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    Leberecht von Blücher, the Prussian victor of the Battle of Waterloo, the ship was laid down in August 1936 and launched in June 1937. She was completed...
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    in commemoration of the famous Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819). As a teenager, he was employed at a machine works, but was...
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    from her light artillery as Blücher slowly sailed past the fortress. The Husvik battery had to be abandoned when Blücher passed in front of it and fired...
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    Hannah; Blücher, Heinrich (2000) [1996]. Kohler, Lotte (ed.). Within Four Walls: The Correspondence Between Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blücher, 1936–1968...
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    Union in 1940. Admiral Hipper and Blücher took part in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. Blücher was sunk by Norwegian coastal defenses...
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    John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (February 5, 1882 – July 31, 1949) was an American politician who served as the 58th governor of North Carolina, serving...
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  • militaire. During the occupation of Paris by the Allies, Prussian General Blücher wanted to destroy the Pont d'Iéna, which was named after a French victory...
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    were four German offensives, codenamed Michael, Georgette, Gneisenau, and Blücher-Yorck. Michael was the main attack, which was intended to break through...
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    Wolfgang Henner Peter Lebrecht Graf von Blücher[a] (31 January 1917 – 21 May 1941) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Fallschirmjäger...
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    great-grandfather Carl Gropius, who fought under Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher at the Battle of Waterloo, had shared a flat as a bachelor. In 1915, Gropius...
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    Blucher (1811–1841) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire named after the Prussian General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, one of the most successful...
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    messages were returned. Born as Velvalee Malvena Blucher in Sacramento, California to Otto and Elizabeth Blucher (or Blueher). She graduated from Stanford University...
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    Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt (19 September 1902, Radun - 13 May 1945, Troppau, in World War II), the parents of: Nikolaus Gebhard 8.th Fürst Blücher von...
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    January Admiral Beatty drives off Vice-Admiral Hipper's raiding force, sinks Blücher First Suez Offensive 28 January—3 February Ottoman attack fails Battle...
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    program. In the movie Young Frankenstein, Ovaltine is mentioned when Frau Blücher, played by actress Cloris Leachman, asks Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, played...
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    troops under Bernadotte occupied neutral Lübeck after a battle against Blücher on 6 November 1806. Under the Continental System, trade suffered, and from...
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    Arado Ar 196 (category Aircraft first flown in 1937)
    scuttling at Montevideo. The Admiral Hipper-class cruisers Admiral Hipper, Blücher and Prinz Eugen were equipped with one catapult and three Ar 196s. The...
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  • documentary and belletristic books Towards the Pole (1937), The Expulsion of Napoleon (1948), Vasily Blücher (1963–67) and The Flowers on Tanks (1963). Participant...
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  • Gebhard Lebrecht Blücher von Wahlstatt, son of Prince Gebhard Bernhard von Blücher von Wahlstatt (a grandson of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher). August Victor...
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    allowed Soviet agent and advisor Mikhail Borodin and Soviet general Vasily Blücher (Galens) to "escape" to safety after the purge. The NRA formed by the KMT...
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    one of the residences of renowned Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, co-victor with Wellington over Napoleon at Waterloo, who died here in...
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    successful; Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate. Blücher was sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries during Operation Weserübung, the...
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    enough to admit privately to the German Ambassador to Finland, Wipert von Blücher, that if he was re-elected, he would be unable to keep the Social Democrats...
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    and Lützow was re-assigned to Group 5, alongside the new heavy cruiser Blücher, the light cruiser Emden and the torpedo boats Albatros, Kondor and Möwe...
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    Werner Wolff; and the philosopher Heinrich Blücher. Arendt is buried at Bard, alongside her husband Heinrich Blücher, as is eminent novelist Philip Roth. In...
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  • Weiss (1933–1934) Erhard Graf von Wedel (1934–1937) Hans Büsing (1937–1942) Persia/Iran Wipert von Blücher (1931–1935) Johann Smend (1935–1939) Erwin Ettel [de]...
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    cruiser Blücher, the flagship, the heavy cruiser Lützow, three torpedo boats, and eight R-type minesweepers. On the night of 5 April, Emden and Blücher conducted...
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    Out (1937) as Mr. Sims Too Many Wives (1937) as Winfield Jackson The Sheik Steps Out (1937) as Samuel P. Murdock Something to Sing About (1937) as Bennett...
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    Tolly – Russian Field Marshal (Widnmann, 1841) 44. Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher – Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (Rauch, 1817) 45. Karl Philipp Fürst zu...
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    (Kaiser's Battle), involved four offensives, Michael, Georgette, Gneisenau and Blücher–Yorck. Michael took place on the Somme and then Georgette was conducted...
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