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  • Thumbnail for Ministry of Defence Main Building
    The Ministry of Defence Main Building or MOD Main Building, also known as MOD Whitehall or originally as the Whitehall Gardens Building, is a grade I...
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  • alternative to the main variation 5.0-0. The main line continues with 5...exd4 (5...Nxe4 6.0-0 transposes to the Open Defence) 6.0-0 (6.e5 Ne4 is harmless) Be7 (6...
    78 KB (9,829 words) - 16:06, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for German invasion of the Netherlands
    easterly Main Defence Line (MDL) was constructed. This second main defensive position had a northern part formed by the Grebbelinie (Grebbe line), located...
    118 KB (16,772 words) - 06:55, 16 May 2024
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    the Water Line. The Water Line was partly shifted east of Utrecht. In the next 100 years the main Dutch defence line would be the new Water Line. It was...
    13 KB (1,397 words) - 12:58, 1 December 2023
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    defence line, nearly resulting in its collapse. As a result, the commander of the Finnish Army's 12th Division considered abandoning the main defence...
    7 KB (699 words) - 14:14, 20 March 2024
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    Vaxholm Line served as the main defence line. After 1925, this task was taken over by the Vaxholm Outer Defence Line [sv], and the Vaxholm Line was decommissioned...
    57 KB (7,033 words) - 14:53, 7 March 2024
  • During the Sri Lankan Civil War, the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line was the Army Defence Line separating the Sri Lankan Army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
    8 KB (863 words) - 19:50, 22 May 2024
  • Orthodox Defence, Rubinstein Attack (with Rc1) D65 QGD, Orthodox Defence, Rubinstein Attack, Main line D66 QGD, Orthodox Defence, Bd3 line including...
    34 KB (5,486 words) - 05:59, 28 May 2024
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    Prussian troops attacked the Danish forward line at Dybbøl, pushing them back to the main defence line. 8 March: Bismarck pushed the Austrians into moving...
    63 KB (8,475 words) - 12:52, 25 May 2024
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    retreating to the main defence line, and hold positions on the Centre. The main defence line, also called Troodos line, was the defence line where the Greek...
    64 KB (8,955 words) - 18:35, 22 March 2024
  • still give Black trouble, it has been established as a first-rate defence. The main line after 5...e5 runs as follows: 6. Ndb5 The theoretically critical...
    75 KB (9,812 words) - 20:45, 13 May 2024
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    before, Anderson ordered the defenders to evacuate Gafsa and make the main defence line the hills around Feriana, as he believed Gafsa should not be defended...
    43 KB (5,355 words) - 07:38, 28 May 2024
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    Forest, which lay north of the main French defences. Thus the Germans were able to avoid a direct assault on the Maginot Line by violating the neutrality...
    60 KB (7,957 words) - 14:16, 23 May 2024
  • The King's Indian Defence (or KID) is a common chess opening. It is defined by the following moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 Black intends to follow up with...
    25 KB (3,394 words) - 05:08, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for VT-line
    VT-line was part of four main defence lines constructed by Finland in the aftermath of the Winter War, with the VT-line being the second main line of...
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  • describe chess moves. Following the opening moves 1.e4 e6, the main line of the French Defence continues 2.d4 d5 (see below for alternatives). White sets...
    46 KB (6,690 words) - 03:02, 16 May 2024
  • The St. George Defence (also known as the Baker's Defence, Birmingham Defence, or Basman Counterattack) is an unorthodox chess opening for Black. The opening...
    6 KB (851 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ministry of Defence (Russia)
    located in the Main Building of the Ministry of Defense, built in the 1940s on Frunzenskaya Embankment. The current Minister of Defence is Andrey Belousov...
    24 KB (2,208 words) - 02:25, 30 May 2024
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    Battle of Gazala (redirect from Gazala Line)
    Commonwealth Keep (also known as Hill 209) was at Ras El Madauur on the main defence line of Tobruk, about 9.0 mi (14.5 km) west-south-west of the port. The...
    60 KB (7,374 words) - 11:33, 21 May 2024
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    metal doors, were removed from the Siegfried Line and used in other places such as the Atlantic Wall defences. [citation needed] The concrete sections were...
    21 KB (2,554 words) - 11:31, 18 March 2024
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