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	Battle of the Aegates Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca was slow to complete his advantage on the island and, probably due to this, from 242 BC Rome eventually decided to build another fleet and regain naval supremacy.
		The years preceding the battle were of relatively quiet development within the First Punic War.
		Categories: Naval battles of the First Punic War
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Aegates_Islands (731 words)

	Aeolian Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Aeolian Islands (Italian Isole Eolie) are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily.
		The largest island is Lipari, and tourism marketing often names the entire archipelago the Lipari Islands because of the ease of pronouncing Lipari compared to Aeolian.
		In the course the battle, the Aeolian Islands were depopulated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aeolian_Islands (223 words)

	Battle of Mylae
		The first episode of Roman naval warfare, the battle of the Lipari Islands, was not brilliant: consul Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina managed to loose his whole squadron of 17 ships to Carthage without a fight.
		The battle of Mylae (offshore Mylae Sicily, 260 BC) was the first real naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the First Punic War.
		After the conquest of Agrigentum, the Roman Republic felt confident to pursue war with Carthage on sea.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_mylae.html (360 words)

	Battle of the Lipari Islands - TheBestLinks.com - Battle of the Lipara Islands, Consul, Carthage, First Punic War, ...
		Battle of the Lipara Islands, Battle of the Lipari Islands, Consul, Carthage...
		The battle of the Lipari Islands or Lipara (Lipara harbour, 260 BC) was the first encounter between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the First Punic War.
		Battle of the Lipari Islands - TheBestLinks.com - Battle of the Lipara Islands, Consul, Carthage, First Punic War,...
	www.thebestlinks.com /Battle_of_the_Lipara_Islands.html (416 words)

	Komandorski Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands took place in the open sea about 160 km (100 mi) south of the islands.
		The Komandorski Islands or Commander Islands, (in Russian, Komandorskiye Ostrova) are a group of treeless islands east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, in the Bering Sea.
		Today the population of the islands is about 2/3 Russian and 1/3 Aleut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komandorski_Islands (221 words)

	Islands
		Battle of the Lipari Islands List of battles The battle of the Lipari Islands or Lipara (Lipara harbour, First Punic War...
		Battle of the Falkland Islands List of battles The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval engagement of the 1982.) F...
		Battle of the Komandorski Islands The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/islands.html (7323 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic continental shelf consisting of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and a number of smaller islands.
		The World War I naval battle, the Battle of Falkland Islands took place in December 1914, with a British victory over the Germans.
		The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the Falkland Islands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falkland_Islands (2327 words)

	AnthroGlobe Bibliography: POLYNESIAN OUTLIER
		1975 The Protura of the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.
		1985 Diplura from the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
		As a member of the Templeton Crocker Expedition in 1933, produced a film on Rennell and Bellona Islands.
	www.coombs.anu.edu.au /Biblio/biblio_polynesian_outlier.html (8461 words)

	Battle of the Aleutian Islands detailed account - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Aleutian attack was a sideshow, yet it would reduce Yamamoto's overall available strength in carrier aircraft during the fight for Midway on 4-5 June, one of the decisive battles of all time and the turning point of the Pacific war.
		Because of Midway's importance—the island was within bomber range of Pearl Harbor—he concluded that Nimitz would redirect his fleet from the Aleutians to Midway to prevent the loss of the island.
		While spared the arctic climate of the Alaskan mainland to the north, the Aleutians are constantly swept by cold winds and often engulfed in dense fog.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II:_Aleutian_Islands (7179 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of the Aegates Islands
		Battle of the Aegates Islands, 242 BC Battle of the Aegates (Egadi) Islands, 241 BC By the winter of 243/2 the Roman treasury is exhausted.
		The Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (Aegadian Islands, off the western coast of the island of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle fought between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War.
		The Battle of Sulci was a naval battle fought in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthagenian navys of the coast near the town of Sulci.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-the-Aegates-Islands (1883 words)

	Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although there was hardly any fighting, the encounter is known as the battle of the Lipari Islands.
		While patrolling the waters of the Messina strait between Italy and Sicily with the first vessels, Scipio Asina received the information that Lipara, in the Lipari Islands, was about to change to the Roman side.
		Neither the humiliation, nor that he was the first Roman admiral to lose a battle, ended his career; in 254 BC, Scipio Asina was elected consul for the second time and, with his partner Aulus Atilius Caiatinus, succeeded in the conquest of Panormus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Asina (294 words)

	Battle of Agrigentum - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		The battle was fought after a long siege which started in 262 BC and resulted both in a Roman victory and the beginning of the Roman control of Sicily.
		The battle of Agrigentum (Sicily, 261 BC) was the first pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthaginians and the Republic of Rome.
		Following this battle (the first among four land pitched battles fought in the First Punic War), the Romans occupied Agrigentum and sold the whole population into slavery.
	www.indopedia.org /Battle_of_Agrigentum.html (1017 words)

	Roman_Navy - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Battle of the Aegates Islands, 241 BC, Roman victory; led to the end of the war.
		Although the first sea engagement, the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC, was a defeat for Rome, the forces involved were relatively small.
		Battle of Naulochus, 36 BC – Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeated the forces of the rebel Sextus Pompeius.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Roman_Navy (1425 words)

	BlueStone Incentives & Groups Travel Department - Sicily History & Highlights
		The island was inhabited by Romans and Arab populations.
		Throughout the years, it has been home of the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs.
		The principal islands are Lipari, Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, Stromboli, Panarea and Vulcano.
	www.bluestoneincentives.com /sicilyhistory&highlights.html (10358 words)

	Task Force 16
		In August, the task force supported the landings on Guadalcanal, then fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, followed by the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands[?] in October, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal[?] in November, and covered the retreat of TF 18[?] after the Battle of Rennell Island[?].
		In March 1943, TG 16.6 fought the Battle of the Komandorski Islands[?], then bombarded Attu in April, and the whole force supported the recapture of the Aleutians[?].
		Task Force 16 is one of the most storied task forces in the United States Navy, a major participant in a number of the most important battles of the Pacific War.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Task_Force_16.html (275 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Leyte
		The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of Leyte in the Philippines by Allied forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur between October 20 and December 31, 1944.
		The Battle for the Recapture of Bataan from January 31 to February 8, 1945 by U.S. Forces from the Japanese, part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines was waged to secure the western shore of Manila Bay to enable the use of its harbor and open...
		The question of the the largest naval battle in history is controversial, and depends on the definition of battle and the criteria used to assess the size, such as personnel, the number of ships, their tonnage, the area involved, and the duration.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Leyte (938 words)

	Battle of the Komandorski Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II.
		It took place on 26 March 1943 in the North Pacific Area of the Pacific Ocean Areas, near the Komandorski Islands.
		In fact, this was the only such battle in the Pacific Theater and the last pure gunnery duel in naval history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Komandorski_Islands (378 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of the Aleutian Islands
		The islands had no strategic value for either side: the invasion was launched by the Japanese as an unsuccessful diversion from the battle of Midway.
		As of 2005, the Battle of the Aleutian Islands was the last military engagement between sovereign nations to be fought on American soil.
		America feared that the islands would be used as bases from which to launch aerial assaults against the West Coast, and it became a matter of national pride to expel the first invaders to set foot on American soil since the War of 1812.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aleutian_Islands (644 words)

	Replies
		Battle of the Komandorski (Comodore) Islands, 26 March 1943: Salt Lake City in action laying the smoke screen during the battle, with an enemy salvo landing astern.
		The Battle of the Komandorski Islands, little heard of at the time beyond the Aleutians, was one of the strangest sea engagements ever fought.
		The Battle of the Komandorskie Islands was over.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/vetscor/845116/replies?c=15 (4151 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
		First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
		Battles: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
		As a consequence of the battle, German commerce raiding on the high seas was brought to an end.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/falklandislands.htm (477 words)

	Nationaism and the Falkland Island War
		In December 1914, The Battle of the Falkland Islands, fought between Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee of the Royal Navy, and Admiral Spee of Germany was a British victory for the squadron basing from the islands (Irving p 3).
		Economically the islands were becoming a drain on the treasury, and politically Britain was trying to sever herself from her colonial past to concentrate more on the EC and NATO in the Eurocentric atmosphere of the early 1980's.
		The Argentineans argue that the islands were most likely discovered by Spain, citing Spanish dominance of the region in the late 15th and early 16th centuries and by the depiction of the Malivinas on charts from the Spanish navigators, Pedro Reinell in 1522-3, Diego Rivero in the 1520's and Diego Gutierrez in 1561.
	www.mindspring.com /~koz/papers/FalklandPaper.html (5713 words)

	The Argentine Seizure Of The Malvinas [Falkland] Islands: History and Diplomacy
		Out of this was born the Falkland Islands Emergency Committee and what later was termed the "Falklands lobby."(6) This lobby dedicated itself to the prevention of any compromise of British sovereignty over the Islands.(7) The influence wielded by the Falklands lobby in Parliament became evident in March 1968.
		Shackleton concluded that the Islands' economy was declining and recommended establishment of new economic ties between Argentina and the Islanders.(13) This opened the door for yet another British diplomat, Ted Rowlands, to negotiate with the Islanders in February 1977.
		During the next two years of negotiations new proposals were discussed such as joint sovereignty and administration of the Islands (referred to as the condominium concept) and leasing of the Islands for a predetermined number of years (the leaseback concept).(15) All such proposals were attacked by the Falklands lobby and the British press.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1987/CRD.htm (10993 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		Argentine troops seize the associated islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich group (1,000 miles [1,600 km] east of the Falklands) following a short battle in which an Argentine helicopter is forced down and 4 Argentine troops are killed.
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands.
		The total population of the islands was estimated at 2100 (in 1991) and 2967 in July 2003.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	First Punic War
		Nevertheless, the First Punic war was decided in the naval battle of the Aegates Islands (March 10 241 BC), where Carthage lost an entire fleet and was economically incapable of funding another, or to find manpower for the crews.
		Following several naval battles, Rome was aiming for a quick end of the war and decided to invade the Carthaginian colonies of Africa, to force the enemy to accept terms.
		The resulting battle of Cape Ecnomus is a major victory for Rome, who lands in Africa and advance on Carthage.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-First_Punic_War.html (2598 words)

	Battle of the Aegates Islands
		The battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (offshore western coast of Sicily, March 10 241 BC) was the final naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War.
		The years preceding the battle of the Aegates Islands were of relative quiet development of the First Punic War.
		Ancient Rome directory -- Military History of Rome -- List of Roman battles -- First Punic War-- Battle of the Aegates Islands case
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_aegates_islands.html (641 words)

	Serebella Contents Battle of Tai\'erzhuang---Battle of the Falkland Islands
		Old bataille, bataile, French bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, from Latin battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, from batuere to strike, beat.
		: Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a ``brand'' or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song.
		A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-52005-52052-Battle_of_Tai'erzhuang-Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands.html (734 words)

	Battle of the Aegates Islands
		The battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (offshore western coast of Sicily March 10 241 BC) was the final naval battle between fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War.
		The years preceding the battle of the Islands were of relative quiet development of First Punic War.
		Rome lacked a fleet the one it had at the beginning the war had been destroyed in the battle of Drepana and in the storm that followed however Carthage made little use of this The war was stalled concentrated in small land operations in Sicily.
	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_the_Aegates_Islands (652 words)

	Battle of the aegates islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battle_of_the_aegates_islands (177 words)

	Battle of the Aegates Islands, 242 BC
		Battle of the Aegates Islands, 242 BC Battle of the Aegates (Egadi) Islands, 241 BC By the winter of 243/2 the Roman treasury is exhausted.
		Thus it was that on March 10, 241BC, the Carthaginian relieving fleet was totally defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily.
		Lutatius got word of the arrival, embarked his best troops and sailed to the island of Aegusa (Aegates Islands or Egadi Islands) near Lilybaeum to intercept.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /aegates.htm (483 words)

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