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There was no fighting for the town in 1945 during World War II even though the town was declared a fortress ( Festung ) in an attempt to block the Red Army's route to Berlin.
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There a dozen giant monitors played their seventy-five-foot jets of water against the huge seam of tertiary gravel which was the mountainside.
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There was outright hostility to the Volunteers from the " separation women " ( so-called because they were paid " Separation Money " by the British government ), who had husbands and son fighting in the British Army in World War I, and among unionists.
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There was an ongoing debate in the 1780s about " the people " fighting governmental tyranny ( as described by Anti-Federalists ); or the risk of mob rule of " the people " ( as described by the Federalists ) related to the ongoing revolution in France.
There was a protracted struggle between South Africa and forces fighting for independence, particularly after the formation of the South West Africa People's Organisation ( SWAPO ) in 1960.
There were large naval ships in the Song that could carry 1, 000 soldiers aboard their decks, while the swift-moving paddle-wheel crafts were viewed as essential fighting ships in any successful naval battle.
There was fighting between fans at the first game in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on 8 June 1969, which Honduras won 1 – 0.
There followed a period from 1 October to 11 November, known as the Battle of the Ancre Heights, of grinding attritional fighting for little gain.
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There he succeeds in capturing Spode's brother, John Spode, who lost his right arm while fighting the German invasion.
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There was perhaps further justification for this choice on a tactical level: the broken and wooded terrain in the immediate proximity of the Danube was adapted to fighting in open order formations, which were insufficiently mastered by his men, and at which the French were adept.
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