first word means and should be pronounced " the ", not " ye " ( archaic form of " you ").

Due to its large size, the Golgi apparatus was one of the first organelles to be discovered and observed in detail.

Due to a number of Parisian conventions that had to be honored ( including extensive ballets ), it became Verdi's first work in the French Grand opera style.

Due to boredom, Hawks attempted to get a transfer during the first half of 1918 before finally being sent to Fort Monroe, Virginia.

" Due to the latter instrument, Brown was given his first nickname, " Music Box ".

Due to its role as humankind's first tool, certain cultures have attached spiritual and religious significance to the knife.

Due to the heavy, guitar-driven blues rock sound of their first two albums, Led Zeppelin are frequently recognised as the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock.

Due to rising prices for energy, fuel, and food on international markets, inflation increased in the first half of 2011, but later decreased to an annualized rate of 3. 4 % at the end of September.

" Due to Arctic shrinkage, the Beluga group of Bremen, Germany, sent the first Western commercial vessels through the Northern Sea Route ( Northeast Passage ) in 2009.

Due to the legitimate role that referees play in wrestling of serving as liaison between the bookers backstage and the wrestlers in the ring ( the role of being a final arbitrator is merely kayfabe ), the referee is present, even in matches that do not at first glance appear to require a referee ( such as a ladder match, as it is no holds barred, and the criteria for victory could theoretically be assessed from afar ).

Due to the fledgling war, the revolution-wracked and isolated new nation didn't have the resources to nationalize its film industry at first.

Due to heightened security measures following the terrorist attacks, this Super Bowl was designated a National Special Security Event ( NSSE ) for the first time by the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) ( on December 16, 2002, the DHS would later name each subsequent Super Bowl a NSSE ).

Due to his cognomen Afer, Terence has long been identified with Africa and heralded as the first poet of the African diaspora by generations of writers, including Juan Latino, Phyllis Wheatley, Alexandre Dumas, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.

Due to his use of literature to criticize Soviet society, Zamyatin has been referred to as one of the first Soviet dissidents.