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  2. British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign - Wikipedia

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    The troops carried 48 hours' supplies with them. Plans for air resupply were based on automatic resupply for four days, with the option to extend if required. On the second day, 18 September, only 35 Short Stirling aircraft were available to tow resupply gliders, but thereafter there would be sufficient Stirlings and Dakotas.

  3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Wikipedia

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    "Pharaohs" uses a 1984 recording of Brian Perkins reading a shipping forecast on various North Sea locations (pictured). [64] "Pharaohs" is the B-side to the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" single. It samples a recording of BBC Radio 4 announcer Brian Perkins reading the Shipping Forecast for the North Sea region of the United Kingdom. [64]

  4. List of maritime disasters in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    The most accepted theory is that one or more rogue waves hit München and damaged it, so that it drifted for 33 hours with a list of 50 degrees without electricity or propulsion. 28 1981 Israel: The Mezada was lost on 3 March; The cargo ship sank in rough seas approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km) southeast of Bermuda. Eleven of 35 crew ...

  5. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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    1926–1933: Nicaragua: From May 7 to June 5, 1926, and August 27, 1926, to January 3, 1933, the coup d'état of General Emiliano Chamorro Vargas aroused revolutionary activities leading to the landing of American marines to protect the interests of the United States. United States forces came and went intermittently until January 3, 1933.

  6. Netherlands seeks opt-out from EU migration rules - eventually

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    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands' right-wing government said on Wednesday it would seek to opt out from the European Union's migration rules if and when the bloc next renegotiates its core ...

  7. Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell - Wikipedia

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    This line was removed from the final draft of Their Finest Hour, but it reflected Churchill's feelings about Wavell. [76] On 11 August 1940, the Italians invaded the colony of British Somaliland (modern northern Somalia) and faced with overwhelming Italian numbers, Wavell ordered General Reade Godwin-Austen to evacuate to Aden. [ 77 ]

  8. Don Johnson on 'Keys' to 25-Year Marriage with Kelley ... - AOL

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    Don Johnson went all out to celebrate his 25th anniversary with wife Kelley Phleger.. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Los Angeles premiere of ABC's Doctor Odyssey on Wednesday, Sept. 18 ...

  9. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The small budget and concerns over high-cost equipment rentals meant the crew filmed seven days a week, up to 16 hours a day. The environment was humid [21] [31] and the cast and crew found conditions tough; temperatures peaked at 110°F (43 °C) on July 26. [32] Hansen later recalled, "It was 95, 100 degrees every day during filming.