Wars
Meanings and phrases
Balkan Wars
- two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe
Napoleonic Wars
- a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815
n.
- struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII; War of the Roses
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- His father is known for taking part in both world wars.
- There were multi-party coalitions during both world wars.
- The four warships were in service throughout both world wars.
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- Its name often occurs at the time of the civil wars.
- During the civil wars he sided with his father.
- This ended the civil wars of Charles' reign.
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- Lubomirski fought in wars against Sweden and Hungary.
- The reason invoked was Spain's wars against "infidels and "heretics".
- Later, he fought wars against the cities of Lüneburg, Bremen and Osnabrück.
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- There have been 11 Dano-Swedish wars between 1521 and 1814.
- Later, there were wars between them.
- After the split, there has been turf wars between the two groups.
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- At some point between the wars the fort reverted to caretaker status.
- A slightly Swedish flavour dates the building as belonging to the period between the wars.
- In the period between the wars, the building of the work alliance settlement is remarkable.
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- He achieved a total of 8 air victories during the wars.
- The building received only minor damage during the wars.
- Its residents died during the wars or escaped from the Ottoman oppression.
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- His father is known for taking part in both world wars.
- There were multi-party coalitions during both world wars.
- The four warships were in service throughout both world wars.
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- In a series of wars, the Karakhanid conquered Khotan.
- The tension resulted in a series of wars starting in 1492.
- A series of wars affected Pomerania in the following centuries.
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- It was named after Enrico Tazzoli, a martyr of the Italian wars of independence.
- These included significant wars of independence fought in Indonesia, Vietnam, Algeria, and Kenya.
- The Spanish Empire largely collapsed in the Americas with the Latin American wars of independence.
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- In the following years many wars took place there.
- The sons fought many wars on behalf of their father.
- India has fought many wars and minor conflicts during its period as a republic.
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- List of wars involving Japan This is a list of wars involving Japan.
- List of wars involving Tunisia
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- Not until 1645 and after several wars and regional conflicts was it ceded to Sweden by Denmark-Norway.
- He graduated from Egyptian Military Academy, and fought in several wars, such as War of Attrition and October War.
- Cannibalism has recently been both practiced and fiercely condemned in several wars, especially in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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- This was followed by the religious wars, and the great fire of 1656.
- I just can't get over how great his observant lyrics about religious wars are.
- As with other Weyman novels, it takes place during the French religious wars of the early 17th century.