Siegfried Line. 1937-40 German fortifications on western frontier = West Wall. Also, part of Hindenburg Line.

Simpson, Wallis. 1896-1986. American divorcée for whom Edward VIII abdicated.

Sistine Chapel. 1473. Vatican. Walls by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio; ceiling by Michelangelo 1508-12. Last Judgement 1534-41.

Thiers, Adolphe. 1797-1877. French. Led July Revolution. Paris wall 1841. Crushed Paris Commune 1871. First president of Third Republic 1871-3.

Ulbricht, Walter. 1893-1973. East German Stalinist General Secretary 1950-71. Head of State 1960-. Ordered Berlin Wall.

Wailing Wall, Battle. 1929. Jews battle Moslems.

Wallace, Alfred. 1823-1913. British naturalist. Theory of natural selection, 1838, independent of Darwin.

Wallace, George. 1919-98. Alabama segregationist governor, presidential candidate. Shot 1972.

Wallace, Lewis. 1827-1905. US soldier, author. Ben Hur 1880.

Wallenberg, Raoul. 1912-47?. Swedish diplomat. Saved thousands of Jews in WWII Budapest. Jailed by Soviets. Holocaust.

Wallenstein, Albrecht von. 1583-1634. Bohemian HRE general in Thirty Years War.

Wallis, Barnes. 1887-1979. British armament inventor.

Wallis, John. 1616-1703. English mathematician. Calculus, cryptography. Infinitesimals 1655.

Walloon. French dialect of south Belgium. Flemings.

West Wall. 1934-9. German illegal fortification of Rhine frontier.

Amethyst Incident. 1949. Escape of British frigate from China.

Artesian Well. Ancient Egypt, China, Persia, Syria.

Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.

Birch, John. -1945. US missionary killed in China. Cold War hero of John Birch Society.

Bodhidharma. (Daruma). 6C Indian monk in China. Founded Ch’an Buddhism =Zen.

Canton System. 1759-1842. All China foreign trade through Canton.

Cards. 7-10C China. 1299 Italy. 1615 English tax.

Cathay. Medieval name for N China. Polo.

Celestial Empire. Chinese Empire.

Champa. 2-15C Vietnamese kingdom. 5-6C China. 1471 Vietn dest.

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