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In the first book, Warlord of the Air, Bastable finds himself transported to an alternate late-20th century Earth where the European powers did not stir each other into a World War and in which the mighty airships of a British Empire on which the sun never set are threatened by the rise of new and terrible enemies.
The Army Beta is the non-verbal complement of the Army Alpha—a group-administered test that was developed by Robert Yerkes and six other committee members to evaluate some 1.5 million military recruits in the United States during World War I.
The airfield was constructed in World War II and had been used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army's Eighth and Ninth Air Force as a troop carrier (C‑47) group base, and was assigned USAAF station No 467.
Basilio Lami Dozo Arturo Ignacio was born into a traditional family in the province of Santiago del Estero who are descendants of immigrants from Syria and Lebanon who came to the Republic of Argentina before the disappearance of the Ottoman Empire after the World War.
The mine was opened in 1854 but has only been worked in periods when the price of Tungsten has been high, for example during war time, the mine was worked extensively during both World Wars and the Korean War when supplies of Tungsten were threatened.
During World War II, he performed for the British Army experiments exposing small animals to poison gas.
They are the ancestors of the modern warmbloods, and are typically bred by preservation groups to fit the pre-World War model of the all-purpose utility horse.
Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz (13 February 1853 in Nakel an der Netze – 3 November 1936 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.
After the defeat of Austria-Hungary in World War I in 1918 and the fall of the Habsburg dynasty, Archduchess Blanca with her husband and their children refused to recognize the new Austrian republic.
At Heinemann, working with Chinua Achebe, Currey had spent more than a decade pioneering Heinemann's African Writers Series, the set of volumes that was a crucial factor in expanding the reach of African literature after World War II, particularly in English.
During World War I, she assisted her husband in providing relief for Belgian refugees.
Maximilian August Hermann Julius von Laffert (10 May 1855 in Lindau – 10 May 1917 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Saxon officer, later General of Cavalry during World War I.
As good student, he continued high school education in Derventa, but soon left the school because of the World War.
The fir was stamped with postmarks yet before the World War, but as a coat of arms was approved just in 1991.
The National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, comprises 150 acres of woodland and memorials dedicated to the fallen servicemen and women from World War I, World War and other conflicts of the 20th Century.
After the First World War, Katz moved to Leipzig and in 1924 he became director of the Leipzig Publishing Company, a position he held for two years.
The firm made a wide range of jewellery, notably swallow designs, popular during the World Wars and Egyptian style snake designs, after Egyptologist Howard Carter made ancient Egypt fashionable.
When she discovers online reports about soap for drinks instead of water, a world war over a tiny drop of oil, a parking lot yet to be filled forever and the last polar bear committing suicide by hanging himself, she is filled with anxiety and depression and terrifies her classmates with her dark visions of the oceans rising from global warming, turning humanity and the lowlands into a desert and darkness falling upon Nineveh.
Many of these ships were disarmed under the conditions of the Washington Naval Treaty or subsequent London Naval Treaty and their guns converted into coastal artillery batteries, including installations at Tokyo Bay, Tarawa and later at Wake Island during World War II.
The hospital is supported by the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, which was founded during 1940 in the United States to support Dr. Schweitzer's medical work in Africa during World War II.
After World War II, it acquired several other credit unions (populare): Treviso in 1950, Polesine in 1980, Cavarzere in 1982, and Valdagno in 1987 In that same year the bank took the name, Banca Popolare Veneta.
An appalling atrocity by the Western Allies was knowingly committed at the refugee camp after World War II as part of "Operation Keelhaul" which was the last forced repatriation from Bagnoli as well as other refugee camps at Aversa, Pisa, and Riccione, of about one thousand displaced people who were categorized correctly, or incorrectly, as ex-Soviet citizens.
Illowra Battery otherwise known as Hill 60, is a World War II fortification, in Port Kembla, New South Wales
Charles L. Bolte (1895–1989), U.S. Army general and World War I and World War II veteran
Muriel Byck, female Special Operations Executive agent during World War II
During World War II Doty worked on major war effort projects like the Alcan Highway and Shasta Dam.
Charles B. McVay III (1898–1968), captain of the USS Indianapolis during World War II
Most Excellent Citizens - a book on the World War II war bride experience, title based on a quote from C.P. Stacey
After serving in the Army during World War II, including seeing combat in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, he moved to Memphis.
Garreau's classic example of an edge city is the information technology center, Tysons Corner, Virginia, west of Washington, D.C. As recently as the end of World War II, it was a country crossroads, but it now has more office space than downtown Atlanta.
During World War II, Feodosiy's father, Kostyantyn, was wounded fighting in the Red Army.
Fort Wool even has an association with the actor Sir Alec Guinness, who was grounded in a minefield off the fort in World War II.
One of the earliest uses of the term Free World as a politically significant term occurs in Frank Capra's World War II propaganda film series Why We Fight.
Hugh Joseph Gaffey (1895–1946), Chief of Staff for General George Patton's Third Army during World War II
On November 1, 1952, the Teller-Ulam configuration was tested in the "Ivy Mike" shot at an island in the Enewetak atoll, with a yield of 10.4 megatons (over 450 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II).
Honor Bound series, a series of World War II thriller novels written by W.E.B. Griffin
The school moved seven times to accommodate its growing population, partly due to influx of Chinese immigrants escaping the Sino-Japanese War as well as the damage of school buildings as a result of the shelling of Manila by the Americans and the Japanese during World War II.
James D. La Belle (1925–1945), United States Marine who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during World War II
For his service during World War II, general Pierce was awarded with Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster by the government of the United States and with Order of the White Lion and with War Cross by the government of the Czechoslovakia for his merits during liberation of Western Bohemia.
During the waning months of World War II, as the Soviet army advanced into Silesia and encircled Fortress (Festung) Breslau, Hanke was named by Hitler to be the city's "Battle Commander" (Kampfkommandant).
The use of the term in the World War II era Luftwaffe was for special units used to test new aircraft for combat readiness (as Erprobungskommando units) and examples existed that only used the "Kommando" name, such as the Luftwaffe Gruppe-sized Kommando Nowotny.
The World War II rank of Commodore existed in a grey zone of seniority, very similar to the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) rank of Oberführer.
Christiaan Lindemans (1912-1946), World War II Dutch double agent who worked for the Nazis
Lithuanian partisans, resistance against Soviet regime after World War II
Originally an engineer of the École Polytechnique with the French postal and telephone service (PTT), he joined the French tax inspectorate after World War II.
Medar Shtylla (February 28, 1907 in Korça – December 20, 1963 in Tirana) was an Albanian politician and one of the main organizators of the Albania Liberation Movement during World War II.
Two Canadians, who were aware of the unfortunate history of Poland during World War II, were successful in their bid and brought the items to Canada.
Niklas Frank (born 9 March 1939) is a German author and journalist best known for writing a book which denounced his father Hans Frank (a German lawyer who was executed after being found guilty at the Nuremberg trials for his actions, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, arising from his involvement with the Nazi party and as Governor-General of occupied Poland during World War II).
After the end of World War II, new German military awards were created under the authority of the West German military and the East German communist regime.
The setting is a cross-country train trip in the United States during World War II (hence the name of the play, in contrast to the popular patriotic war anthem entitled Over There).
According to the Institute of Navigation, however, "his proudest achievement" was the Star Altitude Curves, which simplified finding one's position; it was adopted by the Army Air Corps prior to World War II.
German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin, a German auxiliary cruiser which served as a commerce raider in World War II
Ice Cold in Alex The 1958 film features the Depression during World War II
A portion of one of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft Ray Melikian flew during World War II is also displayed at the Museum of Charters Towers.
Robert Hugo Dunlap (1920–2000), United States Marine Corps, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
WWII in HD: Lost Films, ( Voice by Rob Lowe) is a documentary to show World War II as it really was, in original, immersive colour.
After participating in the post-World War II occupation of North China, where he commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and later the U.S. Marine Forces in Qingdao, he was a student and then a faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport from 1947 to 1950.
Solitaire Advanced Squad Leader, a single-player variant of the World War II board wargame Advanced Squad Leader
The need for such tactics in World War II became obvious from the noticeable smoke signature produced by the use of anti-tank infantry weapons such as the M1 bazooka, Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck, and also by the various models of Nebelwerfer and Wurfrahmen 40 German barrage rocket systems.
In 1998 he directed the World War II drama Pride: The Fateful Moment presenting a humane view of Hideki Tōjō on trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
It was also used for the up-engined GAZ-98K aerosani winter-used sled in a pusher configuration (as airboats use today), and as the standard powerplant for the similar NKL-26 propeller-driven sledges during the World War II years.
During World War II, he served as a medical officer with the Canadian Army in Italy and was awarded the Military Cross.
Georg Stumme (29 July 1886 – 24 October 1942), a German General of World War II
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), author and Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II
The mushikamado first came to the attention of the Americans after World War II when US Air Force servicemen would bring them back from Japan in empty transport planes.
HMAS Wato, a tug boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II
It contained information about a series of murders that occurred in Northwest America during World War II, seven of which took place in Browning, Montana.
Marcel Albert, the official top-scoring World War II French ace, who flew the Yak in USSR with the Normandie-Niémen Group, considered it a superior aircraft to the P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire.