Many Allied operations in the Western Desert and on the Eastern Front relied on massive concentrations of firepower to establish breakthroughs by fast-moving armoured units.

Many Near Eastern religions include a story about a battle between a divine being and a dragon or other monster representing chaos — a theme found, for example, in the Enuma Elish.

Many episcopi vagantes claim succession from the Old Catholic See of Utrecht, or from Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Eastern Catholic Churches.

Many Eastern Orthodox consider the Council of Constantinople of 879 – 880, that of Constantinople in 1341 – 1351 and that of Jerusalem in 1672 to be ecumenical:

Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.

Many Orthodox homes have an area set aside for family prayer, the icon corner, on which icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Saints are placed typically on an Eastern facing wall.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many Muslims, regardless of their ethnic background, wear Middle Eastern clothing associated with Arabic Islam to special occasions and prayers at mosques.

Many in the countries where Eastern Orthodoxy predominates celebrate both the Gregorian and Julian New Year holidays, with the Gregorian day celebrated as a civic holiday, and the Julian date as the " Old New Year ", a religious holiday.

* Many huts made of mammoth bones were found in Eastern Europe and Siberia.

Many of Eastern Asia's current disputes to sovereignty and self-determination stem from unresolved disputes from World War II.

Many farmers and working men favored the bill ; but Eastern bankers favored a veto because of their reliance on bonds and foreign investors.

Many Slavic scholars are opposed to this theory of Germanic influence on the Rus ' ( people ) and have suggested alternative scenarios for this part of Eastern European history.

Many runestones in Scandinavia record the names of participants in Viking expeditions, such as the Kjula runestone which tells of extensive warfare in Western Europe and the Turinge Runestone which tells of a warband in Eastern Europe.

Many unofficial Spectrum clones were produced, especially in the former Eastern Bloc countries ( e. g. in Romania, several models were produced ( Tim-S, HC85, HC91, Cobra, Junior, CIP, CIP 3, Jet ), some featuring CP / M and a 5. 25 "/ 3. 5 " floppy disk ) and South America ( e. g. Microdigital TK 90X and TK 95 ).

Many travellers had themselves painted in exotic Eastern dress on their return, including Lord Byron, as did many who had never left Europe, including Madame de Pompadour.

Many cathedrals of Eastern European tradition are centrally planned.

Many similar prayer practices exist in other Christian communities, each with its own set of prescribed prayers and its own form of prayer beads, such as the prayer rope in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Many Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed Christ ( and, of the renewal of life in springtime ).

Many believed that Aldington's suffering in the bloodbath of Europe during World War I caused him to resent Lawrence's reputation, gained in the Middle Eastern arena.

Many Eastern European countries and others sold great numbers of CTOs to collectors in the 1950s-1990s strictly for revenue.

Many of the Middle Eastern Jewish communities are hit by pro-Axis Arab regimes, and the early stage of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands begins.

Many art colonies continue across Eastern Europe in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.

Many traditions of Eastern religions ( Buddhism and Jainism ) embrace the doctrine of ahimsa ( non-violence ) which imposes vegetarianism and outlaws animal as well as human sacrifice.

Many, if not most, episcopi vagantes are associated with Independent Catholic Churches.

Many Presbyterian Churches, influenced by Philip Schaff's Mercersburg Theology, have adopted a High Church liturgy.

Many Presbyterian denominations have found ways of working together with other Reformed denominations and Christians of other traditions, especially in the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Many churches which use a contemporary worship format use a small amplified band to accompany the singing, and Roman Catholic Churches may use, at their discretion, additional orchestral accompaniment.

# Many of the Independent Catholic Churches are working toward full communion with each other and with the Old-Catholic Union of Utrecht.

Many African Independent Churches developed their own responses to witchcraft and sorcery.

Many mainline Protestant Churches include corporate confession in regular worship.

Many of the former UCC congregations banded together as the new Congregational Christian Churches in Canada.

Many of the pastors and congregations brought with them a tolerance towards forming joint congregations with the Reformed, similar to the Union Churches they left behind in Germany.

Many of these charismatic / renewal congregations are ending up in the Alliance of Renewal Churches.

" Many people in more traditional Churches of Christ see these groups as having more in common with Pentecostal churches.

Many Vineyard Churches have no official membership procedures or membership records, and such a policy is not dictated by the national Vineyard Church.

Many churches with roots in Restorationism reject being identified as Protestant or even as a denomination at all, as they use only the Bible not creeds, and model the church after what they feel is the first century church found in scripture ; the Churches of Christ are one example ; African Initiated Churches, like Kimbanguism, mostly fall within Protestantism, with varying degrees of syncretism.

Many churches are located in Grangemouth: three Church of Scotland, two Catholic Churches, one Episcopal Church and several mission-type churches.

Many of the churches of the Anglican Communion as well as Lutheran, Methodist, and some other Churches observe most of the same ; however, their altars may be covered in black instead of being stripped.

Many outside of these churches sometimes conflate them with other Churches of Christ, which serve the Lord's Supper using a single cup, and / or which refrain from having divided, age-distinct Bible classes (" Sunday School ").

Many others followed and, in such a tense historical moment, IFOR members discussed about the necessity of disarmament and of a new role of Churches, asking clergymen to make a strong stand against the idea of " righteous wars ".

Many contemporary Collegiate Churches draw on the idea that collegiate means a " church with more than one minister ", often understood as reflected in the " priesthood of all believers " and local, congregational governance.

Many Christian clergymen were sent from Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches, though proselytizing was still banned.

Many of Clarke's earlier published writings were addressed to the immediate need of establishing a larger theory of religion than that espoused by people who were still under the influence Calvinism, or as an American phrase states the " Hard-shelled Churches.

Many of the leaders, ministers, and congregations that supported ELIM eventually left the LCMS in 1976 to form the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches ( AELC ), one of the three predecessor churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ).