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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Peleliu
    allowed stiff resistance and extended the battle to more than two months. The heavily-outnumbered Japanese defenders put up such stiff resistance, often...
    58 KB (6,360 words) - 21:39, 1 July 2024
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    were aided by Pakistani fighters from Kashmir. Some of the posts put up a stiff resistance, including Tiger Hill (Point 5140) that fell only later in the...
    153 KB (13,561 words) - 04:09, 17 May 2024
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    defeat in Marash. The garrison, made up of 473 Frenchmen, Senegalese, Algerians, and Armenians, put up a stiff resistance against the Turkish and Kurdish Nationalists...
    6 KB (687 words) - 08:41, 29 June 2024
  • all these difficulties, he still put up a stiff resistance and it was only after a continuous struggle of 6 years (A.D. 1346) that the Vijayanagara rulers...
    6 KB (579 words) - 14:21, 24 March 2024
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    from 1393 to 1407 (alternatively, from 1395 to 1405). George put up a stiff resistance and had to spend much of his reign fighting against Timur. George...
    13 KB (1,335 words) - 12:51, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reduction of Lagos
    fire power engaged Kosoko in a battle lasting three days. Kosoko put up a stiff resistance, but the Royal Navy's superior firepower won the day. Kosoko and...
    11 KB (1,236 words) - 16:24, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gamal Abdel Nasser
    militia put up a stiff resistance, resulting in street-to-street fighting. The Egyptian Army commander in the city was preparing to request terms for a ceasefire...
    181 KB (19,614 words) - 11:15, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black September
    fedayeen were based with tanks, artillery and mortars. The fedayeen put up a stiff resistance as they were well prepared, and the fighting lasted the next ten...
    67 KB (7,438 words) - 15:52, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
    intense fighting took place in Tianjin, where the Chinese forces put up a stiff resistance, but subsequently the Chinese retreated south along the lines...
    14 KB (1,674 words) - 08:29, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timurid invasions of Georgia
    Georgian resistance prompted a renewed attack by the Turco-Mongol armies. Bagrat's son and successor, George VII, put up a stiff resistance and had to...
    15 KB (1,772 words) - 10:58, 30 June 2024
  • Azim Khan put up a stiff resistance under the overall command of Nawab Walidad Khan at Khurja and completely paralysed the British for a few days. He...
    10 KB (1,246 words) - 19:01, 16 May 2024
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    the war in India's favour. Nevertheless, some Pakistani posts put up a stiff resistance, including Tiger Hill (Point 5140), which fell only later in the...
    198 KB (17,874 words) - 16:52, 9 July 2024
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    Hakka people (category Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from April 2024)
    Taiwan, the Hakka militia forces led by Qiu Fengjia, were able to put up a stiff resistance to the Japanese when the Qing army could not. During the Battle...
    86 KB (10,332 words) - 02:52, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iran–Iraq War
    (including Iranian Arabs) rallied in support of the country and put up a stiff resistance. The IRGC grew as an organization to encompass not just military...
    336 KB (37,817 words) - 12:31, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Darrell S. Cole
    January 31, 1944, to February 3, 1944. The Japanese defenders put up a stiff resistance though outnumbered and under-prepared. Although the United States...
    19 KB (2,011 words) - 09:37, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Japanese invasion of Burma
    and ammunition. Nonetheless, on that night, they put up a stiff resistance, holding their position for a few hours and engaging in much hand-to-hand combat...
    37 KB (4,573 words) - 01:19, 20 May 2024
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    Bharatpur State (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    whereas the Rajputs were primarily revenue collectors. The Jats put up a stiff resistance but by 1691, RajaRam Sinsini and his successor Churaman were compelled...
    26 KB (3,125 words) - 18:55, 7 June 2024
  • Azim Khan put up a stiff resistance under the overall command of Nawab Walidad Khan at Khurja and completely paralysed the British for a few days. He...
    29 KB (3,602 words) - 09:24, 9 June 2024
  • Azim Khan put up a stiff resistance under the overall command of Nawab Walidad Khan at Khurja and completely paralysed the British for a few days. He...
    10 KB (1,050 words) - 18:09, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iraqi invasion of Iran
    (including Iranian Arabs) rallied in support of the country and put up a stiff resistance. By September, skirmishes between Iran and Iraq were increasing...
    48 KB (4,869 words) - 21:08, 2 July 2024
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