Opération Harmattan was the French participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. It was named for the Harmattan, which are hot dry winds that...
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The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet medium tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed...
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The Kh-55 (Russian: Х-55, also known as RKV-500; NATO reporting name: AS-15 "Kent") is a Soviet/Russian subsonic air-launched cruise missile, designed...
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Hill 55 (also known as Nui Dat Son or Camp Muir) is a hill 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam. The hill is located...
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French). 27 April 2023. "Opération Wuambushu : Affrontements à Bandrélé". Mayotte la 1ère (in French). 28 April 2023. "Opération Wuambushu : interpellation...
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5:55 is the second album by French musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was also her first album in twenty years. Charlotte collaborated on the...
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SM U-55 was one of the six Type U-51 U-boats of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. U-55 was ordered from Germaniawerft, Kiel on 23 August...
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55 Tufton Street is a four-storey Georgian-era townhouse on historic Tufton Street, in Westminster, London, owned by businessman Richard Smith. Since the...
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USS Leyte Gulf (redirect from CG 55)
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named in memory of the World War II Battle of Leyte...
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The CBU-55 was a cluster bomb fuel–air explosive that was developed during the Vietnam War by the United States Air Force, and was used only infrequently...
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The T-54/T-55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and has seen service in over 50 countries. It has also served as the platform for a...
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USS Stout (redirect from USS Stout (DDG 55))
USS Stout (DDG-55) is the fifth Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Built for the United States Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding, she was commissioned...
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Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif" (KG 55 or Battle Wing 55) was a Luftwaffe bomber unit during World War II. KG 55 was one of the longest serving and well-known...
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USS Casablanca (redirect from CVE-55)
USS Casablanca (AVG/ACV/CVE-55) was the first of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named...
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of 55 commando-trained personnel working with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). While being under operational control of Combined Operations Headquarters...
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USS Elrod (redirect from USS Elrod (FFG-55))
USS Elrod (FFG-55), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine...
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called Fulton 55. Mid-2010, the group applied for the required permits and hired Tony Martin and a staff to manage the music side of the operation. Martin was...
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Beechcraft Baron (redirect from Beechcraft 55)
to make a true twin-engined variant of the Bonanza. The first model, the 55, was powered by two six-cylinder IO-470-L engines producing 260 hp at 2,625rpm...
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55 Broadway is a Grade I listed building close to St James's Park in London. Upon completion, it was the tallest office block in London. In 1931, the building...
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The U.S. Navy's Major Caliber Lightweight Gun (MCLWG) program was the 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 major caliber lightweight, single-barrel naval gun prototype...
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Route 55 is a freeway in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Also known as the Veterans Memorial Highway, it runs 40.54 miles (65.24 km)...
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Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (redirect from Sikorsky S-55)
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) is a multi-purpose piston-engined helicopter that was used by the United States Army and United...
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Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 55 (VR-55) is a reserve aviation unit of the United States Navy. The squadron was established in April 1976 and is based...
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55 Water Street is a 687-foot-tall (209 m) skyscraper on the East River in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The...
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State of Vietnam (redirect from South Vietnam (1954–55))
vol. 23, no. 1, Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia, 1950, p. 55, doi:10.2307/2753754. "Lễ thoái vị của Hoàng đế Bảo Đại qua lời kể của nhà...
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STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational...
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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking,...
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Ouadi Doum airstrike (redirect from Opération Coup de poing)
16th parallel, the French reaction was immediate: while on February 13 Opération Epervier started, which brought a thousand French troops to Chad, an air...
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American airborne landings in Normandy (category Operation Overlord)
Airborne Operations, 54. Warren, Airborne Operations, 55. Wolfe, Green Light!, 119. Warren, Airborne Operations, 50-51. Warren, Airborne Operations, 66. Warren...
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The British Rail Class 55, also known as a Deltic, or English Electric Type 5, is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric...
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