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Battle of Sarimbun Beach

History; British history

The Battle of Sarimbun Beach was the first battle of the Japanese conquest of Singapore in February 1942 during World War II. Sarimbun, in the west of Singapore Island, was the ...

First Battle of Tembien

History; World history

The First Battle of Tembien was a battle between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire fought on the northern front of what was known as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. ...

Carolingian Renaissance

History; World history

The Carolingian Renaissance is the name given to the revival of classical learning and culture that occurred during the late eighth and ninth centuries, a period that roughly ...

Celtic Christianity

History; World history

A variety of modern sectarian and special interest groups, including New Age cults, Irish nationalists, feminists and independent Christians, claim Celtic roots for their drive ...

Battle of Kranji

History; British history

The Battle of Kranji was the second part of the invasion of Singapore during the Second World War by the Empire of Japan against allied Commonwealth forces. On 9 February 1942 the ...

Holocaust

History; World history

The attempt by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II to exterminate the Jews of Europe in death camps (the Final Solution). The word holocaust means 'burnt vessel.' ...

Franco-Prussian War

History; European history

Also called Franco-German War, was a war between France on the one hand and Northern German Federation and the south German states on the other hand in 1870-71. The German ...