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about the presence of five cruisers and five destroyers, and assumed that these were
Italian units closing for battle. Force D had not yet arrived from Alexandria and the British were outgunned, but 15 minutes later, Force D was spotted and the tables turned. The two forces were fairly even;
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opened fire at 23,500 metres (25,700 yd). Rapid fire between the two forces continued as the distance between them closed, but as the range shortened
Italian firepower began to put pressure on the outgunned British. The arrival of the battleship
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1919:. Ufficio storico della Marina Militare, p. 114.
1917:La battaglia di Capo Teulada: 27-28 novembre 1940
1148:opened fire from 27,000 metres (30,000 yd).
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5294:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
3004:Territorial changes of Germany
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2267:; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (2005).
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4645:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
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4932:Chinese famine of 1942–1943
4909:Second Battle of El Alamein
4479:Hundred Regiments Offensive
4451:Battle of the Mediterranean
4304:Italian invasion of Albania
2478:Air warfare of World War II
2136:Grub Street, London, 1999.
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5648:The Battle of Cape Teulada
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4798:Battle of Christmas Island
4743:Japanese invasion of Burma
4507:Italian invasion of Greece
4423:German invasion of Belgium
4395:German invasion of Denmark
4368:1939–1940 Winter Offensive
4237:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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2132:Shores, Cull and Malizia.
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5301:Philippines (1944–1945)
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4708:Fall of the Philippines
4354:Battle of South Guangxi
4260:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
3666:Italian Social Republic
2329:Malta Convoys 1940–1943
2230:; et al. (1959) .
2193:. London: Aurum Press.
2150:. Seaforth Publishing.
972:from the heavy cruiser
272:1 heavy cruiser damaged
247:1 anti-aircraft cruiser
5031:Armistice of Cassibile
4833:Battle of Dutch Harbor
4784:Battle of the Java Sea
4687:Attack on Pearl Harbor
4587:Syria–Lebanon campaign
4580:Battle of South Shanxi
4550:Invasion of Yugoslavia
4333:Battle of the Atlantic
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2208:Hague, Arnold (2000).
1955:O'Hara, 2009 pp. 70-71
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179:Commanders and leaders
5668:at Wikimedia Commons
5195:Second Battle of Guam
5091:Bengal famine of 1943
5061:Second Battle of Kiev
5017:Battle of the Dnieper
4722:Battle of Wake Island
4594:East African campaign
4536:Battle of South Henan
4181:atrocities by Germans
3954:Korean Volunteer Army
2935:Occupation of Germany
2689:Music in World War II
855:on 27 November 1940.
265:Casualties and losses
5706:November 1940 events
5481:Surrender of Germany
4959:Battle of West Hubei
4916:Guadalcanal campaign
4886:Battle of Stalingrad
4812:Battle of Madagascar
3586:Albania protectorate
3373:(formerly Swaziland)
3082:Wehrmacht war crimes
2898:Expulsion of Germans
2682:Art and World War II
2580:British contribution
2529:Governments in exile
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5460:Italy (Spring 1945)
5223:Liberation of Paris
4680:Siege of Sevastopol
3698:(until August 1944)
3601:Wang Jingwei regime
3423:from September 1943
3383:from September 1944
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3181:Romanian war crimes
3172:Persecution of Jews
3158:Croatian war crimes
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4124:
4105:
4097:
4095:
4089:
4088:
4086:
4085:
4078:
4077:
4076:
4069:
4057:
4050:
4043:
4036:
4029:
4022:
4015:
4008:
4001:
3994:
3987:
3980:
3973:
3966:
3959:
3958:
3957:
3950:
3936:
3929:
3922:
3915:
3908:
3901:
3894:
3887:
3880:
3873:
3866:
3859:
3852:
3845:
3838:
3831:
3823:
3821:
3815:
3814:
3812:
3811:
3804:
3797:
3790:
3783:
3776:
3769:
3762:
3755:
3748:
3741:
3733:
3731:
3725:
3724:
3722:
3721:
3714:
3707:
3700:
3692:
3685:
3678:
3671:
3670:
3669:
3654:
3647:
3640:
3633:
3626:
3619:
3611:
3604:
3597:
3589:
3581:
3579:
3573:
3572:
3570:
3569:
3562:
3561:
3560:
3546:
3545:
3544:
3541:British Empire
3534:United Kingdom
3530:
3523:
3516:
3509:
3502:
3495:
3483:
3476:
3469:
3462:
3455:
3448:
3441:
3434:
3427:
3415:
3408:
3401:
3394:
3387:
3375:
3367:
3360:
3353:
3350:Czechoslovakia
3346:
3339:
3332:
3325:
3313:
3306:
3299:
3292:
3284:
3282:
3273:
3267:
3266:
3263:
3262:
3260:
3259:
3258:
3257:
3250:
3247:Rape of Manila
3243:
3236:
3229:
3218:
3203:
3196:
3184:
3177:
3176:
3175:
3168:
3154:
3153:
3152:
3145:
3138:
3124:
3117:
3116:
3115:
3108:
3107:
3106:
3099:
3085:
3078:
3064:
3063:
3062:
3055:
3048:
3033:
3031:
3025:
3024:
3022:
3021:
3018:United Nations
3014:
3007:
3000:
2999:
2998:
2991:
2984:
2977:
2963:
2954:
2945:
2938:
2931:
2924:
2915:
2908:
2901:
2894:
2887:
2880:
2877:Decolonization
2873:
2866:
2858:
2856:
2850:
2849:
2847:
2846:
2839:
2838:
2837:
2823:
2816:
2815:
2814:
2807:
2800:
2786:
2785:
2784:
2777:
2763:
2762:
2761:
2754:
2747:
2740:
2733:
2726:
2711:
2709:
2703:
2702:
2700:
2699:
2692:
2685:
2678:
2671:
2664:
2657:
2650:
2649:
2648:
2641:
2627:
2620:
2613:
2606:
2599:
2592:
2585:
2584:
2583:
2569:
2562:
2561:
2560:
2553:
2550:United Kingdom
2546:
2532:
2525:
2518:
2511:
2504:
2497:
2490:
2489:
2488:
2473:
2471:
2462:
2458:
2457:
2455:
2454:
2447:
2440:
2439:
2438:
2431:
2424:
2412:
2411:
2410:
2396:
2388:
2385:
2384:
2377:
2376:
2369:
2362:
2354:
2348:
2347:
2341:
2321:
2287:Roskill, S. W.
2283:
2277:
2265:Rohwer, Jürgen
2261:
2224:
2218:
2205:
2199:
2186:
2164:
2161:
2160:
2159:
2144:
2130:
2115:
2099:
2096:
2094:
2093:
2068:
2042:
2033:
2013:
2002:
1993:
1984:
1975:
1966:
1957:
1945:
1933:
1924:
1908:
1899:
1890:
1881:
1872:
1857:
1855:
1852:
1851:
1850:
1838:
1835:
1834:
1833:
1832:
1831:
1813:3 freighters:
1681:light cruisers
1667:
1666:
1665:
1664:
1638:
1632:1 destroyer:
1630:
1605:
1604:
1603:
1600:
1579:
1557:
1556:
1555:
1549:
1542:Blackburn Skua
1524:
1509:light cruisers
1505:
1474:
1471:
1470:
1469:
1468:
1467:
1425:7 destroyers:
1423:
1403:Inigo Campioni
1399:
1398:
1397:
1376:Alfredo Oriani
1345:
1307:heavy cruisers
1301:Angelo Iachino
1288:
1283:
1280:
1279:
1230:
1228:
1221:
1215:
1212:
1203:The White Ship
1197:
1194:
1177:
1174:
1060:Angelo Iachino
1006:Inigo Campioni
961:
958:
869:fleet in being
860:
857:
815:
814:
809:
806:
805:
803:
802:
797:
796:
795:
788:Allied convoys
783:
782:
770:
769:
764:
759:
754:
749:
738:
737:
734:Cape Bougaroun
731:
730:
729:
724:
719:
709:
704:
699:
696:Messina convoy
693:
685:
680:
673:
668:
660:
652:
641:
640:
634:
626:
620:
612:
607:
599:
590:
583:
575:
567:
559:
552:
544:
536:
524:
523:
518:
512:
506:
498:
490:
485:
477:
471:
465:
458:
453:
446:
439:
433:
421:
420:
414:
406:
400:
393:
385:
379:
371:
366:
360:
355:
349:
343:
336:
325:
322:
321:
310:
309:
302:
295:
287:
279:
278:
275:
267:
266:
262:
261:
254:
234:
233:
229:
228:
226:Angelo Iachino
215:Inigo Campioni
205:
181:
180:
176:
175:
160:
158:United Kingdom
146:
145:
141:
140:
137:
136:
133:
129:
128:
85:
83:
79:
78:
75:
67:
66:
40:
39:
28:
27:
21:
20:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
5718:
5707:
5704:
5702:
5699:
5697:
5694:
5692:
5691:1940 in Italy
5689:
5687:
5686:Malta Convoys
5684:
5682:
5679:
5678:
5676:
5669:
5667:
5662:
5654:
5651:
5649:
5646:
5645:
5630:
5626:
5623:
5619:
5616:
5615:
5610:
5603:
5602:
5599:
5586:
5582:
5579:
5575:
5572:
5568:
5567:
5565:
5561:
5556:
5552:
5551:
5549:
5548:Kuril Islands
5545:
5542:
5538:
5533:
5529:
5528:
5526:
5522:
5519:
5515:
5512:
5508:
5505:
5501:
5498:
5494:
5489:
5485:
5484:
5482:
5478:
5475:
5471:
5468:
5464:
5461:
5457:
5454:
5450:
5447:
5443:
5440:
5436:
5433:
5429:
5426:
5422:
5419:
5415:
5412:
5408:
5405:
5401:
5398:
5394:
5391:
5387:
5384:
5380:
5379:
5377:
5375:
5371:
5364:
5360:
5355:
5354:
5349:
5348:
5346:
5342:
5339:
5335:
5330:
5326:
5325:
5323:
5319:
5316:
5315:Syrmian Front
5312:
5309:
5305:
5302:
5298:
5295:
5291:
5288:
5287:
5282:
5279:
5278:
5273:
5270:
5266:
5263:
5262:
5261:Market Garden
5257:
5254:
5250:
5247:
5243:
5240:
5236:
5233:
5232:
5227:
5224:
5220:
5217:
5213:
5210:
5206:
5203:
5199:
5196:
5192:
5189:
5185:
5182:
5181:
5176:
5173:
5169:
5166:
5165:
5160:
5157:
5156:
5151:
5148:
5147:
5142:
5139:
5135:
5132:
5128:
5125:
5121:
5120:Monte Cassino
5117:
5114:
5113:
5108:
5107:
5105:
5103:
5099:
5092:
5088:
5083:
5079:
5076:
5072:
5071:
5069:
5065:
5062:
5058:
5055:
5051:
5048:
5044:
5041:
5037:
5032:
5028:
5027:
5025:
5021:
5018:
5014:
5011:
5010:
5005:
5002:
4998:
4995:
4991:
4988:
4984:
4981:
4977:
4974:
4970:
4967:
4963:
4960:
4956:
4953:
4949:
4948:
4946:
4944:
4940:
4933:
4929:
4926:
4925:
4920:
4917:
4913:
4910:
4906:
4903:
4902:
4897:
4894:
4890:
4887:
4883:
4880:
4876:
4873:
4872:
4867:
4862:
4858:
4855:
4851:
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4837:
4834:
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4827:
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4809:
4806:
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4778:
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4771:
4769:
4765:
4758:
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4751:
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4716:
4712:
4709:
4705:
4702:
4698:
4695:
4691:
4688:
4684:
4681:
4677:
4674:
4670:
4667:
4663:
4660:
4656:
4653:
4649:
4646:
4642:
4639:
4635:
4632:
4628:
4624:
4623:
4618:
4614:
4609:
4605:
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4602:
4598:
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4591:
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4577:
4574:
4570:
4565:
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4537:
4533:
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4528:
4524:
4517:
4516:
4511:
4508:
4504:
4501:
4497:
4494:
4490:
4487:
4486:Baltic states
4483:
4480:
4476:
4473:
4469:
4466:
4462:
4459:
4455:
4452:
4448:
4445:
4441:
4438:
4434:
4431:
4427:
4424:
4420:
4417:
4413:
4410:
4406:
4403:
4399:
4396:
4392:
4389:
4385:
4384:
4382:
4380:
4376:
4369:
4365:
4362:
4358:
4355:
4351:
4348:
4344:
4341:
4337:
4334:
4330:
4327:
4323:
4322:
4320:
4318:
4314:
4305:
4301:
4298:
4294:
4291:
4287:
4284:
4280:
4277:
4273:
4272:
4270:
4266:
4261:
4257:
4254:
4250:
4249:
4247:
4243:
4238:
4234:
4233:
4231:
4227:
4226:
4224:
4222:
4218:
4215:
4213:
4209:
4198:
4194:
4191:
4187:
4182:
4178:
4175:
4171:
4170:
4166:
4161:
4157:
4156:
4154:
4150:
4147:
4143:
4138:
4134:
4131:
4130:United States
4127:
4122:
4118:
4117:
4115:
4111:
4110:
4106:
4103:
4099:
4098:
4096:
4094:
4090:
4083:
4079:
4074:
4070:
4067:
4066:Quốc dân Đảng
4063:
4062:
4058:
4055:
4051:
4048:
4044:
4041:
4037:
4034:
4030:
4027:
4023:
4020:
4016:
4013:
4009:
4006:
4002:
3999:
3995:
3992:
3988:
3985:
3981:
3978:
3974:
3971:
3967:
3964:
3960:
3955:
3951:
3948:
3944:
3943:
3941:
3937:
3934:
3930:
3927:
3923:
3920:
3916:
3913:
3909:
3906:
3902:
3899:
3895:
3892:
3888:
3885:
3881:
3878:
3874:
3871:
3867:
3864:
3860:
3857:
3853:
3850:
3846:
3843:
3839:
3836:
3832:
3829:
3825:
3824:
3822:
3820:
3816:
3809:
3805:
3802:
3798:
3795:
3791:
3788:
3784:
3781:
3777:
3774:
3770:
3767:
3766:Liechtenstein
3763:
3760:
3756:
3753:
3749:
3746:
3742:
3739:
3735:
3734:
3732:
3730:
3726:
3719:
3715:
3712:
3708:
3705:
3701:
3697:
3693:
3690:
3686:
3683:
3679:
3676:
3672:
3667:
3663:
3662:
3659:
3655:
3652:
3648:
3645:
3641:
3638:
3634:
3631:
3627:
3624:
3620:
3616:
3612:
3609:
3605:
3602:
3598:
3594:
3590:
3587:
3583:
3582:
3580:
3578:
3574:
3567:
3563:
3558:
3554:
3553:
3551:
3550:United States
3547:
3542:
3538:
3537:
3535:
3531:
3528:
3524:
3521:
3517:
3514:
3510:
3507:
3503:
3500:
3496:
3492:
3488:
3484:
3481:
3477:
3474:
3470:
3467:
3463:
3460:
3456:
3453:
3449:
3446:
3442:
3439:
3435:
3432:
3428:
3424:
3420:
3416:
3413:
3409:
3406:
3402:
3399:
3395:
3392:
3388:
3384:
3380:
3376:
3372:
3368:
3365:
3361:
3358:
3354:
3351:
3347:
3344:
3340:
3337:
3333:
3330:
3326:
3322:
3318:
3314:
3311:
3307:
3304:
3300:
3297:
3293:
3290:
3286:
3285:
3283:
3281:
3277:
3274:
3272:
3268:
3255:
3251:
3248:
3244:
3241:
3240:Comfort women
3237:
3234:
3230:
3227:
3224: /
3223:
3219:
3216:
3213: /
3212:
3209: /
3208:
3204:
3201:
3200:Camp brothels
3197:
3194:
3190:
3189:
3185:
3182:
3178:
3173:
3169:
3166:
3162:
3161:
3159:
3155:
3150:
3146:
3143:
3139:
3136:
3132:
3131:
3129:
3125:
3122:
3118:
3113:
3109:
3104:
3100:
3097:
3093:
3092:
3090:
3089:The Holocaust
3086:
3083:
3079:
3076:
3075:forced labour
3072:
3071:
3069:
3065:
3060:
3056:
3053:
3049:
3046:
3042:
3041:
3039:
3035:
3034:
3032:
3030:
3026:
3019:
3015:
3012:
3008:
3005:
3001:
2996:
2992:
2989:
2985:
2982:
2978:
2975:
2971:
2970:
2968:
2964:
2961:
2960:
2955:
2952:
2951:
2946:
2943:
2939:
2936:
2932:
2929:
2928:Marshall Plan
2925:
2922:
2921:
2916:
2913:
2909:
2906:
2902:
2899:
2895:
2892:
2888:
2885:
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2871:
2867:
2864:
2860:
2859:
2857:
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2830:
2828:
2824:
2821:
2817:
2812:
2808:
2805:
2801:
2798:
2794:
2793:
2791:
2787:
2782:
2781:Eastern Front
2778:
2775:
2774:Western Front
2771:
2770:
2768:
2764:
2759:
2755:
2752:
2748:
2745:
2741:
2738:
2734:
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2708:
2704:
2697:
2693:
2690:
2686:
2683:
2679:
2676:
2672:
2669:
2668:Puppet states
2665:
2662:
2658:
2655:
2651:
2646:
2642:
2639:
2635:
2634:
2632:
2628:
2625:
2621:
2618:
2614:
2611:
2610:Naval history
2607:
2604:
2600:
2597:
2593:
2590:
2586:
2581:
2577:
2576:
2574:
2570:
2567:
2563:
2558:
2557:United States
2554:
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2533:
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2298:
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2284:
2280:
2278:1-59114-119-2
2274:
2270:
2266:
2262:
2251:
2247:
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2239:
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2233:
2229:
2225:
2221:
2219:1-86176-147-3
2215:
2211:
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2200:1-84513-020-0
2196:
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2179:
2175:
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2167:
2166:
2157:
2156:1-4738-4969-1
2153:
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2142:0-948817-06-2
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2315:24 November
1822:Clan Fraser
1816:Clan Forbes
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1626:Southampton
1434:Bersagliere
1409:battleships
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671:Pantelleria
251:4 corvettes
119: /
5675:Categories
5453:West Hunan
5286:Pointblank
4622:Silver Fox
4608:Summer War
4361:Winter War
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4121:Azerbaijan
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2494:Blitzkrieg
2444:Casualties
2435:Commanders
2407:Operations
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1686:Manchester
1620:Manchester
1571:battleship
1553:destroyers
1473:Royal Navy
1446:Granatiere
1349:destroyers
1166:Manchester
1158:Manchester
1087:Manchester
1070:; 35
1021:destroyers
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944:Alexandria
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712:Dodecanese
664:Campobasso
616:Portcullis
521:Alexandria
450:Abstention
369:Cape Spada
104:38°25′39″N
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5404:Indochina
5180:Bagration
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4276:Anschluss
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3096:Aftermath
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2854:Aftermath
2654:Total war
2522:Diplomacy
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1716:Encounter
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1514:Sheffield
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3142:Unit 731
3103:Response
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2870:Cold War
2843:Americas
2834:timeline
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2707:Theaters
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1798:Hereward
1768:Defender
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1722:Faulknor
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1643:Gloxinia
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1520:Despatch
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909:en route
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540:Calendar
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413: ¹
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346:Club Run
270:7 killed
232:Strength
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5231:Dragoon
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3696:Romania
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3615:Finland
3487:Romania
3379:Finland
3357:Denmark
3303:Belgium
3289:Algeria
2995:Romania
2981:Hungary
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2415:Leaders
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1780:Gallant
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1490:Force H
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1111:Trieste
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1034:Gorizia
974:Bolzano
940:Force H
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859:Origins
848:Italian
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630:Olterra
563:Harpoon
556:Albumen
494:Halberd
462:Matapan
403:Otranto
397:Taranto
89:, near
57:Bolzano
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5532:Debate
5504:Taipei
5497:Borneo
5075:Tarawa
4269:Europe
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4019:Poland
4005:Norway
3984:Malaya
3963:Latvia
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3891:France
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3480:Poland
3466:Norway
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3391:France
3329:Canada
3310:Brazil
3280:Allies
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2767:Europe
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1162:Renown
1137:Renown
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468:Tarigo
430:Excess
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5138:Narva
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5040:Burma
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3940:Korea
3926:Japan
3919:Italy
3801:Tibet
3780:Spain
3658:Italy
3419:Italy
3412:India
3336:China
3211:Japan
2811:Italy
2723:China
2675:Women
1854:Notes
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1452:Dardo
1318:Fiume
1100:Fiume
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722:Leros
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595:Torch
474:Crete
443:Genoa
410:White
375:Hurry
340:Malta
172:Italy
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4768:1942
4527:1941
4379:1940
4317:1939
4246:Asia
4093:POWs
3933:Jews
3651:Iraq
3577:Axis
3527:Tuva
3343:Cuba
2428:Axis
2337:ISBN
2317:2017
2301:OCLC
2273:ISBN
2257:2018
2246:OCLC
2242:HMSO
2214:ISBN
2195:ISBN
2178:OCLC
2152:ISBN
2138:ISBN
2123:ISBN
2109:ISBN
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2063:2019
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