A. J. Muste
(1885–1967), minister, labor organizer, antiwar activist.Born in the Netherlands, Muste studied at theological seminaries in the United States and became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church ...
A. P. Hill
(1825–65) Confederate army officer, born near Culpeper, Virginia. His success in leading a brigade into battle at Williamsburg (1862) led to his being given command of the largest division of ...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
a heavily armored plane designed to destroy tanks and constructed around its powerful 30 mm gun and enormous munitions drum.
A-10A
A heavily armored plane designed to destroy tanks and constructed around its powerful 30 mm gun and enormous munitions drum. Its wide combat radius and short takeoff and landing ability ...
AAA Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
abbr. antiaircraft artillery.
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Charles Messenger
The Oxford Companion to World War II
German city situated close to the Dutch and Belgian borders, the scene of the first major battle fought by Eisenhower
Aachen, Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
(October 1944) a World War II battle in which Aachen became the first German city to fall to
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
Following the death in 1247 of Henry Raspe, who had been the rival of the excommunicated Emperor Frederick II,
AADC Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
abbr. area air defense commander.
Aardvark Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
F-111 a two-seat twin-engine aircraft used as an attack/strike plane.
AB Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
abbr. able seaman; able-bodied seaman.
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adv. (of a sail) pressed backward against the mast by a headwind.
abaft
Towards the stern of a ship, relative to some other object or position. Abaft the beam is any bearing or direction between the beam of a ship and its stern. See also aft; but ‘abaft’ is always ...
