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4 unusual facts about Oppy


Oppy

the nickname of Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim

a nickname for J. Robert Oppenheimer (most often spelled "Oppie"), the Manhattan Project leader

Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France

Sebastian Festner

Flying Albatros D.III (serial 2251/17), Festner was killed in action on 25 April 1917, near Oppy.


Capture of Oppy Wood

The attack was conducted by the 15th Brigade of the 5th Division and the 94th Brigade of the 31st Division, which advanced on a front extending from north of Oppy Wood to Gavrelle in the south.

Rochester, Victoria

There is a museum dedicated to Oppy in Moore street, and a statue of him winning the 24-hour Bol D'Or race in Paris in 1928.


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