• Alfred Wäger (17 August 1883 – 9 July 1956) was a General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who commanded several...
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    surrendered to the Germans at the Grand Place. The German commander, General Alfred Wäger, allowed the French the honours of war; the garrison paraded through...
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  • 10. Feldersatz-Bataillon 10. Versorgungseinheiten 10. Generalleutnant Alfred Wäger (October 1933 – March 1938) Generalleutnant Konrad von Cochenhausen (March...
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  • General der Infanterie Hermann Geyer XXVII Corps – General der Infanterie Alfred Wäger 253th Infantry Division – Generalleutnant Fritz Kuhne 269th Infantry...
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    Grenztruppen Oberrhein (later XXV. Armeekorps) General der Infanterie Alfred Wäger 5. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm Fahrmbacher) 35. Infanterie-Division...
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  • examples of scientific wagers from the past two centuries, many related to large-scale questions in science at the time. In 1870, Alfred Russel Wallace bet...
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  • Ludwigslust. August 1939 General Karl Ritter von Prager November 1939 General Alfred Wäger 23 December 1941 Lieutenant-General Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz 13 January...
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  • Fahrmbacher General of Infantry Albrecht Schubert General of Infantry Alfred Wäger German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. Niehorster...
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  • television and film, including a 1960 version that aired as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and starred Steve McQueen, Neile Adams, and Peter Lorre...
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    Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator...
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    next to the Grande Garde. During World War II, on June 1, 1940, General Alfred Wäger honored the resistance of General Molinié's troops in front of the Bellevue...
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    Succeeded by Generalmajor Hans Jordan Preceded by General der Infanterie Alfred Wäger Commander of XXVII. Armeekorps 24 December 1941 – 3 January 1942 Succeeded by...
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  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, known as Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1962, aired 32 episodes during its eighth season from 1962 to 1963. It was the...
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  • Hermann Metz (13 september 1941 - 23 december 1941) General der Infanterie Alfred Wäger (23 december 1941 - 31 january 1942) General der Infanterie Friedrich-Wilhelm...
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  • Army Corps Wilhelm Fahrmbacher surrendered the fortress on 10 May 1945. Alfred Wäger, corps commander from August 1939 to November 1939. Karl Ritter von Prager...
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    garden, New Reich Chancellery (1939) Der Künder (The Herald) (1939) Der Wäger (The Risk-Taker / Venturer) (1939) Bereitschaft (Readiness) (1939) Der Rächer...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, GCB, OM, KCMG, CVO, PC, DL (27 September 1873 – 15 November 1967) was a Royal...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, GCB, OM, GCVO (29 August 1877 – 21 October 1943) was a British senior officer of the Royal...
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  • Wager Bay or Ukkusiksalik Bay is long narrow inlet in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada, which opens east into Roes Welcome Sound at the northwest...
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    Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses...
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    Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager who, in addition to...
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    Ernst Alfred Cassirer (/kɑːˈsɪərər, kəˈ-/ kah-SEER-ər, kə-; German: [ˈɛʁnst kaˈsiːʁɐ]; July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German philosopher. Trained...
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    Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician...
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  • Alfred Stephenson OBE (25 November 1908 – 3 July 1999) was an English polar explorer and surveyor. Stephenson was born in Norwich, England and was educated...
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    totalisator" or "tote board", invented by the Australian engineer George Alfred Julius. The first was installed at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand...
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  • Fabian von Bellingshausen Robert M. Berry Edward W. Bingham Olav Bjaaland Alfred Björling Carsten Borchgrevink Jon Bowermaster Henry Robertson Bowers Louise...
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    carrying across a club room is in the form of a proposed wager, but it's the kind of wager that comes without precedent. It stands alone in the annals...
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  • (politician) Otto Skorzeny Albert Spaggiari Otto Strasser Richard B. Spencer Kevin Alfred Strom Rocky Suhayda Brenton Harrison Tarrant Antonio Tejero Eugène Terre'Blanche...
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  • a comfortable life ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"). Eliza's dustman father, Alfred P. Doolittle, stops by the next morning searching for money for a drink...
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    Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture...
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