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	Historic Birmingham
		Birmingham continued to expand and by mid 1300's the town was listed as third town in size in the county of Warwickshire.
		The castle of Birmingham, a focal point and power base for the town was influential in providing assistance for new chapel's, the Guild of the Holy Cross in 1392 and a chapel of St. John the Baptist at Deritend for the parishioners of Deritend and Bordesley.
		In the early 1500's the population of the town of Birmingham was reaching a 1000 inhabitants.
	www.birminghamuk.com /historicbirmingham.htm (1021 words)

	Virginia Military Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Virginia Military Institute ( VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States and the nation's only classical state military college, meaning all VMI students are cadets.
		The freshman student is known as a "Rat", and walks a prescribed line in barracks while in an exaggerated form of attention known as "straining." The Rat experience, called the Ratline, is intended to instill pride, discipline, brotherhood, and a sense of honor in the students.
		The New Mexico Military Institute is the nation's oldest state-supported co-educational college preparatory military high school and junior college, founded in 1891 in Roswell, New Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute (1448 words)

	Articles - Birmingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II, and partly as a result of this the city centre was extensively re-developed during the 1950s and 1960s, with many concrete office buildings, ring-roads, and now much-derided pedestrian subways.
		Birmingham is served by a number of major roads, including the M6 motorway, the M40, the M5, the M42 motorway and the M6 Toll.
		Birmingham has 35 miles (60 km) of canals within the city boundaries, of which most are navigable; the canals were once the lifeblood of the city's industries during the Industrial Revolution but are now used mainly for pleasure.
	www.1-helmets.com /articles/Birmingham (3265 words)

	Birmingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.
		Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the UK, with large populations from the Caribbean and Indian sub-continent : according to the 2001 census, 29.7% of the population of Birmingham is non-white.
		Birmingham has 35 miles (60 km) of canal s within the city boundaries, of which most are navigable; the canals were once the lifeblood of the city's industries during the Industrial Revolution but are now used mainly for pleasure.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Birmingham.htm (3887 words)

	Tobago guides, description and history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands.
		Birmingham's canals are compartively shallow artificial channels, while those in Venice are primarily reinforced natural channels between islands of the lagoon on which the city stands.
		Birmingham's other city- centre music venues include The National Indoor Arena (NIA), the CBSO Centre, Adrian Boult Hall (ABH) at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Birmingham Town Hall (currently closed for refurbishment), which has played host to many classical and popular music performances from the late 1800s.
	tobago.paellaman.com /tobago.php?title=Birmingham (3901 words)

	COURT - Online Information article about COURT
		History.The history of Britain after the withdrawal of the Roman troops is extremely obscure, but there can be little doubt that for many years the inhabitants of the provinces were exposed to devastating raids by the Picts and Scots.
		No doubt ceorls took part in military expeditions, but they may have gone as attendants and camp-followers rather than as warriors, their chief business being to make stockades and bridges, and especially to carry provisions.
		Reference must also be made to the articles on Anglo-Saxon antiquities in the Victoria County Histories, and to various papers in Archaeologia, the Archaeological Journal, the Journal of the British Archaeological Society, the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, the Associated Architectural Societies' Reports, and other antiquarian journals.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COR_CRE/COURT.html (8954 words)

	Birmingham - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English Midlands It is the second largest city of the United Kingdom and is regarded by many as England's " second city ".
		Around 30% of Birmingham's population is of non-white ethnicity : at the time of the 2001 census, 70.4% of the population was White (including 3.2% Irish), 19.5% Asian or Asian British, 6.1% Black or Black British, 0.5% Chinese, and 3.5% of mixed or other ethnic heritage.
		The Birmingham Tattoo is a military show that has taken place in the city for several years.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Birmingham (3654 words)

	IIASN9-New Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The importance of the military factor in South Asian history is self-evident.
		In the seventeenth-century Punjab Rajput warrior tribes acting as military subcontractors to the Mughals extracted tribute from the Jat villages they overawed; in the eighteenth-century Punjab, Sikh war-bands recruited from the ranks of the Jats cut down the tall poppies', reducing their erstwhile rules to obscurity and impotence.
		There have been lively panels on military history at Heidelberg (the Modern South Asian Studies Conference), at Birmingham (the British Association for South Asian Studies), at Madison (the War and Society in South Asia Group), and at Honolulu (the Association for Asian Studies).
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /iiasn/iiasn9/south/dewey.html (983 words)

	Chapter 27: Global Pressures and the Flexible Response
		The military disassociation of France from NATO was unfortunate, since the chief headquarters and many of elaborate lines of communications supporting the forward military forces were in France.
		With the military forces in firm control the tension rapidly subsided and the number of troops was scaled down, although as at Little Rock some federal protection had to be provided throughout the school year.
		Military victories might gain real estate, but if they failed to win the subsequent support of the local population they were of little consequence.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-27.htm (11458 words)

	The Women's Army Corps
		This brochure was prepared in the U.S. Army Center of Military History by Judith A. Bellafaire.
		However, political and military leaders, faced with fighting a two-front war and supplying men and materiel for that war while continuing to send lend-lease material to the Allies, realized that women could supply the additional resources so desperately needed in the military and industrial sectors.
		Military duties require a versatility that is acquired only by long experience." As a result, WAACs assigned to Army Ground Forces often felt unwelcome and complained of the intensive discipline imposed upon them.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm (8423 words)

	South African Military History Society - PUBLICATION NO. 5./NEWSLETTER NO. 3. - History of the Society
		On 2nd March the Society held the Annual General Meeting at which the old committee was re-elected en bloc to serve until 1968.
		Ploeger (Military Historian from Defence H.Q.) read a paper, copies of which are available from the secretary.
		Not all of the Terry guns were carbines and not all of them were for military issue.
	www.rapidttp.co.za /milhist/archiv11.html (1018 words)

	Eyewitness to Tragedy: Death of USS Princeton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clearly, Birmingham 's starboard side and Princeton 's port side were severely damaged by the grinding impacts that ensued during Birmingham 's attempt to maneuver to the advantage of the firefighters aboard both ships.
		This effort by Birmingham 's crew to cool down the bombs with fire hoses was desperately hampered because of the narrow quarters and the constant rolling of the ships.
		At around 1:32 p.m., Birmingham sounded general quarters as she pulled clear of Princeton due to threats of air and submarine attacks.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blussprinceton/index1.html (845 words)

	Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some military historians and other specialists are beginning to see the Iraq campaign as at least as significant as those other conflicts in its impact on the nation's politics and public opinion.
		Whether a retired Army general and military intellectual has the political skills, breadth and temperament to succeed as a presidential candidate is an issue that will become clearer as his campaign unfolds.
		In one fatal incident, which occurred in 2000 on a street in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, a woman was killed when her car plunged into a hole that opened after rain loosened the soil ceiling of an underground bomb shelter under the road.
	www.historic-battles.com /Military%20History.htm (8845 words)

	History/Military History
		This fascinating book explores personal history against the backdrop of the history and culture of America in the twentieth century.
		This history of the beginning of the AME Zion Church and its denominational founder James Varick is a remarkable account of endurance and survival through holiness, forgiveness, generosity, and strength.
		This fascinating history offers a microcosm of the effects of the Industrial Revolution as it share the well-researched details of how a small New England village turned itself into a nationally renowned producer of fine woolen textiles.
	www.dorrancebookstore.com /hishis1.html (604 words)

	Back Creek Books: Specializing in Naval history, military history Americana, Maryland, and Nautical books
		History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946.
		History of this German settlement in Texas, founded in 1845 by Prince Carl Solms on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers.
		History of the fine yachts crafted by John Trumpy, first at the Mathis Yacht Building Company in Camden, New Jersey, and later at John Trumpy & Sons in Annapolis.
	www.backcreekbooks.com (2309 words)

	Military History - Pen and Sword Books, military history book publisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are now over 25 books published as part of the Aspects Series, each one taking readers on a voyage of nostalgic discovery through their town, city or area.
		Here Birmingham, once The Workshop of the Empire¹ is revealed in twelve studies of the city and its people.
		During the troubled 1930¹s, Birmingham held a Great Pageant¹ and as war clouds gathered over Europe, the city¹s young men fought in The Spanish Civil War¹.
	www.pen-and-sword.co.uk /cgi-bin/uk/0456.html (161 words)

	Oral History
		B egun in 1964 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, the oral history program is one of the oldest continuing activities of the John F. Kennedy Library.
		Modeled on the Columbia University oral history program, its goal is to collect, preserve, and make available interviews conducted with individuals who have recollections of events and people associated with John F. Kennedy.
		Researchers who use the oral history collection or other library holdings are encouraged to donate books, articles, research papers, dissertations, theses, and other products of research to the library to make its printed materials collection as definitive as possible.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~serl/jfk/oralhist.htm (5261 words)

	AWOLBush.com - Home Page
		Questions have been raised about the authenticity of those memos, but the criticism of them appears at this time speculative and inconclusive, while their substance is consistent with a growing body of documentation and analysis.
		According to AP, "Under Texas law, a copy of military personnel files of those serving in the Texas Air National Guard must be retained on microfilm at the Texas archives." The Texas Air National Guard has told AP that the files in the Texas state archive are under control of the federal government.
		Normally, such a file would be confidential, but the president gave verbal permission during a TV appearance earlier this year for the military to share those records with the public.
	www.awolbush.com (10060 words)

	United States Army and the United States Armed Forces and American Military History and the Arkansas Encyclopedia ...
		The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York commissions its graduates as second lieutenants in the Regular Army.
		Until relatively recent history, most countries depended upon their officer corps to micromanage strategy, tactics and virtually every other aspect of military operations.
		The civilian executive is the Secretary of the Army, formerly the Secretary of War, at the founding of the Republic.
	kajeroj.freeservers.com /army.html (1451 words)

	Military History Books
		Military Memoir of Colonel John BIRCH, Sometime Governor of Hereford in the Civil War Between Charles I. and the Parliament...
		History of the Fourth Illinois Volunteers: in Their Relation to the Spanish-American War for the Liberation of Cuba and Other Island Possessions of Spain
		Over one hundred rare and unpublished images Detailed captions by an expert on American uniform history Images from every American campaign between 1861 and 1898 This volume in the popular G. series graphically illustrates a much neglected element in American military history: the U.S. Army artillerymen, called Redlegs after the red stripes on their trousers.
	theoldentimes.com /military_history_books-a.html (3641 words)

	Military Books List40: Old, Use & Rare Books on Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Military Advisors in Korea: KMAG in Peace and War.
		History of the Office of Secretary of Defense: Test of War 1950-53.
		From the early 1700's, with brief history of where guns were produced, dates and obscure armories.
	home.earthlink.net /~militarybooks/List40Books.html (2807 words)

	Birmingham military history Definition / Birmingham military history Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birmingham military history Definition / Birmingham military history Research
		At Metchley Park, near to Harborne there are the remains of an old camp or station which it is said date back to the Roman Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but additionally applicable to typography, math, and a commune.
		From a measurement made in 1822, the camp appears to have covered an area of about 15-1/2 acres.
	www.elresearch.com /Birmingham_military_history (329 words)

	Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy » Sources of Military History for the Family Historian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sources of Military History for the Family Historian
		Scotland has had a long Military History and has been involved in many conflicts at home and overseas.
		History of Guernsey Butchers-Was your ancestor a butcher in Guernsey in the late 18th/ early 19th Century ?
	www.lineages.co.uk /2004/03/06/sources-of-military-history-for-the-family-historian (1350 words)

	POSTAPRINT SITE INDEX: Antique maps prints and illustrated books. Atlases. Early geography and travel.
		BOWEN Emanuel - "The Natural History of England" - English County Maps by Bowen with scanned images and some background information - 1759.
		MAP HISTORY - A short introduction to the history of Map Making and how maps were made.
		WOODVILLE R. Caton - A brief History of the Life and Work of this famous, essentially, military artist.
	www.antiquemapsandprints.com /page0.htm (3661 words)

	Historic California Posts
		The Brothers and Sisters and Marin Islands Military Reservation
		History of the Coast Defenses of San Francisco and Significance of Battery Cavallo
		A Brief History of the U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego
	www.militarymuseum.org /HistoryPosts.html (368 words)

	WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: May
		The last convoys of German refugees from the East arrive in western Baltic ports, ending the largest rescue operation by sea in history.
		In Paris, panic breaks out over reports of a German breakthrough at Sedan; thousands of civilians leave the city for the west and south of the country, clogging the roads for Allied military traffic which is attacked by Luftwaffe bombers and fighter bombers.
		May 16th, 1941: With a raid by 111 German aircraft on Birmingham, the Night Blitz campaign against England comes to an end.
	www.feldgrau.com /may.html (3572 words)

	The military history of Lieutenant George Wilton
		The military history of Lieutenant George Wilton late of His Majesty's Royal Western Regiment of Middlesex Milita.
		The six year gap is due to no Army List for those years being available in Birmingham Library.
		From the Adjutant's Roll of the battalion we know that whilst with it he served in Ireland from Oct 1812 to Dec 1813.
	www.btinternet.com /~a.hutchinson/military_history_capt_george_wilton.htm (823 words)

	Helion & Company Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Helion & Company are one of the world's leading specialist publishers and booksellers of military history.
		We can supply titles from all of the major publishers as well as many less well-known companies, including a large range of non-English language material.
		We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest book, Diary of a Red Devil, the fascinating diary of Albert Blockwell, a member of the 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers who served at Arnhem.
	www.helion.co.uk (513 words)

	International Playing-Card Society - Publications
		Rowley's cards; History of Piatnik; Fortune-telling cards (III); Lenthall III ("Armada"); Terminology; Seasons pattern (I) Vol.
		History of J.W. Spear and Sons, Minor British Playing Card Makers of the Nineteenth Century.
		Reproduced from over 90 decks shown in a rare French 2-volume history of playing-cards, nearly 600 images in fl-and-white and 325 in colour depict a veriety of wonderful themes.
	i-p-c-s.org /publications.html (3441 words)

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