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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 27th Polish Home Army Infantry Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The division initially aided local self-defence units during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and fought against the Ukrainian Uprising Army.
The division was surrounded by the Germans near Kowel on April 2.
The remnants of the division withdrew westwards, crossed the Bug river on June 7 to the Parczew forest near Lublin.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /27th_Polish_Home_Army_Infantry_Division   (442 words)

  
 Real History and myths about Poland and Heydrich in WW2
's memoirs, the Polish cavalry charge impressed the Germans and caused a widespread panic among the soldiers and the staff of German 20th Motorised Infantry Division, which delayed their offensive and forced them to consider a tactical retreat.
They were shown the battlefield, the corpses of Polish cavalrymen and their horses, as well as German tanks that arrived to the place after the battle.
World War II it was still used by Soviet propaganda as an example of stupidity of Polish commanders, who allegedly did not prepare their country for the war and instead wasted the blood of their soldiers.
www.fpp.co.uk /Letters/History_05/Strasnov_131005.html   (1346 words)

  
 Messmore Clan/Evelyn's Web Journal - Bravenet Web Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 58 BC, Gallic agitation against the Suevi, a German tribe that had recently conquered territory in Gaul, and the threat of invasion by the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe from the area that is now Switzerland, gave Caesar a pretext to advance his career through war.
In the 1st and 2d centuries AD, Gaul flourished through the export of food, wine, and pottery.
She married in Waterford, circa 26 Aug. 1171, (L-14) RICHARD FITZ GILBERT DE CLARE, "STRONGBOW" of Tunbridge, Kent, England, son of (L-6) Gilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and (AJ-26) Isabel (Elizabeth) (de BEAUMONT), who was born circa 1125, died on 20 April 1176 in Dublin, Leinster, and was buried in Holy Trinity (Ch, Dublin, Leinster.
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 MODERN WORLD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: Prejudice and Pride, Peace and War - PART I (1800 to 1921)
The Battle of Austerlitz: December 1st through 3rd, 1805 and December 3rd, 1805.
French losses were around 30,000, including 14 division and 22 brigade commanders, along with 32 staff officers, 86 aides-de-camp and 37 regimental colonels.
It has been a rather constant characteristic of the Western world since well before the days when Roman legions sallied forth to make alien peoples bow beneath standards surmounted by bronze eagles.
www.omnibusol.com /westernciv.html   (11898 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II GUIDE BOOKS
Hicks, Maj. James E. - LaCanada, CA 1957 - 1st Edition - FINE Condition - Oversized Hardcover in Dust Jacket - 128pp plus 88 Full-Page Drawings with notes by Andre Jandot - $75
Stephens, Frederick J. - Stackpole Harrisburg 1971- Printed in England - 1st Edition - Hardcover in Dust Jacket - FINE Condition - 127pp - Photos - Biblio - $40
Lawson, Ted W. - Random House 1943 - 1st Edition - Dust Jacket (chipped) - Previous owner name and date (1944) on fep - VERY GOOD Condition - Famous WWII story of Doolittle's Raid by one of the pilots who participated - Photos - $55
www.civilwarmall.com /bookseller/files/wwiiguid.htm   (11839 words)

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