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283 matches to North Africa Campaign
Zimbabwe. 11C Shona. 15C Karanga Empire. 16C Portugal explores. 1890 British South Africa Co. 1911 Southern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 =Rhodesia. 1965 Declared indepence, international sanctions. 1979 Independent. =Zimbabwe. ZAPU. ZANU. Mugabe.
Zouaves. 1831-71. French African infantry. Algeria. Crimean War.
Zulu War. 1879. Resistance to Rhodes(British) expansion in South Africa quelled.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Arab-Israeli Wars. 1948-9. Palestinians flee to Arab countries. 1956. Israel captures Sinai, UN takes over. 1967. Six Day War. Israel defeats Egypt, Syria, Jordan, gains Jerusalem, Sinai, Golan,... 1973. Egypt, Syria attack = October War.
Burma Campaign. 1942-5. British rout Japanese invaders.
Camp David Accords. 1978. Israel-Egypt peace negotiations. Egypt regains Sinai 1982. Begin. Sadat.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The
peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.
Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.
CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.
Douglas, Stephen. 1813-61. US politician. Compromise of 1850. Popular Sovereignty. Lost presidential campaign to Lincoln.
Egyptian Campaign. 1798-9. Napoleon invades.
Hatch Acts. 1939,40. Limit campaign contributions in US.
Montrose Campaign. 1644-5. Scotland defeats England in Civil War.
Napoleon I, Bonaparte. 1769-1821. French general. Emperor of France by coup d’etat 1804-14. Disastrous Moscow campaign 1812. Defeated at Waterloo 1815. Exiled to St. Helena. Napoleonic Wars. Napoleonic Code. Hundred Days.
Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Polish Campaign. 1939. German invasion begins WWII.
Quebec, Battle. 1759. British defeat French in Seven Years War. 1775 Quebec Campaign.
Quebec Campaign. 1775-6. American revolutionaries take Montreal. Fail to take Quebec.
Reconquista. 11C-1492 Campaign of Christians to recapture Spain, Portugal from Moslems. 1118 Aragon. 1238 Valencia. 1492 Granada.
Rhee, Syngman. 1875-1965. First South Korean president 1948-60. Campaigned for Independence from Japan.