U Thant. 1909-74. Burmese United Nations Secretary General 1961-7.

Utrecht, Union of. 1579. United Provinces alliance created vs Spanish rule in Netherlands.

Valdemar IV. Atterdag. 1320-75. Danish king 1340-. Re-united Denmark. Opposed Hanseatic League. Sold Estonia to Teutonic Knights.

Victor-Emmanuel II. 1820-78. First king of united Italy, 1861-. Peace of Milan, 1848. Cavour.

Victoria. 1819-1901. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-. Empress of India 1876-. Colonial expansion. Strict moralist. Lost Hanover Crown by Salic Law.

Wales. Celts. 55BC Rome. 7C +England. 8C Divided. 9C Re-united. 11C Norman. 1284 English suzerainty. 1536 Union with England.

World Bank. 1944. United Nations agency established at Bretton Woods.

World War II. 1939-45. Allies-Britain, France, US(1941-), Russia(1941-) vs Axis-Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia(-1941). Caused by German Totalitarian expansionism resulting from WWI reparations and fear of Communism. 55M dead. 35M wounded. 30M refugees. Cost $US 1500B. Led to United Nations, Soviet power, State of Israel, atomic weapons.

Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Billy the Kid. 1859-81. US frontier outlaw.

Boone, Daniel. 1734-1820. US frontier explorer. Alamo.

Bowie, James. 1796-1836. US frontiersman. Bowie knife.

Bulge, Battle. 1945. Last German offensive on the Western Front at Ardennes. WWII.

Calamity Jane. (Martha Jane Burke). 1852-1903. US sharpshooter frontierswoman.

Cape Frontier Wars. =Kaffir Wars.

Carson, Kit. 1809-68. US frontier guide.

Crockett, Davy. 1786-1836. US frontiersman. Killed at Alamo.

Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.

FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.

Frontier. Moving US boundary between developed east and unsettled west. Opportunity for adventureres, explorers, pioneers.

Hickock, James (Wild Bill). 1837-76. US frontier lawman.

Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.

Kaffir Wars. 1779-1879. Bantu vs British in South Africa. Cape Frontier Wars.

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