Wojtek the Bear [paperback] (26 page)

Afghanistan
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Alexandria, Egypt
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Ancona, Italy
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Anders, General Wladyslaw
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Anders’ Polish Army
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Andrzejewska, Maja
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Anzio, Italy
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Ashkhabad, Polish mission at
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Atlee, government of Clement
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Aurunci Mountains
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Australia
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Balkans, dancing bears in
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Baltic ports, Nazi threat to
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Bamse (Norwegian St Bernard mascot)
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Bandurski, Mateusz
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Barnett, Ambassador Robin
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Barony Castle, Eddleston
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Battle of Britain
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bears in ancient cultures
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Belorussia
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Beria, Lavrenty
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Berling, General Zygmunt
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Berwick

Berwick Arms Hotel
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Berwick Bear
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Brown Bear pub in
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Dutch trade with (and red pantiles as ballast)
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technically at war with Russia
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Wojtek’s visits to
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Bevin, Ernest
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Biggar, Lanarkshire
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Bismarck, Count Otto von
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Black Watch at Monte Cassino
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Blackadder River
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Blessed, Brian
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Bodega Bar, Dundee
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Bolshevik Revolution (1917)
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Bór-Komorowski, General Tadeusz
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Bowden
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Boxer Rebellion in China
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Breda, liberation of
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Bridge of Earn
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British 8th Army
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Brodie, William
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Brown, Archie
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Burdett-Coutts, Baroness
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Buzek, President Jerzy
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camels in war
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Campbell, Ian
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Campbell, Sonia
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canaries in war
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Carpathian Lancers Regiment
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Carpathian Rifle Brigade
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Caspian Sea
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Catherine II of Russia
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Chain Bridge Honey Farm
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Chalmers (Czamer), Alexander
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Chambers, Sir William
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The Charterhall Story
(Thompson, J.B.)
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Chelminski, Major
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Chopin, Frédéric
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Churchill, Winston S.
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pledge to Poles at end of war
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Sikorski and, agreement for Polish army to re-arm in Scotland
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at Teheran conference
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at Yalta conference
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Chuzanow, Adam
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Clancy, Tom
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Clark, Jim
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Clarke, MBE, John (Black Watch at Monte Cassino)
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Cormack, John
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Corson, Margot
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Crawford, Lanarkshire
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Czechoslovakia, Nazi occupation of
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Czeremosz River
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Czestochowa Pipe Band
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Danzig (Gda
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Davies, Norman
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Dawnay, James
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de Gaulle, Charles
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de Vink, Peter
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Defence of the Realm Regulations
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Demarco, Richard
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Denholm, Mrs (cook at Winfield Camp)
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dogs in war
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Dollan, Sir Patrick
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dolphins, sea lions and whales in war
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Douglas, Lanarkshire
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Dumfries, Assembly Rooms in
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Dundee
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Dunlop of Mayfield, Mrs
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Duns, Berwickshire
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twinned with Zagan
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Polish Cultural Festival In
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Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh City Council
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Edinburgh-Kraków partnership
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Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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Edinburgh Sick Children’s Hospital
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Edinburgh World Heritage
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Edinburgh Zoo
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Egypt
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elephants in war
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Enigma code
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European Parliament
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European Union (EU)
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Falaise Gap
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Falkirk Polish Club
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Fergusson MSP, Alex
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Fields of Hope
(Pola Nadziei)
campaign
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Finland
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First World War
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Fleming family (Winfield farm)
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Foulden, Berwickshire
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France

fall of (1940)
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French resistance to Nazism
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Normandy landings and fighting in
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Franchetti, Vincent
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Frank, Hans
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French Expeditionary Corps
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Gavinton, Berwickshire
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Genghis Khan
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Gillespie, Thomas
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Glasgow
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Glover, Janella
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Gray, John
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Great Polish Map of Scotland
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Greenlaw, Berwickshire
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Greyfriars Bobby
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Gustav Line
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Hamadan City and Province
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Herriot, Alan Beattie
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Historic Scotland
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Hitler, Adolf
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Hood, Will
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horses in war
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Howgate, Midlothian
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Hungary
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Hutton, Berwickshire
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India
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Iran
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Persia

Iraq
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Italy
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see also
Monte Cassino

Karolewski (Kay), Augustyn
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Karski, Jan
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Kaska the monkey
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Katyn Forest, massacre in
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Kazakhstan
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Kelso, Roxburghshire
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Kenya
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KGB
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Kiev
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King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB)
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Kirkuk, Iraq
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Kociuszko, Tadeusz
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Kociuszko Division
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Kotonowicz, Anna
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Kozielsk prison camp
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Kraków
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Edinburgh–Kraków partnership
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Jagiellonian University
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St Lazarus Hospice in
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Kraków Hejna bugle call
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Kukiel, General Marian
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Lavis, Adam
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Lenin, Vladimir I
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Lenino, first battle at (1943)
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Lithgow, William
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Lithuania
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Little, Jim
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KOSB Colour Sergeant
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mistrust of (Labour) politicians
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respect for Polish soldiers
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Wojtek’s relationship with
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Lockerbie, Trinity Church in
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Lothian and Border Horse
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Loudon, Major General Euan
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Lwów
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MacInnes, Marc
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Maczek, General Stanislaw
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Madden, Colonel (Black Watch at Monte Cassino)
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Mansoor, Kat
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Marie Curie Cancer Care
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Mexico
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Michael the Bear
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Mickiewicz, Adam
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Middle East, dancing bears in
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Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw
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military research
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Moffat
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Moniaive
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Monte Cassino
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assaults on
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battle for
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Death Valley
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final battle for
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impregnability of
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maelstrom of
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munitioning guns at
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shelling at
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strategic goals of battle for
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threat to advancing Allies
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turning point in Allied fortunes
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victory at
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Montrose
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mules in war
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Murrays of Elibank
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Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego
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National Homing Union
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Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI)
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Nazi Todt Organizsation
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New Zealand
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Nivkh clan in Russia
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NKVD (Soviet secret police)
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Normandy landings and fighting in
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Norway

inconclusive campaign in (1940)
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