ABDA (American-British-Dutch-Australian) command Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
covering Burma, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines (with the north-western part of Australia included from 24 January
Acre, Siege of Reference library
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The epic siege of Acre began on 27/8 August 1189 and lasted until 12 July 1191; it was the
Advertising Reference library
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Shipping is an international enterprise, and advertising has long played a crucial part in its commercial success. The promotion of
Afghanistan, Australian Deployment to Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
Within days of the al‐Qaeda attack of 11 September 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York and the
Agincourt, Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The most famous battle of the Hundred Years’ War saw an English expeditionary force under Henry V defeat a much
air gap, mid-Atlantic Reference library
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area south of Greenland in which Allied convoys could not be given air cover against U-boat attacks during much of
air power Reference library
Denis Richards
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Before the Second World War, there was no general agreement about the importance or capabilities of air power. In the
Alamein, Battle of El Reference library
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In 1942 the pivotal battles of the Desert War were fought around the El Alamein area in Egypt. The German
Aleutian Islands campaigns Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Kiska and Attu, two of the most westerly of these US-owned islands, which stretch across the north Pacific between Alaska
Alghero, Siege and Naval Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The town of Alghero is situated on the northwest coast of the island of Sardinia. From the eleventh century it
America’s Cup Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
Sailing’s most important competition, as well as the oldest continuously held event in international sport, the America’s Cup is an
American civil war (1861–5) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
the most important event in the history of the USA. It resulted from a fundamental disagreement between two sections, North
American independence war (1775–83) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, British fortunes in North America had reached their zenith. All threat of
American Indian wars (1587–1890) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
North American Indian population densities never approached those of Mexico and Peru, but their greatest concentrations were around the Chesapeake
American Literature Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
This entry contains two subentries: An Overview, Sea Fiction
Americas Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
This entry contains four subentries: Exploration Voyages, 1492–1509, Exploration Voyages, 1500–1620 (Eastern Coast), Exploration Voyages, 1500–1616 (South America)
ammunition, artillery Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
The NATO tactical symbol for artillery is a box with a black dot in it: a cannon ball. Yet the
Amphibious Operations Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
War at sea has one overriding objective: to influence events on land. Until the advent of the submarine-launched ballistic missile,
Amsterdam Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
This entry contains two subentries: Commercial Port, Naval Port
Amundsen, Roald (1872–1928) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872, at Borge, on the eastern shore of
