An iconic image of pacifism came out of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 with the " Tank Man ", where one protester stood in nonviolent opposition to a column of tanks.

This includes characters related to Swamp Thing, The Sandman, Madame Xanadu, Black Orchid, The Books of Magic, House of Mystery, Sandman Mystery Theatre, The Haunted Tank, The Unknown Soldier, and Shade, the Changing Man.

So too was the act by the Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel photographed holding his shopping bag in the path of tanks during the protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 5 June 1989.

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Books include The Disney Studio Story and Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times ( with Richard Holliss ); The Land of Narnia, illustrated by Pauline Baynes ; The Treasury of Narnia ( with Alison Sage ); Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman ; The Book of Guinness Advertising ; a biography of Wilbert Vere Awdry, entitled The Thomas the Tank Engine Man ; A Christmas Carol: The Unsung Story ; Cracking Animation: The Aardman book of 3-D Film-making, ( with Peter Lord ); Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie ; Three Cheers for Pooh ; and The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth with artist John Howe.

Jeff Widener, known for his iconic Tank Man photograph, took other photographs of the fateful rally, including two widely publicized images of the Goddess ; one under construction, and another in context of the demonstration.

A new item, the Energy Tank, allows a player to refill Mega Man ’ s health at any time.

Mega Man 2 also introduced the Energy Tank item, special movement items, teleporter room, and password system, which became staples in future titles.

This tank gained worldwide infamy after the " Tank Man " incident in 1989.

* A radio play ' The Tank Man ' by Julia Stoneham, describing Ken Small's efforts was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24 October 2007.

" Tank Man " temporarily stops the advance of a column of tanks on June 5, 1989, in Beijing, in what is widely considered among the most iconic images of the 20th century.

Charlie Cole, working for Newsweek and on the same balcony as Stuart Franklin, hid his roll of film containing Tank Man in a Beijing Hotel toilet, sacrificing an unused roll of film and undeveloped images of wounded protesters after the PSB raided his room, destroyed the two rolls of film just mentioned and forced him to sign a confession.

Arthur Tsang Hin Wah of Reuters took several shots, but the one shot of Tank Man climbing the tank was chosen from his batch of photos.

On June 4, 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the protests, Associated Press reporter Terril Jones revealed a photo he took showing the Tank Man from ground level, a different angle than all of the other known photos of the Tank Man.

*" Behind the scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen " ( New York Times ), with link to video of the incident.

* PBS Frontline documentary " The Tank Man ", 2006, Program viewable online.

* The Tank Man documentary, viewable online.

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* 25 March 2003-A friendly fire (" blue-on-blue ") incident in Basra in which one Challenger 2 of the Black Watch Battlegroup ( 2nd Royal Tank Regiment ) mistakenly engaged another Challenger 2 of the Queen's Royal Lancers after detecting what was believed to be an enemy flanking manoeuvre on thermal equipment.

When US forces commenced redeployment operations, many of the M48A3 Pattons were turned over to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) forces, in particular creating the ARVN 20th Tank Regiment ; which supplemented their M41 Walker Bulldog units.

" His formidable force of " three armies – the 4th Guards, 27th, 52nd ... and 5th Guards Cavalry Corps " – surrounded the encircled German forces and " elements of 5th Guards Tank Army had recently been added ... with the most powerful units, in particular armor, placed between Group Stemmermann and III Panzer Corps.

The craters in particular stymied tank support of the Red Beach forces by the light tanks of the 193rd Tank Battalion when the lead M3 light tank became partially submerged in a shellhole and blocked passage of all the vehicles behind it.

Although petroglyphs are present throughout the entire park, Mouse's Tank and Atlatl Rock are two areas in particular which have many petroglyphs while being relatively easily accessible.

In particular, reinforced in 1941 with the 132nd Tank Regiment, which would replace the 32nd Tank Regiment, ( disbanded in mid-1942 ), it took part in the first German – Italian counteroffensive to retake Cyrenaica, and the siege of Tobruk which resulted from this.

Although he still wore a standard British officer's cap on arrival in the desert, he briefly wore an Australian broad-brimmed hat before switching to wearing the black beret ( with the badge of the Royal Tank Regiment next to the British General Officer's badge ) for which he became notable.

In 1938, Kalashnikov was conscripted into the Red Army, and became a tank driver and mechanic, achieving the rank of senior sergeant tank commander serving on the T-34s of the 24th Tank Regiment, 12th Tank Division stationed in Stryi before the regiment retreated after the Battle of Brody in June 1941.

The Albertstadt garrison became the headquarters of the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany after the war.

When the earlier Infantry Tank Mark I which was also known as " Matilda " was removed from service the Infantry Tank Mk II became known simply as the " Matilda ".

Albatros-Flugzeugwerke engineer and test pilot Kurt Tank became head of the technical department and started work on the Fw 44 Stieglitz ( Goldfinch ).

Several enormous facilities for the production of T-34 tanks and Katyusha rocket launchers existed in Chelyabinsk, which became known as " Tankograd " ( Tank City ).

In 1976, McGraw-Hill published Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank, which became a best-seller.

He went on to release solo material under the Think Tank name and was half of Brother Sun Sister Moon who later became known as Luminous.

The railway used to have special Thomas The Tank Engine themed events, until the cost of running these became prohibitive, and other special services.

Was ordered into production, but on Light Tank M24 chassis, so became the M19 Gun Motor Carriage.

HIT later purchased Gullane Entertainment, the owners of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Magic Adventures of Mumfie, in 2003 ; in the process HIT became owner of the Guinness Book of Records, which was sold in 2004.

The Energy Tank became the series ' iconic health refill item and later served as inspiration for a promotional " Rockman E-Can " drink.

The area became a major industrial center in the nineteenth century, and by the beginning of the twentieth century was home to distilleries, electric power plants, soap and hosiery factories, and the Kendall Boiler and Tank Company.

Tank Girl became quite popular in the politicized indie counterculture zeitgeist as a cartoon mirror of the growing empowerment of women in punk rock culture.

The 1st Light Horse Regiment became the 1st Tank Battalion, and as such fought in New Guinea and Borneo.

: Reconnaissance squadron ( became 3rd Czechoslovak Tank Battalion in late 1944 )

However, one tank operating to the right of the 54th ( East Anglian ) Division on the front facing a strong redoubt that became known as " Tank " Redoubt, did enable the infantry to make their most significant gain of the battle.

The 6th became Royal Engineers, the 7th joined the Royal Tank Regiment, and the 10th became a battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

A ' second line ' battalion formed at Oldham in 1939 became 47th ( Oldham ) Royal Tank Regiment.

During World War II, he was in command of a tank battalion and, in 1943, he became the commander of the 55th Guards Tank Brigade of the 3rd Guards Tank Army.