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	Orde Charles Wingate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gideon Force, with the aid of local resistance fighters, harassed Italian forts and their supply lines while the regular army took on the main forces of the Italian army.
		At the end of the fighting, Wingate and the men of the Gideon Force linked to the Sudan Defense Force led by William Platt and together they accompanied the emperor in his triumphant return to to Addis Ababa in May. Wingate was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).
		With the end of the East African Campaign, on June 4, 1941, Wingate was removed from command of the now-dismantled Gideon Force and his rank was reduced to that of major.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orde_Wingate (2158 words)

	Gideon Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wingate created his troops from one battalion of Sudanese of the British-led Sudan Defense Force and one battalion of Abyssinian soldiers of the 2nd Ethiopian Battalion, mostly composed of soldiers that had served in the Ethiopian army.
		Italians pushed through a small Abyssinian force near Dambacha on the Chakara River with 325 casualties (Abyssinian casualties were only 48).
		When this was going on, on May 5 the Gideon Force and Emperor Selassie began a victory march on Addis Ababa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gideon_Force (1199 words)

	Daily Bible Study - Gideon
		Gideon, from the Hebrew word meaning hewer or feller, was the son of Joash, an Abiezrite (Judges 6:11), from the town of Ophrah in the Manasseh territory (see Tribal Lands) of Samaria, a short distance from Mount Gerizim (the view from the summit is seen in the photograph below).
		Gideon's first attack was somewhat modest; under cover of darkness, Gideon and ten of his servants destroyed the people's altar of Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole that had been erected beside it (Judges 6:25-27).
		Gideon died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of his fathers.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2002/gideon.htm (358 words)

	Chindits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He fought over his plans with the leadership of Force 136, which was concerned that a premature uprising of the Kachins without a permanent British military presence would lead to their slaughter by the Japanese at the end of operations.
		Force 136 also had their own plans for a rising to be coordinated with the arrival of the regular army into Burma.
		A force to raise Kachin levies and irregulars
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chindits (4269 words)

	Comixfan Forums - Gideon
		Gideon was a member of the Externals, a group of supposedly immortal mutants.
		Gideon possessed the ability to scan the genetic templates of any superhuman being in his proximity and temporarily duplicate their superhuman powers.
		Gideon was the first External to be killed by Selene when she went on a killing spree, draining him of his life energy.
	www.comixfan.com /xfan/forums/printthread.php?t=4730 (444 words)

	Holocaust Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gideon has never been able to erase the faces he encountered as he looked upon the effects of the atrocities that had been committed on humankind.
		Gideon relates that everywhere he went there were little children looking up at you with begging eyes.
		Gideon's own experience and struggle has allowed him insight into the lives of struggling nations and people, and has strengthened his inner drive to bring forth this message forth with a touching and revealing force.
	members.aol.com /gideonet/holocaust.htm (1495 words)

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		He was confident his force of less then 2,000 supported by Patriots and the Operational Centers could force out an Italian force of regular and colonial infantry of nearly 9,000 supported by 5,000 Ethiopian irregulars by continuing to use hit-and-run raids with the cutting of supply lines.
		Till now Gideon Force had enjoyed good cooperation from Commenting on the sight of local guerillas in Italian uniforms, one British sergeant in the Ethiopian battalion stated a perceptive comment, writing "This almost pre-Biblical country must endure its pains while our object, the restoration of the Emperor, is striven for.
		Forced to stand and fight, the intensity of the attacks from different directions convinced the Italians they were facing a much larger force then they actually were.
	members.aol.com /ordewingate/ethiopiaD.html (2799 words)

	Profiles of Faith...Gideon: When a Few Make a Majority > The Good News : September/October 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gideon first requested that, when he left the wool of a sheep out overnight on the threshing floor, God would allow the dew to moisten only the wool, leaving the surrounding ground dry.
		To reassure Gideon further, God told him to go with his servant to the enemy camp at night to "hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp" (verses 9-11).
		A formidable sight appeared to Gideon's small army, for "the Midianites and Amalekites, all the people of the East, were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude" (verse 12).
	www.gnmagazine.org /issues/gn12/profilesfaithgideon.htm (2001 words)

	Patriarchs and Prophets - The Earlier Judges
		Gideon was the son of Joash, of the tribe of Manasseh.
		Gideon was commanded to destroy this altar and to erect an altar to Jehovah over the rock on which the offering had been consumed, and there to present a sacrifice to the Lord.
		Gideon dared not place himself at the head of the army without still further evidence that God had called him to his work, and that He would be with him.
	www.nisbett.com /reference2/pp/pp53.htm (5267 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gideon-Force
		Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (May 5, 1883 _ May 24, 1950) was a British General and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II.
		He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army.
		Fire in San Bernardino, California Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire in wildland often caused by lightning; other common causes are human carelessness and arson.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gideon_Force (2232 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Bible Discovery - Gideon
		Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew-a bowlful of water.
		Gideon died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fathers.
		Gideon: (means "he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer") The first of the Judges.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /biblediscovery/gideon.asp (387 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - East African Campaign - A1057547
		Gideon Force was intended to aid Ethiopian rebels and hold down Italian forces in the north west of the country; Wingate interpreted this mandate as including the liberation of Abyssinia and the reinstatement of Emperor Haile Selassie.
		Gideon Force, with Selassie, crossed the border from Sudan on 20 January and made for Addis Ababa, harassing the Italians and enlisting support from local rebel groups.
		Gideon Force played a part in the mopping-up operations during May, but was disbanded on 1 June.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1057547 (783 words)

	Advent Rising Powers - Xbox
		The conflicting forces of this energy paradox force Gideon to restrict his motion to avoid being torn apart as it gradually unravels.
		Gideon can wrap any loose object — be it furniture, weapon, or enemy — with energized particles drawn from the surrounding environment and then move the object to any position within his range.
		Gideon is also able to freeze his enemies to stone, then shoot a bullet and make them shatter.
	features.teamxbox.com /xbox/1165/Advent-Rising-Powers/p1 (560 words)

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		Gideon's strategy is to use a very small well trained force to trick the enemy in a manner that it would defeat itself (note 7:12,21-22).
		His plan is simply brilliant: Under the cover of darkness, he sneaks a small (but well trained) force smack into the middle of the enemy's camp, and climbs to the top a mountain -Givat ha'moreh [today, located adjacent to the city of Afula].
		Gideon takes advantage of this flight and orders the rest of his soldiers (who were waiting on the surrounding hills) to chase the enemy.
	www.tanach.org /navi/SHOF5.TXT (2625 words)

	Special Warfare: Case Studies in Selection and Assessment: The First Special Service Force, Merrill's Marauders and the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gideon, the most famous of the early Jewish warriors, is considered to have been the father of commando forces in Israel.
		And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I will say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
		Eventually, Frederick assembled a force of individualistic, physically tough American fighting men who were steadied by the influence of the older, more disciplined and initially, better-trained Canadians.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HZY/is_4_13/ai_75578102 (1407 words)

	Unity In The Body Of Christ - Principles Of War
		As we apply the various aspects of the principles of economy of force to the spiritual war in which we are engaged, we can say that any concentration of Christians where there are few or no non-Christians is an overconcentration of Christians at a point which is not decisive.
		A force retreating falls back on its depots and reinforcements, unless it is overrun, it is growing stronger all the time, and there are many expedients besides fighting by which it can gain time: bridges or roads blown up, defiles blocked, supplies destroyed.
		The fact that 120,000 of the enemy were already slain, that Gideon had won the battle, and that he and his men were tired and hungry, did not stop his pursuit.
	www.unityinchrist.com /evangelism/principle5.htm (2858 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Crusade: The Complete Series
		Gideon also takes a liking to a grubby thief named Dureena Nafeel (Carrie Dobro), whose entire race was killed by the Drakh, and insists that she be permitted to accompany them.
		He had rescued Gideon from a disastrous "accident" that befell one of his previous ships, the Cerberus; Gideon had been abandoned in space by the Cerberus, which was promptly destroyed by a mysterious ship.
		The Rangers come to Gideon with information about an escaped alien dissident who is carrying stolen data crystals that may be useful in the hunt for a plague cure.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/crusadecompleteseries.php (3744 words)

	Amazon.com: The Pirate Lord: Books: Sabrina Jeffries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gideon and his men are seeking to create their own utopia on an uncharted island and retire from the pirating business for good.
		Sara is just as stubborn as Gideon when an idea pops into her mind, and she sees that Gideon is more or less wanting to make her fellow females submit to the desires of his men, no matter that they would be legally wed.
		When Gideon, the hero of this tale, is informed of a ship full of women convicts headed for New South Wales, he decides their troubles are over and sets out to capture the prison ship and thus provide wives for his crew and himself.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038079747X?v=glance (2594 words)

	Index to X-Force, including annuals and Domino LS: 2 / 9
		Gideon has the ability to mimic other mutant energies, and bests Crule with his own strength, then sends him after Cable.
		Gideon offers Sunspot to Sam if he agrees to never interfere with the Externals.
		Sam, Theresa, Feral, and Roberto are forced to retreat; the rest of the team is injured.
	www.chronology.net /default.pl/cited/rd_xforce/2 (2853 words)

	Untitled Article
		Air Force officials made another admission in Portland last week that conflicted with the findings of their public accident report on King-56.
		Diehl believes that the Air Force's recent concessions to the King-56 widows are "a clever way to protect 'privilege'"--the Air Force term for the law that allows them to keep safety reports secret.
		But Schott says she was "encouraged" that top generals met with the widows and that the Air Force has launched two separate reviews of the C-130 electrical system, which includes the synchrophaser and temperature datum amplifier.
	www.wweek.com /html/mediaflyby100897.html (1112 words)

	Welcome to UXN - Decimation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gideon has gone to Madripoor to recruit Crule for a mission.
		Gideon uses his mutant power to duplicate the genetic-energy template of Crule and starts pounding on him.
		Gideon tells him that the name of the man is Cable.
	www.uncannyxmen.net /db/issues/showquestion.asp?fldAuto=569 (1072 words)

	Philologos \| The Holy Land and the Bible by Cunningham Geikie \| Chapter 38
		Streaming over some of these fords, "the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east" forced their way up the Wady-el-Jalud, and spread themselves over Esdraelon, "with their cattle and their tents, as grasshoppers for multitude, for both they and their camels wore without number" (Judg 6:3-5).
		Gideon's force, encamped on the hills above the sloping valley, consisted of men of Manasseh, his own tribe, and of Zebulun, Naphtali, and Asher, from the north of the great plain, the districts most affected by the invaders, though troops of Arabs had scoured the land even so far south as Gaza (Judg 6:4).
		So long as the plain was dry, no place could have better suited a great chariot force; but after a storm the wheels were useless, and in case of a defeat, safety lay only in abandoning everything and fleeing on foot.
	philologos.org /__eb-thlatb/chap38.htm (2543 words)

	Only Through Force, Gideon Levy
		It is not the acceptable thing to say, but this truth must be stated: Only through force have the Arabs achieved what they have achieved, throughout the Arab-Israeli conflict, and certainly in the last 30 years.
		Now they are also proving, as their brothers in the territories proved long ago, that it is Israel the strong that achieves nothing through force.
		This weekend the actor Mohammed Bakri, who has performed in Israeli theaters for years, wondered whether he was wrong all along and should have chosen the path of violent struggle and joined the PLO in his youth.
	www.mindspring.com /~fontenelles/Levy.htm (919 words)

	ipedia.com: Charles Orde Wingate Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Gideon Force, with the aid of local resistance fighters, harassed Italian forts and their supply lines.
		At the end of the fighting, Wingate and the men of the Gideon Force accompanied the emperor when he returned to Addis Ababa.
		In June 4 1941 Wingate was removed from command of the now-dismantled Gideon Force and his rank was reduced to that of major.
	www.ipedia.com /charles_orde_wingate.html (962 words)

	The Witches of Eriadne: Double, Double - Part 1: Arrival
		Gideon emerged from the shuttle behind the security force that had already taken up positions outside.
		Gideon moved past Roberts, unaware that Dureena and Raven were watching him with concern.
		Gideon drew in a deep breath and then walked to where Dureena and Raven stood.
	www.ourdramaqueen.com /sw/diary/dd/dd1-arrival3.htm (3142 words)

	Robert Strange, 1796-1854. Eoneguski, or, The Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. II.
		As they descended Gideon could not fail to remark a considerable increase of temperature, and, upon closer observation, not only a greater advance, by two or three weeks, of vegetation, but numerous plants were discovered entirely unknown on the opposite side of the mountain.
		As soon, therefore, as they had finished their morning meal, "Gideon," said he, "has seen that the chief of Eonee is not in a condition to treat the son of his friend as becomes him; in a few days he will be better, and will desire to see Gideon, and talk with him.
		Gideon felt as if he were himself smitten by some powerful arm, and cowered almost to the floor.
	docsouth.unc.edu /nc/strange2/strange2.html (14833 words)

	Camels, Elephants and Mules
		His “Gideon Force” would march into Ethiopia on 1 January of 1941 divided into two columns and thence into smaller units for quick thrusts and raids at night.
		He had proven that a force could advance into enemy territory, being totally supported by air and the lay of the land and defeat the enemy.
		In addition the British/Indian forces were having a trough time of it along the Tiddem road needing immediate air supply and wounded removal support.
	14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com /wingate1.html (3222 words)

	Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL FRANCIS C. GIDEON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The mission of the Air Force Logistics Command is to keep the U.S. Air Force aerospace weapon systems at instant readiness in all parts of the world.
		General Gideon was born in 1917, in Payne, Ohio.
		In August 1968 he assumed command of the Thirteenth Air Force with headquarters at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, and with units and bases in Thailand, the Philippines, and the Republic of China.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=5529 (545 words)

	Suddenly, Ethiopia is Getting Noticed by
		Very different from the fantastic plot-line of My Soul to Keep is the sweeping historical epic Gideon Force, based on the true life exploits of British general Orde Wingate, who was instrumental in the triumphant return of Emperor Haile-Selassie I to Ethiopia during the Second World War.
		Gideon Force will be produced by Brian Grazer, no stranger to historical films - he had a hand in making Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind.
		Although audiences will have to wait to see if these movies are any good, their existence clearly demonstrates that, for better or worse, making American movies about Ethiopia is no longer the preserve of hardy and independent souls such as Haile Gerima.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2003/01/03-01-03/Suddenly.htm (858 words)

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