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43 matches to Ops
Afghanistan Invasion. 1979-87. Russian troops support Marxist revolutionaries.
Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.
Bavarian Succession, War. (Potato War). 1778-9. Prussia stops Austria from taking over Bavarian land ceded to it.
Bedlam. (Bethlehem Royal Hospital). 1247-1815. Bishopsgate asylum.
Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.
Bishops’ Wars. 1639. Scots vs Charles’ Anglicanism. 1640. Covenanters force Charles to call Long Parliament.
Blanc, Louis. 1811-82. French Utopian Socialist. Theory of equal wages. National Workshops. Organization du Travail 1839.
Cecrops. Mythological first king of Athens. Snake-man.
Cheops. c2600BC. Egyptian pharaoh, largest pyramid.
Cyclops. Mythical one-eyed giant.
Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.
Danilo I-II. 1677-1835, 1826-60. Montenegrin Prince-Bishops.
Dunkirk, Evacuation. 1940. 340,000 Allied troops from N France.
Episcopalianism. Church government by bishops.
Gallas, Matthias. 1584-1647. General for Holy Roman Empire during Thirty Years War. Troops annihilated.
Golden Spurs, Battle. 1302. Courtrai, Belgium. Flemish craftsmen defeat French troops.
Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.
Granger Movement. 19C. US farmers’ co-ops, political lobbies.
Housman, A.E. 1859-1936. English poet: Shropshire Lad 1896. Romanatic pessimism.
Hungarian Uprising. 1703-11. Ferenc Rákóczi II led vs Hapsburg centralism. No real change achieved. 1956. Student-led revolt crushed by Russian troops. Kádár puppet government established. Nagy executed.
Indian Mutiny. 1857-9. Indian troops rebel vs British officers. Months of violence, massacres. East India Act. Ended Mogul Empire.
Investiture Controversy. 1075-1122. Gregory VII abolished Holy Roman Emperor’s power to invest bishops. Led to war with Henry IV. Concordat of Worms.
Katyn Affair. 1940 massacre of Polish officers by Russian troops discovered 1943. Denied, blamed on Nazis. Ignored by Allies. Soviets admit responsibility, 1992.
Klopstock. 1724-1803. German Movement poet. -“love of the Fatherland”. Odes.
Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.