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    Crossbow II was a late 1970s proa (or asymmetrical catamaran) sailboat, the successor craft to Crossbow. It was built by former Olympian Tim Whelpton...
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    Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary...
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    A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called...
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    when the crossbow originated, but it is believed to have appeared in China and Europe around the 7th to 5th centuries BC. In China the crossbow was one...
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  • Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War. This movie concerns...
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    The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nǔ), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also...
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    September 2009, on Youtube Vestas Sailrocket site Macquarie Innovation site Banque Populaire V site Crossbow I and II on the Dave Culp SpeedSailing site...
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  • Look up crossbow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crossbow is a projectile-shooting weapon. Crossbow may also refer to: Crossbow (TV series), based...
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  • Timothy Colman. List of multihulls Crossbow II Sir Timothy James Alan Colman "Sir Timothy Colman's memories of Crossbow 40 years on". Anglia Afloat. 2012...
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    record to 31.2 knots three years later, and then in 1980 his catamaran Crossbow II extended the record to 36 knots. It held the record for six years until...
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    Singh Chail broke into the gardens using a rope ladder and carrying a crossbow with the aim of assassinating Elizabeth in revenge for the Amritsar massacre...
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    previous record holding design, the Crossbow II, owned by Timothy Colman was a proa/catamaran hybrid. Crossbow II was a "slewing" catamaran, able to slew...
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    from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of...
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    Man o' War Annapolis Mercator American Flag Gusto Gun Boat Crusader Crossbow II Royal Crusader Mars Scapa Flow Clyde Van Dusen Hard Tack Seabiscuit Sea...
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  • World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941) Timeline...
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    World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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    World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population...
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    HMS Crossbow was a Weapon-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from 1948 and scrapped in 1972. On commissioning in 1948 Crossbow formed...
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    Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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    The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six...
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  • different. In contrast to the first part, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II features crossbows and early forms of firearms. The former can also be fired while...
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    eradication of "wonder weapon" threats in what was later known as Operation Crossbow. The development of the V2 was hit preemptively in Operation Hydra of August...
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  • 8M Catalac 10M Catalac 12M Constant Camber 26 Constant Camber 32 Crossbow Crossbow II Crowther Buccaneer 24 Crowther Buccaneer 28 Crowther Buccaneer 33...
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  • Crossbow is a 1987 historical drama action adventure television series that aired on CBN Cable Network. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard...
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  • bombing of Peenemünde in World War II was carried out on several occasions as part of the overall Operation Crossbow to disrupt German secret weapon development...
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    The GAM-67 Crossbow was a turbojet-powered anti-radar missile built by Northrop's Ventura Division, the successor to the Radioplane Company who developed...
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  • World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and Crimes against humanity ever committed in an Armed conflict mostly against civilians and POWs. Most...
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  • of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The aftermath of World War II was also defined...
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    Genoese crossbowmen (category Crossbows)
    as a mercenary force for other Italian or European powers. Armed with crossbows, they fought both on land and in naval battles; notable cases of the latter...
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    Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President...
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