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	French Battleship Lorraine, Ships of Brawiling Battleships Steel
		Lorraine was part of the three-ship Provence “super-dreadnought” battleship class that was powered by coal-fired turbine engines with supplementary oil burners.
		“Lorraine” is a portion of France near the German border that has long been a bone of contention between those two countries; a portion of Lorraine was part of Germany in 1914 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
		Her heavy guns supported the landings in southern France in August and September 1944 and she bombarded a number of hold-out German fortresses in both the Mediterranean and Atlantic for the rest of the war.
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	Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the modern-day French administrative région of Lorraine, which is larger than the historical province of Lorraine, as it includes other provinces and areas which historically were separate from Lorraine proper: see Lorraine (région).
		The name Lorraine and the territory that became the historical province of that name are both derived from the medieval duchy Lotharingia, from 959 divided into the duchies of Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine (the latter of which became modern Lorraine).
		Lorraine is also used as a feminine name, above all in the US and Canada, after World War I, during which events brought Lorraine to the North American public imagination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lorraine (299 words)

	French battleship Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lorraine was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class.
		Lorraine was built by Arsenal de Lorient, laid down 1 May 1912, launched 20 April 1913, Completed June 1915.
		Joined the Free French Navy in 1943 and was involved in shore bombardment of Southern France including the cities of Toulon and Marseille during the Allies Operation Dragoon.
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	Battleship - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Battleship was the name given to the most powerfuly gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries.
		Battleships evolved from northern European cogs, and included carracks and galleons in the 16th Century, ships of the line in the 17th and 18th Centuries, broadside ironclads and Pre-Dreadnoughts in the 19th Century, and Dreadnoughts in the 20th Century.
		The French Lorraine was scrapped in 1954, Richelieu in 1964 and Jean Bart in 1970.
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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Lorraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The name Lorraine and the territory that became the historical province of that name are both derived from the medieval duchy Lotharingia, from 959 divided into the duchies of Lower Lotharingia and Upper Lotharingia (the latter of which became modern Lorraine).
		Lorraine was the code name used by Amiga, Inc. for their home computer project later called the Amiga
		Lorraine was the code name used by Amiga Corporation for their home computer project later called the Amiga
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	Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The name "battleship" was initially given to first-, second-, and third-rate ships of the line during the age of sail.
		The main Battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armoured frigates and cruisers, and Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" (pantserschip) of up to 5,000 tons.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the English Mary Rose, the British Victory and Warrior, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen and the Japanese Mikasa.
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		Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries.
		The 12-inch (305 mm) mains and 8-inch (200 mm) intermediates were generally used for battleship to battleship combat, while the secondaries (typically 7-inch (178 mm) to 5-inch (127 mm)) were reserved for smaller threats, cruisers and the new destroyers.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS Massachusetts, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the British HMS Mary Rose and Warrior, the Japanese Mikasa, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen, and the Chilean Huascar.
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	Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The main battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armored frigates and cruisers, and Sweden and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" of up to 5,000 tons.
		Battleships had also played a major role in the Battle of Cape Matapan, on March 28, 1941, when three Italian heavy cruisers were surpised and annihilated by British battleships near Crete.
		A battleship's big guns might have a range of twenty miles, but the aircraft carrier had aircraft with ranges of hundreds of miles, and radar was making those attacks ever more effective.
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	Lorraine - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		the independent duchy and later French province of Lorraine: see Lorraine (province).
		"Laura" and "Lareine" (French, la reine or Queen) have distinct origins unconnected with "Lorraine".
		Lorraine, Other Usage, Variations, Lorain, Loraine, Lorrain and Toponymic variations.
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	French Navy, World War 1
		French forces in this area initially included seven cruisers and a number of destroyers, torpedo boats and submarines for patrol duty in the western English Channel.
		As the French battlefleet was carrying out a sweep into the Adriatic covering the transport of supplies to Montenegro, they experienced the power of the submarine to influence surface ship strategy and tactics.
		From March to May 1915, she was part of the French squadron including pre-dreadnoughts "Bouvet", "Charlemagne", "Gaulois" and "Suffren" that joined the Royal Navy in the naval attack on the Dardanelles.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyFrench.htm (3461 words)

	French Empire Timeline 1940-1945
		French territories in the West Indies would be kept out the hands of those Secretary of State Hull termed, "the so called Free French", until long after the Axis ended the charade of Vichy and occupied the whole of metropolitan France in the wake of the American landings in North Africa.
		Free French and British forces advancing into Lebanon and Syria from Palestine encounter strong resistance from Vichy forces at Litani on the 9th and 10th, at Kiswa on the 12th, at El Kuneitrah and Izra 15 th and 16th.
		French troops are released from prisons and rearmed.
	worldatwar.net /nations/france/empire40-45.html (8158 words)

	14 April 1945
		French and American troops are closing on the Danube before crossing into Bavaria.
		In the north, the British are moving on Bremen, Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven to forestall any attempt to mount a defence of the ports.
		Kamikazes damage battleship USS New York (BB-34) and destroyers USS Sigsbee (DD-502), USS Dashiell (DD-659), and USS Hunt (DD-674).
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	HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		On 19 May 1940 she proceeded to the Mediterranean and arrived in Alexandria on 26 May where she joined the 7th Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet.
		Here Sydney experienced her first action when she took part in the bombardment of Bardia on 21 June 1940 in company with the British cruisers Orion and Neptune, the destroyers HMS Dainty, Decoy, Hasty, HMAS Stuart and the French battleship Lorraine.
		The battleship's fire forced the enemy to turn away under cover of smoke, after which there was a lull in the battle.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/sydney2.htm (1699 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.dictionary-of-meaning.com ◄:::
		The plan was revised throughout 1944, however, with conflict developing between British military staff — who were opposed to the landings, arguing that the troops and equipment should be either retained in Italy or sent there — and American military staff, who were in favour of the assault.
		The assault troops were formed of three American divisions of the U.S. V CorpsV Corps, reinforced with a French armoured division.
		The rapid Allied advance after Operation Cobra and Dragoon slowed almost to a halt in September 1944 due to a critical lack of supplies, as thousands of tons of supplies were shunted to NW France to compensate for the inadequacies of port facilities and land transport in northern Europe.
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	Information Index - Destalinization . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		- tһe modern-day Frenϲһ administrative région of Lorraine, wһiϲһ is larger tһan tһe һistoriϲal provinϲe of Lorraine, as it inϲludes otһer provinϲes and areas wһiϲһ һistoriϲally were separate from Lorraine proper: see Lorraine (région).
		Tһe name Lorraine and tһe territory tһat Ƅeϲame tһe һistoriϲal provinϲe of tһat name are Ƅotһ derived from tһe medieval duϲһy Lotһaringia, from 959 divided into tһe duϲһies of Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine (tһe latter of wһiϲһ Ƅeϲame modern Lorraine).
		- Lorraine (ϲompany), an airϲraft engine manufaϲturing ϲompany in Franϲe Lorraine is also used as a feminine name, aƄove all in tһe US and Canada, after World War I, during wһiϲһ events Ƅrougһt Lorraine to tһe Nortһ Ameriϲan puƄliϲ imagination.
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	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		They heard the French bugler "sound off" to Admiral Cunningham in Warspite, heard the British bugler reply with all the ceremony of peace-time.
		The Swordfish, swooping, skimmed the placid waters of the harbour, roared towards battleships lying helpless at their moorings.
		Four of the Swordfish roared across the battleships in the inner harbour, launching their torpedoes at two cruisers and two fleet auxiliaries.
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	French Paris class Cruiser
		Raiding out of a series of hidden bases along the French Arm, a mere dozen or so Manchu ships kept the MNS (Marine Nationale Spatiale, the French Space Navy of the time) pinned to defending lines of communications, and the loss of merchant shipping was critical.
		The French plan was for a feint attack to draw a major German Squadron, with 2 Battleships and support into a weak French battlegroup, from whence the heavy attack group would ambush the Germans.
		The Lorraine and Dunkerque together are assigned to the 10e Division de Chasse, part of the Force Stratégique de Croiseurs, a group of 5 cruisers not assigned to specific French Fleets, and tasked with independent action against the enemy in time of war.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Europe/France/FREG/bmparis.htm (3115 words)

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