Prior to that Essendon lost a hard fought grand final to Richmond in 1943 by 5 points, finished 3rd in 1944, and dropped to 8th in 1945.

Prior to the Potsdam Conference, during the Soviet winter 1945 offensive ( Vistula – Oder Offensive ) Red Army overrun Warmia, killing and raping local population, without any regards towards age nor ethnic origin.

Prior to this, between 1947 and 1998, it was the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship, and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship between 1945 and 1947.

Prior to 1945, the facility had been owned by the United States Army Air Corps.

Prior to 1945, " Kimigayo " served as the national anthem of the Empire of Japan, however, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved following its surrender at the end of World War II, its parliamentary democracy successor state, the State of Japan, replaced it in 1945, the polity therefore changed from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy.

Prior to 1945, the town was part of Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia and Germany.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Prior to 1945, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as Egerland, and was part of the Northern Austro-Bavarian dialect area.

Prior to 1945 it was in East Prussia.

Prior to August 1945, the Japanese Government had not seriously contemplated an Allied occupation of Japanese home islands, as they had assumed the Japanese people would fight to extinction rather than accept such terms.

Prior to the 1980s, there was debate over the circumstances of Globocnik's survival-some had speculated that his death in either early May or June 1945 at the hands of either partisans or a Jewish revenge squad.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Prior to 1945, Gubin was part of Guben in Germany.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Prior to this repair, the last known ringing of the bell with its clapper was at the end of World War II, in 1945, though it had since been rung several times by striking with a mallet.

Prior to 1945 ( the year Pius XII changed the form of ballot to use anonymous oaths, first carried out in 1958 ), when the ballots were of the more complex type illustrated above, the sealing wax which was used in those ballots had an effect in making the smoke from burning the ballots either black or white, depending on whether damp straw was added or not.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Prior to 1945, glengarries were generally worn steeply angled, with the right side of the cap worn low, often touching the ear, and the side with the capbadge higher on the head.

Prior to the 1945 renumbering, the route that became SR 50 had the following numbers:

Prior to the creation of the post of Chief Minister in 1964, Hassan had served as a member of the Gibraltar Executive Council ( 1950 – 64 ), as Mayor of Gibraltar ( 1945 – 1950, 1953 – 1969 ; until 1955 the name of the title was Chairman of the City Council ), and as the Chief Member of the Legislative Council ( 1950 – 64 ).

Prior to 1945, the territory of this constituency had been contained in the Horsham and Worthing seat.

It went underground in Vienna after 1945, but was contacted in 1958 by a former Waffen-SS lieutenant, Rudolf Mund, who became Prior of the Order in 1979.

Prior to the Constitution, a federal body was one where states effectively formed nothing more than permanent treaties, with citizens retaining their loyalty to their original state.

Prior to the 1996 elections, the UNIP formed an alliance with six other opposition parties.

Prior to the 1890s Perthshire's boundaries were irregular: the parishes of Culross and Tulliallan formed an exclave some miles away from the rest of the county, on the boundaries of Clackmannanshire and Fife ; while the northern part of the parish of Logie formed an enclave of Stirlingshire within the county.

Prior to 1965 Kensington formed the Royal Borough of Kensington, and some residents objected to the merger with Chelsea, formerly an inexpensive and bohemian borough compared with the fashionable Royal Borough.

Casa Rocca Grande was built by Fra Pietro La Rocca, Prior of Santo Stefano, towards the end of the 16th century and formed part of a magnificent palace with double entrances in the style of the Grandmaster's Palace.

Prior to 1915, purchasing associations had formed in at least 10 major cities in the country, including one of the earliest and most active groups in Buffalo, NY, founded in 1904, and the New York Association, formed in 1913, which eventually became the nucleus of the national organization.

Prior to the Spanish conquest ( 1519 – 1522 ) most of present day Mexico formed the Aztec Empire, a native American empire ruled from Tenochtitlán ( present day Mexico City ) by a tlatoani or " emperor ".

Prior to 13 December 2009, the Circle line formed a simple loop with 27 stations and of track, as shown below:

Prior to 1924, most of the community formed a part of Erin Township.

A Prior and twelve monks formed the original foundation.

Prior to 1996 it formed part of the district of Selby.

Prior to 1996 it formed part of the district of Selby.

Hutchings ' new band was formed after he met established duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior on the London folk club scene, and the initial lineup was completed by husband and wife team Terry Woods ( formerly of Sweeney's Men, later of The Pogues ) and Gay Woods.

Prior to Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón formed the band She's In Pain in 1992.

Prior to joining the Miles Davis band, Adderley formed his own group with his brother Nat after signing onto the Savoy jazz label in 1957.

Prior to this, Wheeler and Hamilton were in a Iron Maiden cover band called Vietnam who formed in 1989.

Prior to 1707, the government of England was in fact the government of England and Wales since Wales was joined to England under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 and from the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542, England and Wales formed a single legal system.

Prior to Napoleon and during the Terror Robespierre, Louis de Saint-Just, and Couthon, as members of the governing Committee of Public Safety, were purported by some to have formed an unofficial triumvirate.

Prior to the Viking incursions the southern Hebrides formed part of the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata ( or Dalriada ).

Prior to the 1818 opening of the Port Deposit Bridge, the river formed a barrier between the northern and southern states, crossable only by ferry.

Prior to the double cohort in 2003, F1 and F2 formed both halves of the Ontario Grade 7-9 curriculum ; M3 was equivalent to Grade 10, and so forth.

Prior to the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) being formed in 1961, association football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions.