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...issar, a fort destroyed in retaliation for the death of their envoy by the British in 1879, was restored as a military college. Outside the city proper is a c ...flag of truce. The British again took the city in 1879 after a massacre of British officials.

...tic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436396&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf '''U.S. Army Military History Research Collection''']'s "VIGNETTES OF MILITARY HISTORY", ...ative American employed by the [[Directory:United States|United States]] [[Army]] during the [[War of 1812]].

* 1825, several Imperial Russia army officers lead approximately 3000 soldiers on the Senate Square in the faile * 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress

...remony for the Women's super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Gero Breloer, AP. Related storyFullscreen. None. Vonn races in th * 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, [[Di

...r Brandywine Springs to defend against a British advance on Philadelphia. British forces under [[Earl Cornwallis]] headed for Washington's position while a s ...vious night and needing rest, did not immediately pursue, and Washington's army, having suffered around 1,200 casualties, was able to escape to Germantown.

* 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a war * 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, [[Directory:California|California]]

...cally shorthanded resources. Kennedy notes that a conscious reluctance of British capitalists to invest in new industrial plant also doomed England to losing ..., though. So, in exchange for agreement to a more hostile approach by the Army in southeast Asia, the Navy was awarded a greater allocation of resources a

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...y," Taylor had a 40-year military career in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], serving in the [[War of 1812]], [[Black Hawk War]], and [[Seminole Wars| ...k" Taylor]] (born [[January 27]], [[1826]]-[[1879]]), [[Confederate States Army]] [[General]]

...River in 1614, and though the Dutch established a trading post, it was the British who fully colonized the area In 1633, Dutch colonists built a fort and trad ...ayed a prominent role in the Revolutionary War, serving as the Continental Army's major supplier. Sometimes called the “Arsenal of the Nation,” the sta

...bited the region, which was first explored by La Salle in 1669. The French-British rivalry for control of the area led to the last of the French and Indian Wa ...ettlement W of the Appalachian Mts. Then in 1774, with the Quebec Act, the British placed the region between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes within the bou

...ssett]] on his mother's side. Harrison was the last president to be born a British subject. ..."Mad Anthony" Wayne]], from whom he learned how to successfully command an army on the [[American frontier]]. Harrison participated in Wayne's decisive vic

...he area became part of [[Directory:Louisiana|Louisiana]]. It passed to the British (1763-1779) and then to the Spanish before being ceded to the United States ...er. Mississippi was divided into two main parts; the southern section to a British province called West Florida and the remaining portion to the Georgia colon

...ion Acts. Narragansett Bay became a notorious haven for smugglers, and the British revenue cutter Gaspee was burned (1772) by patriots in protest against the ..., and on May 4, 1776, the province renounced its allegiance to George III. British forces occupied parts of Rhode Island from 1776 to 1779, when they withdrew

=== British-American Struggles === ...ade from the Canadian border. In the War of 1812 Wisconsin again fell into British hands. It was only with the Treaty of Ghent (see Ghent, Treaty of) that eff

...Sept. 12, they attacked Baltimore and fired on Fort McHenry. The American army defended the city and drove them out of Maryland. This battle inspired the ...landers fought on both sides, and families were often split. General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded Maryland in 1862 and was repulsed by Union for

...alitarian Regimes" , the killings were committed by the Yugoslav Paritsian Army in 1945 and 1946. <ref>[http://www.crce.org.uk/lessons/Articles/eu_hearing. * "After the armistice the British repatriated more than 10,000 Slovene collaborators who had attempted to ret

...Brigade]] during the [[American Civil War]]; upon taking command of the [[Army of Tennessee]] in July 1864, General [[John Bell Hood]] introduced it as a ...s reached the No. 15 spot in the UK charts in 1955. <ref>{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|date=2004|publisher=Guinness World Records|location=Lo

| order2=[[Continental Army|Commander-in-Chief <br /> of the Continental Army]] ...moreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland County]], [[Colony of Virginia]], [[British America]]

...ecified full British sovereignty over the South African republics, and the British government agreed to assume the " 3000000 war debt owed by the Afrikaner go

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..."a real modern European type of government with a bureaucracy, a standing army, and a powerful independent executive".<ref>Wood, 2006a, p. 165.</ref> ...ot live without American foodstuffs, but Americans could easily do without British manufactures. This same faith led him to the conclusion "that it is in our

...na, the 18th state. Spain ceded West Florida in 1821. In January 1815, the British attacked New Orleans, unaware that a peace treaty to end the War of 1812 ha ...the Civil War (1861-1865), over 56,000 soldiers fought in the Confederate Army from Louisiana.

...Tito's victorious forces took revenge on their real and perceived enemies. British forces in Austria turned back tens of thousands of fleeing Yugoslavs. Estim ...gyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".

...t the formidable Allegheny Plateau barrier was not crossed until after the British government, concerned about French claims to the Ohio valley, granted (1749 ...he Ohio valley. Great numbers poured back over the mountains, ignoring the British proclamation of 1763, which, in the hopes of avoiding conflict with the Nat

...g as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army. ...581 mass graves</ref> The killings were executed by the Yugoslav Partisan Army.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA168&dq=Bleiburg

| birth_place=[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]], [[British America]] In 1770, a street confrontation resulted in [[29th Regiment of Foot|British soldiers]] killing five civilians in what became known as the [[Boston Mass

...area was explored by the French in the late 1600s, ceded by France to the British in 1763, and ceded by them to the newly formed United States in 1783. Sprin ...and a group called the “Big Knives” raided English forts in Illinois. The British continued to control what is now Illinois until 1778 when George Rogers Cla

...in June, George Washington was made commander in chief of the Continental Army. ...ark and his Virginians had wrested (1779) the Northwest Territory from the British, and in 1784 Virginia yielded its claim to this area to the federal governm

...aduating from William and Mary in 1776, Monroe fought in the [[Continental Army]], serving with distinction at the [[Battle of Trenton]], where he was shot ...erson rejected it as unsatisfactory, as the treaty contained no ban on the British practice of [[impressment]] of American sailors. As a result, the two natio

...he year 1940 marked the trial and abandonment, both by the Germans and the British, of long-standing notions about strategic air power. ==The British approach==

...olution came to Alabama. In 1780, Bernardo Galvez captured Mobile from the British. At the close of the American Revolution, Great Britain ceded (1783) to the ...ericans at Horseshoe Bend on Mar. 27, 1814. That victory, coupled with the British demand for cotton, ushered in a period of heavy settlement. New settlers po

| bgcolor="#ffffff" | remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public t ...le coalition of opposition groups); several Shan factions; United Wa State Army or UWSA; Union Solidarity and Development Association or USDA (pro-regime,

...3, 1932, Iraq gained independence from the League of Nations Mandate under British Administration. On June 28, 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) At the end of World War I, Iraq became a British-mandated territory. When it was declared independent in 1932, the Hashemite

...tural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed ...the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)

...on literature of the region that would be unavailable to most American or British journalists." </ref> Titoism as a ideology emerged after the Soviet Union e ...gyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".

...w Jackson brave boy 1780a.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Jackson refusing to clean a British officer's boots (1876 [[lithography|lithograph]])]] ...ediate family died from war-related hardships that Jackson blamed upon the British, leaving him orphaned by age 14. Jackson was the last U.S. President to hav

...become modern Afghanistan through the demarcation of the Durand Line. The British retained effective control over Kabul's foreign affairs. ...agement of anti-British feelings and Afghan rebellion along the borders of British India. The Afghan king's policy of neutrality was not universally popular w

...ctable" (Alan Sutton, 2004), "Montgomery " and "Colossal Cracks": The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Praeger, 2000). ...nder as per the Allied agreement and they were prevented from entering the British occupied areas.</ref> and Foibe massacres.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au

...of the 19th century. In a decision that had far-reaching consequences, the British permitted the Hindu Maharaja of Kashmir, a Sikh appointee, to continue in p ...d the same objective as the Congress--self-government for India within the British Empire--but Congress and the League were unable to agree on a formula that

[17:41] <ToAruShiroiNeko> its british humor [17:41] <ToAruShiroiNeko> Qcoder00 used british humor

...ded his huge force to cover as much territory as possible. The small Texas army, commanded by Samuel Houston, protected their rear, retreating strategicall Southerners pressed hard for the admission of Texas, the intrigues of British and French diplomats in Texas aroused U.S. concern, and expansionist polici

...uperman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined'', is a British teenager from Glastonbury, Somerset.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ne ...Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel]]''. British political candidate self-renamed after a [[Monty Python]] character. Born J

|branch= [[United States Army]] |rank= [[General]] of the Army of the United States[[Image:Us army general insignia 1866.png|80px]]

...nd the N Idaho border, was validated in the Oregon Treaty of 1846 with the British. Montana was then still a wilderness of forest and grass, with a few tradin ...er of early prospectors came from the South, particularly from Confederate Army units that broke up in the Civil War (1861-1865). One of the major gold fie

...e|France]], parts of [[Iberian_Peninsula|Iberia]] and the [[British_Isles|British Isles]], was dominated by [[Celt|Celtic]] culture. In [[279_BCE|279 BCE]], ...ar]] ([[88_BCE|88 BCE]]-[[84_BCE|84 BCE]]) he overran Anatolia and sent an army to invade Greece which was defeated by [[Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla|Sulla]] in

...nne Partecipazio, being informed of these schemes, at the head of a strong army descended upon Korčula, which despite powerful resistance, saw many of his ...and from the places, which embrace vast plains suited for manoeuvring an army in battle, it is probable that a battle occurred there and that under that

20:50 < mareklug> The United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. ...Soapy so there were two great Indian chiefs who fought on the side of the British in the 1812 war, Tecumseh of central Indiana and Black Hawk of essentially

...ory (comprised of present-day [[Oregon]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[British Columbia]]), as well as Texas. He sought to purchase California, which Mexi ...5]]. The annexation angered Mexico, however, which had succumbed to heavy British pressure and had lost Texas at the [[battle of San Jacinto]] on [[April 21]

...fter attending university for two years, and it was upon his exit from the Army that he began working as a floor clerk on Wall Street. The rest, as they sa ...7/stock-exchange-history.asp">The Birth Of Stock Exchanges</a> - Learn how British coffeehouses helped give rise to the juggernaut that is the NYSE. The Tale

| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, '''Ghana''' in 1 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Ghanaian Army, Ghanaian Navy, Ghanaian Air Force (2007)

...t of long-standing claims against France was prepared and trade with the [[British West Indies]] colonies was opened. In the controversy with the [[Second Ban ...tburst of anti-British sentiment swept through the U.S. Van Buren sent the army to the frontier and closed the rebel bases. Van Buren tried to vigorously e

...spite the widespread influence of [[United States|American]] and [[Britain|British]] Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular literature, television, an By the 1820s, [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] tension in England had eased and British writers began to worry that Christmas was dying out. They imagined [[Tudor]

[16:25] <jubo2> Teh USian Army [17:19] <Peter-C> The Army said "Here, take 2 blackhawks for the day"

Jackson joined the Army when World War II started, but left when Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered all ...ciety was formed at the University of Cambridge, England. The non-partisan British group is dedicated to "pursuit of a robust foreign policy ... based on clea

...over several ballots between [[Illinois]] Governor [[Frank Lowden]] and [[Army]] General [[Leonard Wood]], few delegates seriously considered turning to H ...ns in response to Hoover's appeals. "I suppose I could have called in the Army to help," he said, "but why should I, when I only had to call upon Main Str

Johnson forced the [[France|French]] out of [[Mexico]] by sending a combat army to the border and issuing an ultimatum. The French withdrew in 1867, and th ...rds a series of armed incursions by Irish-American civil war veterans into British territory in Canada, named the [[Fenian Raids]].{{fact|date=February 2008}}

During [[World War I]] Truman served as an [[United States Army Field Artillery Corps|artillery]] officer. After the war he became part of ...ite journal |last= Carter |first=Kit |coauthors= Robert Mueller|title= The Army Air Forces in World War II |journal=Office of Air Force History, Washington

...torture, and extrajudicial detentions. A few years later, AIOC was renamed British Petroleum, better known today as BP.

...church. The father also briefly served as a chaplain to the [[Confederate Army]]. Wilson’s father was one of the founders of the Southern [[Presbyterian ...f war. Wilson won the support of the U.S. peace element by arguing that an army buildup would provoke war. He vigorously protested [[Germany]]’s use of [

The smallness of the army renders the natural strength of the community an over-match for it; and the ...on the habeas-corpus act, which in one place he calls ``the BULWARK of the British Constitution.

...dy and his family were in attendance at the [[Strangers Gallery]] of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] to hear speeches in support of the [[Un In 1940, Kennedy completed his thesis, "Appeasement in Munich," about British participation in the [[Munich Agreement]]. He initially intended his thesis

...he [[Conscription Act of 1863]], requiring able-bodied men to serve in the army if called upon, or else to hire a substitute.<ref name=graff14/> Cleveland ...vins, 326–328; Graff, 83–84</ref> When Congress, pressured by the [[Grand Army of the Republic]], passed a bill granting pensions for disabilities not cau

...Free> The Harrier really was the plane which won the Falklands War for the British. [20:54] <GabrielF> which was basically the death knell of the british empire

...Calendar (New Style) Act 1750]], implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on [[Jan ...introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of the [[empiricism|British Empiricists]], including [[John Locke]], [[Francis Bacon]], and [[Isaac New

00:33 < mareklug> CensoredBiscuit only the British version, only on Netflix 00:34 < mareklug> have you seen the British version?

...ill]] and the [[Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II|British war effort]] before the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] pulled the U.S. into the ...ican [[destroyer]]s to Britain in exchange for military base rights in the British Caribbean islands and Newfoundland. This was a precursor of the March 1941

[10:17] <Theo10011> That's a capital crime in British-stan. [10:19] <Fluffernutter> I dunno, the british tea I was served when I was in london was kind of...nasty

...on the grounds that it was an unnecessary conflict. Nevertheless, when the British invaded neighboring [[Maryland]], he joined a volunteer light dragoon unit ...reports that Governor Brigham Young was planning revolt, Buchanan sent the Army to oust the Mormon leader.

...89 AD. It describes a clash between the Slavic population and the Venetian army. Marinko Gjivoje wrote about the find in 1972. The stone writings use: Hrva * British Empire rule from 1813 to 1815 under the command of Peter Lowen.

...r The Daily Mail reported Graham Baldwin, a former university chaplain and army officer who is president of the educational countercult organization Cataly ...Prophecy Fails: The Brahma Kumaris and the Pursuit of the Millennium(s)". British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sheffield. "In addition, they a

...r The Daily Mail reported Graham Baldwin, a former university chaplain and army officer who is president of the educational countercult organization Cataly ...Prophecy Fails: The Brahma Kumaris and the Pursuit of the Millennium(s)". British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sheffield. "In addition, they a

...r The Daily Mail reported Graham Baldwin, a former university chaplain and army officer who is president of the educational countercult organization Cataly ...Prophecy Fails: The Brahma Kumaris and the Pursuit of the Millennium(s)". British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sheffield. "In addition, they a

...r the withdrawal of U.S. troops, fighting was left to the South Vietnamese army. Although the South Vietnamese were well supplied with modern arms, their f ...a part of China.”<ref>Victor S. Kaufman; ''Confronting Communism: U.S. and British Policies toward China'' (2001), 228–31; Anthony Kubek, "The 'Opening' of

[23:03] <Addihockey10> I'm gonna call my British friend a bellend. [23:04] <Addihockey10> foks: You should play america's army

| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ''British pounds per US dollar -:'' 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5500 (2005), 0.54 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard admi

[21:31] <SigmaWP> Lubaf: The day the mutalisk died was the day I send my army of protoss at it [21:35] <OwlSecretary> U SOUND SOO CUTE: British English

[15:35] <Pharos> 2 bad british m,ilitary history �06[19:44] * SigmaWP uses an army of subpages

...beverage]]s. Then he leaves his house to go [[hunting]]. In his absence an army of mice invade his house in search of food. Among them are Mickey and Minni * In the beginning of the 1980s, the then British [[Prime Minister]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] once called the [[European Parlia

[22:40] <Thehelpfulone> heh, British Airways? ...ehelpfulone: I was also making jokes with the staff and queued like a good british person :)

[15:22] <Ironholds> we're British! �06[22:05] * SigmaWP summons the Red Army

...!]]'' (1966) with [[George C. Scott]]; ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]'' (1966), a British comedy; ''[[Don't Make Waves]]'' (1967), a satire of beach life from direct ...of the [[Holocaust]] in [[Hungary]] and lands occupied by the [[Hungarian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3892380.html |title=C

...> if a captain sinks with his ship does that mean a colonel sinks with his army base? [17:00] <Qcoder00> bep: You are british?

...te L.B. Walker Carter (1832&ndash;1874) served in the [[Confederate States Army]]. ...ay 2007, Carter described the relationship of [[Tony Blair]], the outgoing British prime minister, to Bush, in the Iraq conflict, as "abominable, loyal, blind

May 05 00:55:01 <derp> the Canadian Army has been called in Quebec May 05 01:07:19 <Peter-C> Aparently the Spaish *army* found a pirate boat and the pirates surrenered to the Royal Navy

[16:33] <SpeakFree> I was in the British Museum last month and they don't have bans on taking pictures, saw dozens o [16:33] <geniice> SpeakFree british museum allows photos yes

[18:27] <Aranda56> british term :P �06[22:25] * SigmaWP summons an army of zealots and attacks Peter-C

08:18 < Tony_Sidaway> Anybody who thinks British monarchy has good taste is invited to tour Buckingham Palace. ...already think they're ruled by a British subject from Kenya who hates the British.

...I'm a siner. But I was really happy that Christ chose me to fight in his army against the anti-Christ. [19:46] <ToAruShiroiNeko> WilliamH_UK F is a british thing

...y |volume=6 |issue= |pages=315-324 |year=1988 |doi= |pmid= |publisher=The British Psychological Society |url=http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~aleslie/Leslie%20Frith ...t had a centrist platform, similar to the third-way of [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] under [[Tony Blair]]. Economic policies in Israel being seld

[11:43] <geniice> Taiwan is occupied british territory. End of. ...ight savings time? I thought that was yet another timezone overlaid on the British isles (BST?). I thought the difference between GMT and UTC was leap seconds

08:21 < yutsi-mobile> i thought british ppl were good at tennis 08:22 < foks> yutsi-mobile, unfortunately Nadal, Federer and Sampras aren't British :'(

[16:38] <Qcoder00> Steven_Zhang: You understand British Humor? [16:55] <Panyd> and join the army

...my Kyle's american show is just a glorified Jerry Springer ripoff, but his british version is not so bad :) Plenty of juicy drama and dna tests :P 15:32 < {Soap}> probably some British thing

06:05 < wctaiwan> well, the title of the song (and nothing else) comes from a British writer. 09:03 < TheDruId> How many British and international Wikipedians are projected for Wikimania2014?

May 04 08:29:31 <Jeske_Couriano> Is there actually such an army as "Warcooks of Slaanesh"? May 04 08:33:45 <Jeske_Couriano> Is there such an army in WH40K?

...02 04:20:22 <gabrielf> which I think is the headquarters of the pakistani army and ISI May 02 04:28:26 <MuZemike> Ironically, "We Are the Champions" is from a British band, though (that is what people I hear are also singing right now)

06:09 < IRWolfie-> British diplomats would be put at risk ...is making non-Israelis rule the country... How about para-dropping in the british queen?

08:00 < BobTheWikipedian> oh good, my british expert friend is here 16:42 < Swob> i would have thought that the army would be too concerned with business to have cliques. but OK

04:20 < closedmouth> nobody likes british porn anyway ...they mean exactly the same thing when used as an epithet against a British Army officer?

12:46 * ToAruShiroiNeko thinks girl fans are like swiss army knives ...Tony_Sidaway> Also if you were watching it and didn't know much about the British, you'd come away with the impression that we really love the 1960s!

[17:33] <juancarlos> tuition sounds british [18:47] <LtNOWIS> It's a pretty big symbol for US Army Military Police.

...al proxies for the ground fighting and gaddifi had a weak but conventional army that could be smashed from the air. Easy ...02 04:20:22 <gabrielf> which I think is the headquarters of the pakistani army and ISI

[02:33] <The_Thing> There's be fucking civil war, with all of the opposing army consisting of schoolchildren :P [23:30] <Pharos> is "sanking" a word in British?

[11:49] <JohnLewis> Supplying British Beef Burgers which had Horse and Pig. ...56] <JohnLewis> Yep, We cant afford 100% British Beef so... Have this 100% British Beef, Horse and Pig Burger!

May 06 05:46:40 <Ironholds> we're British. The snark becomes ingrained after a few years. May 06 21:56:37 <KimiNewt> army course

...d one on Y!A, and it's got me utterly stumped - if the answer is something british, I've sure never heard of it. [17:05] <BarkingFish> It's a bergen, as used by the British army (mine is, not the one on the WP shop)