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  • 91cold front — noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air • Syn: ↑polar front • Hypernyms: ↑front • Hyponyms: ↑squall line * * * noun : an advancing edge of a cold air mass that is displacing warm air in its path often recognized by a wind shift and drop …

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  • 92Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington — Duke of Wellington and The Iron Duke redirect here. For subsequent dukes, see Duke of Wellington (title). For the film, see The Iron Duke (film). Field Marshal His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG GCB …

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  • 93Scorched earth — Not to be confused with Slash and burn. For other uses, see Scorched Earth (disambiguation). Kuwaiti oil wells set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in 1991. A scorched earth policy is a military strategy or operational method which involves… …

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  • 94Sri Lankan Civil War — Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India Date July 23, 1983 – May 18, 2009 …

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  • 95Battle of Berlin — For the bombing campaign on Berlin by the RAF from November 1943 to March 1944, see Battle of Berlin (air). Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Berlin caption = Soviet soldiers raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag after its… …

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  • 96World Junior Chess Championship — The World Junior Chess Championship is an under 20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson… …

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  • 97Jesse Jackson, Jr. — Jesse Jackson, Jr. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois s 2nd district Incumbent …

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  • 9811th Airborne Division (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=11th Airborne Division caption=11th Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia nickname=The Angels motto= themesong= colors= march= ceremonial chief= nickname=Angels type=Airborne Infantry Air Assault branch=United …

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  • 99Fedor von Bock — Infobox Military Person name=Fedor von Bock lived=birth date|1880|12|03 death date and age|1945|05|04|1880|12|03 placeofbirth=Küstrin, Germany placeofdeath=Oldenburg, Germany caption=Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock nickname=“Holy Fire of… …

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  • 100Battle of Albuera — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera . Print by T. Sutherland, 1831. conflict=Battle of Albuera partof=the Peninsular War date=16 May 1811 place=Albuera, south of Badajoz, Spain… …

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