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31Shetland bus boats — The Shetland bus operation consisted of a number of boats.Germany started their invasion of Norway April 9th 1940. British battleships with troops were sent to help the Norwegians. Several coast towns were bombed and destroyed by the Germans, and …
32arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …
33japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
34Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
35History of Taiwan — This article discusses the history of Taiwan (including the Pescadores). For history of the polity which currently governs Taiwan, see history of the Republic of China.The island of Taiwan (excluding the Pescadores) was first populated by… …
36Port Aransas, Texas — Infobox Settlement official name = Port Aransas, Texas settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Port Aransas, Texas mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country… …
37USS Wahoo (SS-238) — See Wahoo for other ships of the same name.USS Wahoo (SS 238) was a Gato class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies. (The other was SS 565.) Wahoo earned six… …
38Bequia — ( pronounced beck way ) is the second largest island in the Grenadines. It is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is approximately 15 km from the nation s capital, Kingstown. GeographyThe island capital is Port Elizabeth… …
39Texel Disaster — The Texel disaster took place off the Dutch coast on the night of 31 August 1940 and involved the sinking of two Royal Navy destroyers and damage to a third and a light cruiser. The disaster was caused by a destroyer flotilla running into an… …
40Radio Caroline — is a European radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in international waters off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. [ [http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/history2.asp Don t Get Mad, Get Even] ] It… …
