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	Otto von Bismarck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bismarck, a conservative, combated the growing liberal and socialist movements, outlawing several organizations and denying freedom of the press, as well as attempting to subjugate the conquered Polish population living on occupied territories of Poland.
		Otto von Bismarck was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium and the Grauen Kloster Gymnasium.
		Bismarck resigned at Wilhelm II's insistence in 1890, to be succeeded as Chancellor of Germany and Minister-President of Prussia by Leo von Caprivi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck (3621 words)

	Otto von Bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Initially a deeply conservative, aristocratic, and monarchist politician, Bismarck fought the growing social democracy movement in the 1880s by outlawing several organizations and pragmatically instituting mandatory old-age pensions, and health and accident insurance for workers.
		After Bismarck provoked France, which at this time was ruled by Napoleon III, the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 and the southern German states, viewing France as the aggressor, joined the North German Confederation.
		Both the Kriegsmarine battleship DKM Bismarck as well as two ships of the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), and Bismarck, North Dakota, were named in his honor, as was the Bismarck Archipelago outside the former German colony of New Guinea, and several streets and schools in Germany.
	uncover.us /en/wikipedia/o/ot/otto_von_bismarck.html (552 words)

	EZGeography - Otto von Bismarck
		Bismarck, a conservative, combated the growing liberal and socialist movements, outlawing several organisations and denying freedom of the press.
		Bismarck was born at Schönhausen, his family's estate in Brandenburg.
		Bismarck was also worried about the growth of the socialist movement—in particular, that of the Social Democratic Party.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Otto_von_Bismarck (3493 words)

	Otto von Bismarck
		Prince Otto von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898) was one of the most prominent leaders of the 19th century; as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia (1862–1890) he unified Germany (except Austria) with a series of successful wars and became the first Chancellor (1871–1890) of the German Empire.
		Otto von Bismarck wearing a [[pickelhaube]] In the elections of 1890, both the Catholic Centre and the Social Democrats made great gains, and Bismarck resigned at the insistence of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had risen to the throne in 1888.
		Both the WWII-era Kriegsmarine battleship Bismarck as well as two ships of the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), and Bismarck, North Dakota, were named in his honor, as was the Bismarck Archipelago and Bismarck Sea outside the former German colony of New Guinea, and several streets and schools in Germany.
	www.keywordmage.net /ot/otto-von-bismarck.html (780 words)

	Campaign Streamers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Each streamer (2 3/4 inches wide and 4 feet long) is embroidered with the designation of a campaign and the year(s) in which it occurred.
		The identification colors of the streamer is identical to the color design of the campaign ribbon authorized for service in that particular theater of war.
		The concept of campaign streamers came to prominence in the Civil War when Army organizations embroidered the names of battles on their organizational colors.
	www.hood.army.mil /1CD_1-5Cav/history/Campaign.htm (405 words)

	archipelago
		An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands.
		Archipelagoes usually occur in the open sea; less commonly a large land mass may neighbour them.
		Archipelagos are often volcanic, forming along ocean ridges or hot spots, but there are many other processes involved in their construction, including erosion and deposition.
	www.fact-library.com /archipelago.html (124 words)

	Bismarck Archipelago
		The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies highlighting those struggles that, with their accompanying suggestions for further reading, are designed to introduce you to one of the Army's significant military feats from that war.
		The Bismarck Archipelago Campaign would formally end for the United States Army on 27 November 1944, although Australian soldiers would continue combat operations on New Britain long after the Americans had moved on toward the Philippines.
		In marked contrast to the frustrations of earlier campaigns, such as Papua and Guadalcanal, in the Bismarck Archipelago the Allies had achieved all of their objectives on time or even ahead of schedule, with a minimum of casualties.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/bismarck/bismarck.htm (6969 words)

	bismarck information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Initially a deeply conservative, aristocratic, and monarchist Junker politician, Bismarck fought the growing social democracy movement in the 1880s by outlawing severalorganizations and pragmatically instituting mandatory old-age pensions, and healthand accident insurance for workers.
		Appointed to represent Prussia in Frankfurt, Bismarck slowly became convinced that a Prussian-led unifiedGerman nation was an important goal (this was considered a liberal objective at the time).
		Both the Kriegsmarine battleship DKMBismarck as well as two ships of the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), and Bismarck, North Dakota, were named in his honor, as was the Bismarck Archipelago outside the former German colony of New Guinea, and several streets and schools in Germany.
	www.vsearchmedia.com /bismarck.html (531 words)

	Learn more about U.S. campaigns in WWII in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The names below are as used by the US Army, although they were Allied campaigns.
		Ardennes-Alsace Campaign December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 ("Battle of the Bulge")
		Lorraine Campaign (unofficial) September 1, 1944 - December 18, 1944
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /u/u_/u_s__campaigns_in_wwii.html (236 words)

	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
		The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is worn after the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and before the World War II Victory Medal.
		The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was established by Executive Order on 6 November 1942 and amended on 15 March 1946, which established a closing date.
		The medal is awarded to all members of the Armed Forces who served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations during the period from 7 December 1941 to 2 March 1946.
	www.skylighters.org /encyclopedia/apcm.html (417 words)

	WWII Vet Recalls Battles in Pacific, First Use of Radar
		The six-month long Guadalcanal Campaign between August 1942 and February 1943 was a brutally hard air-sea-land campaign against the Japanese for the possession of the island of Guadalcanal.
		Miller also fought in the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign, which was fought from Dec.
		In the summer of 1944 during the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign, Miller was responsible for tracking friendly and unfriendly aircraft and ships and directing U.S. planes in achieving their missions.
	www.abnews.us /en/2004-067/12.htm (1358 words)

	World War II
		In reprisal for the bombing of Lubeck in 1942, Hermann Goering launched the Baedeker Blitz, a campaign of morale-destroying bombings aimed at many beautiful English cities of little military importance such as Exeter, Bath and Norwich.
		The German army, which had not expected such a prolonged campaign, suffered great loss of life as the harsh weather and lack of planning took their toll.
		Germany's power was broken by the disastrous Russian campaign, while the ultimately successful invasion of France from the Normandy beachheads by the Western allies on June 6, 1944 opened up a third front.
	faculty.ucc.edu /egh-damerow/world_war_ii.htm (2935 words)

	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is a service decoration of the Second World War which was awarded to any member of the United States military who served in the Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945.
		There were twenty one official campaigns of the Pacific Theater, denoted on the service medal by service stars.
		The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was first issued as a ribbon in 1941.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Asiatic-Pacific-Campaign-Medal.htm (469 words)

	Australia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Australia
		Australia became the base for the Allied campaign in the Pacific, and under the supreme command of Gen Douglas MacArthur the Allied forces halted the Japanese drive in 1942–43, and in mid-1943 began the recapture of the islands and the slow reconquest of the New Guinea coastline.
		The last campaign in which Australian troops fought was the invasion of Borneo in July 1945.
		The photographs and the story were used to garner support for the party's hard-line stance on political asylum during the campaign.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Australia (5279 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Turkish Empire
		This metropolis of 1,500,000 inhabitants is at the cross-roads formed by the great waterway which connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, and by the overland route (followed by a railway) which reaches the valley of the Danube by way of Adrianople, Philippopoli, Sofia, and Belgrade.
		Bismarck, alarmed by the progress of Russia, had this treaty revised at the Congress of Berlin (1878); the independent Bulgarian principality was reduced to Moesia to the north of the Balkans; Eastern Rumelia alone was autonomous, and Macedonia remained Turkish.
		After the victorious campaign of his army in Thessaly the sultan kept the sovereignty of Crete, but with an autonomous Christian governor, a son of the King of Greece.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15097a.htm (5268 words)

	MSN Encarta - World War I
		Airplanes were also used in a major military campaign for the first time during World War I, although they played a small role in the war’s outcome.
		A subsidiary theater of war in Europe was the alpine frontier between Italy and Austria-Hungary, where the two countries fought each other after Italy joined the Allies in the spring of 1915.
		Although Germany was a late entry in the race for overseas colonies, it had obtained the rudiments of a colonial empire in Africa, including Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569981/World_War_I.html (1322 words)

	Encyclopedia: U.S. campaigns in WWII
		Ardennes-Alsace Campaign December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945
		Southern France Campaign (One month after the invasion, command was passed to SHAEF and the European Theater of Operations)
		The Operational Command was joint Allied South East Asia Command in the South-East Asian Theater The American General Joseph Stilwell commanded the operational Northern Combat Area Command and used his other positions to communicate directly with Joint Chiefs of Staff about some operational matters.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-campaigns-in-WWII (285 words)

	bismarck medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Bismarck Archipelago operation (only 1 star for participation in 1 or more of...
		(BISMARCK, ND) - Newcomers and veterans claimed the gold medals at the 2005 USA Curling Junior National Championships this afternoon at the Capital Curling...
		The ribbon to the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal consists of a yellow background bisected by blue,...
	www.bestmedalsinfo.com /20/bismarck-medals.html (401 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		In World War II the general participated in the consolidation of the Northern Solomons, the Treasury-Bougainville operation, the Bismarck Archipelago campaign and the Luzon and Mindanao fighting in the Philippines.
		After participating in five campaigns the general returned to the United States in July 1945, to take command of the Marin Corps Air Station in Quantico.
		As previously mentioned, the general held the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with Combat "V," Gold Star in lieu of a second and Oak Leaf Clusters in lieu of third and fourth awards, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Jerome_CC.htm (1065 words)

	math lessons - Attack on Rabaul
		The attack on Rabaul was a campaign of Allied air raids against the Japanese base at Rabaul in October and November 1943.
		It was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
		Rabaul, the chief port of the island of New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago, was the main Japanese naval base for the campaigns in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Attack_on_Rabaul (348 words)

	HyperWar: U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Bismarcks
		World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind.
		The most comprehensive work on the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign is John Miller, jr., C
		The Navy's role in the campaign is covered in Samuel Eliot Morison, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier (1950), a part of his history of U.S. Navy operations in World War II.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Bismarcks (7062 words)

	European Theater of Operations . June 8 . Operation Dragoon . Toulon . Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		From Febury 1944 the operational command was the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force SHAEF which as an Allied command also had operational control of British and all other allied land forces and tactical airforces in the European theatre.
		The term "theater of operations" was defined in the [American] field manuals as "the land and sea areas to be invaded or defended, including areas necessary for administrative activities incident to the military operations" chart 12.
		Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein November 17, 1887 - March 24, 1976 was a British Army officer, most noted for his involvement in World War II and often referred to as "Monty."...
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /European_Theater_of_Operations (494 words)

	World War II [encyclopedia]
		Australian troops served most conspicuously in North Africa and the Pacific, suffering in the course of the war c.30 000 dead and c.65 000 injured.
		Early British success by Archibald Wavell against Germany's Italian ally, Benito Mussolini, in North Africa was reversed when the British forces, weakened by the need to reinforce Greece against imminent German invasion, were driven back to the Egyptian border by the Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel.
		By a series of "island hops', MacArthur eventually gained control of the Philippine archipelago (Jul 1945), while at sea Nimitz won the decisive Battle of Midway (3--4 Jun 1942), paving the way for the eventual defeat of the Japanese at Leyte Gulf (Oct 1944).
	artzia.com /History/Wars/WWII (2538 words)

	California Military History: A Short History of the California National Guard in World War II
		The combat service of the 40th includes; Bismarck Archipelago Campaign, The Lingayen Gulf and Southern Philippines Campaign; assault Landings on Luzon and Panay were conducted.
		The division cleared the Negros Islands in April 1944 and was then sent to Korea where occupation duty was performed from September 1945 to March 1946.
		Later the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, General George C. Marshal stated that the Kwajalein combat operation was one of the most efficient operations of the war.
	www.militarymuseum.org /CNGWWII.html (2217 words)

	U.S. campaigns in WWII -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The names below are as used by the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) US Army, although they were Allied campaigns.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Southern France Campaign) Southern France Campaign (One month after the invasion, command was passed to (Click link for more info and facts about SHAEF) SHAEF and the European Theater of Operations)
		East Indies Campaign (see also (Click link for more info and facts about battle of the Java Sea) battle of the Java Sea under (Click link for more info and facts about ABDACOM) ABDACOM)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/U/U.S._campaigns_in_WWII4.htm (542 words)

	7th Cavalry Regiment
		General Philip H. Sheridan intervened and Custer returned to the regiment in late winter 1876 in time to join the campaign that was supposed to begin that spring.
		The Sioux Expedition of 1876 was a complicated plan that involved the coordination of three separate commands departing from three separate locations and intended to converge at approximately the same time.
		By the beginning of 1877 nearly all of the Sioux tribes who had participated in the battle had returned to their reservations and they never again banded together in such numbers or even with such unity.
	lewis184.home.mchsi.com /7th_cavalry_regiment.htm (6335 words)

	Flasher Officers
		He was a " white hat" in WW II and served on an LCVP making landing at Bougainville, Solomon Islands Campaign, Green Island, Bismarck Archipelago Campaign.
		He was warded the Navy Unit Commendation and second star for these actions.
		We ended up with a flat spot on the end of our dunce cap about the size of a quarter.
	www.rddesigns.com /officers.htm (187 words)

	Anderson Co., TX...WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Served in the Philippines, New Guinea, Luzon, Australia, Leyte, Manila and Admiralty Is. Discharged.
		Received Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, Bismarck Archipelago Campaign Star, Southern Philippine Campaign Star, Luzon, PI Campaign Star.
		Served in three campaigns, Guadalcanal, Bougainville and Guam.
	members.aol.com /Ltaylor959/WWII.html (4373 words)

	Timeline 1800-1810
		He was one of the first generals to grasp the importance of railroads in moving troops.
		Impeached during the same period, Chief Justice Samuel Chase was acquitted by the Senate on March 1, 1805, ending the Republican campaign against the Federalist bench and discouraging subsequent administrations from using impeachment to remove politically obnoxious judges.
		1805 Mar 1, Chief Justice Samuel Chase was acquitted by the Senate ending the Republican campaign against the Federalist bench and discouraging subsequent administrations from using impeachment to remove politically obnoxious judges.
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