Emmanuel Charles Mast (7 January 1889 – 30 September 1977) was a major general who participated in the liberation of North Africa in 1942 and was Resident...
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a mast, however, when identifying a ship as "two-masted" or "three-masted" Fore-mast: the mast nearest the bow, or the mast forward of the main-mast. As...
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Jury rigging (redirect from Jury mast)
capelage jury rig mast knot is it only ornamental or utilitarian (with secondary evolution to ornamental)?". Charles.Hamel.free.fr. Charles Hamel. Retrieved...
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He succeeded in contacting several French officers, including General Charles Mast, the French commander-in-chief in Algiers. These officers were willing...
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A mast (from Persian مست mast), in Meher Baba's teaching, is a person who is overwhelmed with love for God, accompanied with external disorientation resembling...
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Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. In many countries...
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Barque (redirect from Four-masted barque)
three or more masts consisting of a fore mast, mainmast and additional masts rigged square and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) rigged...
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At the outbreak of World War II, Charles de Gaulle was put in charge of the French Fifth Army's tanks (five scattered battalions, largely equipped with...
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present an opportunity to bring together the French in North Africa and Charles de Gaulle's Free French. De Gaulle and Giraud met in late January but little...
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Joanna of Castile. This marriage was pivotal to the history of Europe, for Charles V, who was born to this marriage (Ghent, 1500), would go on to rule both...
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ship's mast stands on the site of the Royal Navy shore establishment HMS Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk in England. It was formerly used for mast climbing...
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natives of North Africa.[citation needed] Giraud designated General Charles Mast as his representative in Algeria. A secret meeting on 23 October with...
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A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern...
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and vernissage, the triumphant crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by pilot Charles Lindbergh and the depravities of the Stavisky Affair. Her prose style has...
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square-rigged vessel with two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast. The word 'snow' comes from...
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Charlie Chaplin (redirect from Charles Chaplin)
June 2012. Robinson, p. 212. Brownlow, p. 30. Kemp, p. 63. Mast, pp. 83–92. Kamin, pp. 6–7. Mast, pp. 83–92; Kamin, pp. 33–34. Kamin, D (2008). The Comedy...
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who had surrounded the villa were driven away, and Général de division Charles Mast, who had collaborated with the Allies, was relieved by Général de division...
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Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage...
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3 June 1940 18 July 1940 Jean-Pierre Esteva 26 July 1940 10 May 1943 Charles Mast 10 May 1943 22 February 1947 fr:Jean Mons 22 February 1947 13 June 1950...
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A mast-aft rig is a sailboat sail-plan that uses a single mast set in the aft half of the hull. The mast supports fore-sails that may consist of a single...
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List of tallest structures in Estonia (redirect from Kohtla TV Mast)
Structural type Coordinates Remarks Koeru TV Mast 349.5 m (1,147 ft) Kapu, Järva Parish 1993 Guyed mast 58°58′27.1″N 26°3′24.68″E / 58.974194°N 26.0568556°E...
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assembly "teetering" atop an extended mast. Several Robinson helicopters have been destroyed in incidents where mast bumping was determined to have occurred...
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General de Gaulle and Free France. Colonel Germain Jousse and General Charles Mast led the Resistance operation. Supplies of arms by the Allies had failed...
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Bernard Karsenty, Henri d'Astier de La Vigerie ) and officers (Gen. Charles Mast, Lt-Cl Germain Jousse in order to prevent the reaction of French Vychist...
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crew accommodations, the location of the bow sonar, a second large aerial mast and different funnels. Lütjens (D185) (scrapped) Mölders (D186) (Museum ship)...
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at the end of the Tunisian campaign 10 May 1943 to 22 February 1947 Charles Mast, Resident-General 22 February 1947 to 13 June 1950 Jean Mons [fr], Resident-General...
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Samuel Ottmar Mast (5 October 1871 – 3 February 1947) was an American zoologist who studied behavioural physiology, particularly the response to light...
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Clark and diplomat Robert Murphy, representing the Allies, and General Charles E. Mast, the leader of a group of pro-Allied Vichy France officers in French...
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Flags at Buckingham Palace (category Charles III flags)
Royal Standard would not fly at half mast ("The king is dead, long live the king!"). However, it flew at half-mast for several hours from the death of...
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lieutenant colonel in August 1942, he became chief of ctaff to General Charles Mast, commanding the Algiers Division, a few days before the beginning of...
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