Desideratus or Desiderius of Verdun (French: Désiré de Verdun, also Didier; c. 480 – 8 May 554) was Bishop of Verdun in France from 529 to 554. He is...
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The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18...
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The Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic...
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Philippe Pétain (redirect from Lion of verdun)
victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive...
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Battle of the Somme (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
A week later the Germans began the Battle of Verdun against the French army. The costly defence of Verdun forced the army to divert divisions intended...
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Guillermo Verdecchia 1962 playwright Insomnia, The Noam Chomsky Lectures Robert Verdun non-fiction, investigative reporting The Fox in Charge of the Biggest Henhouse...
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Kléber Dupuy (section Verdun)
Souville during the 1916 Battle of Verdun and, on 12 July, repelled a German attack. He was honoured with the Croix de Guerre. Later in the war he was wounded...
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The Château de Gudanes is an 18th-century neoclassical château in the commune of Château-Verdun, in the southern French department of Ariège. It is built...
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10th company. As a company commander at Douaumont (during the Battle of Verdun) on 2 March 1916, while leading a charge to try to break out of a position...
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Parish of Saint-Désiré-du-Lac-Noir became the Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine. 27 October: Creation of the Village of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus from territories...
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officer during World War I, he fought in various battles, including at Verdun, and was wounded five times, surviving the war with eight citations, the...
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Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (redirect from Jean de Lorraine, 1st Cardinal de Lorraine)
(1524–1550), bishop of Metz, and Administrator of the dioceses of Toul, Verdun, Thérouanne, Luçon, Albi, Valence, Nantes and Agen (1538–1550). He was a...
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Evanston, Illinois. He travelled to Izmir and Ankara in Turkey, and to Verdun in France, before returning to the U.S. and studying theater. Carhart made...
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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
commander of the Army Group German Crown Prince. In 1916 his troops began the Verdun Offensive, a year-long effort to destroy the French armies that would end...
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Sack of Dinant (redirect from Sac de Dinant)
responded with their book "Le Conte de fée des francs-tireurs de Dinant: Réponse au rapport du professor Meurer de l'Université de Würzburg." Meurer criticized...
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invaded Upper Lotharingia, besieged Verdun and, by March of 985, had captured several important prisoners: Godfrey I of Verdun (brother of Adalberon) and his...
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similar length from Toul to Verdun, about 40 km (25 mi) back from the frontier. The River Meuse flows northwards from Toul to Verdun, Mézières and Givet on...
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shells at Verdun during the period February 21 to September 30, 1916, is documented by the public record at the Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre to...
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acquitted in trial, but Dreyfus survived. He fought in World War I, notably at Verdun and the Chemin des Dames, then retired and led a quiet life. He died in...
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Family First (film) (redirect from Chien de garde)
premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. It is about a family in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, including the protagonist JP (Jean-Simon Leduc), whose...
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Louis XIV (redirect from Louis-François de France, duc d'Anjou)
claims in Alsace to France and acknowledged her de facto sovereignty over the Three Bishoprics of Metz, Verdun, and Toul. Moreover, many petty German states...
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1916, the Germans attacked French defensive positions at the Battle of Verdun, lasting until December 1916. The Germans made initial gains before French...
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Robert Nivelle (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Army in the Battle of Verdun, leading counter-offensives that rolled back the German forces in late 1916...
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Cross of Lorraine (redirect from Croix de Lorraine)
The Cross of Lorraine (French: Croix de Lorraine), known as the Cross of Anjou in the 16th century, is a heraldic two-barred cross, consisting of a vertical...
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Montreal Metro (redirect from Métro de Montréal)
(Green Line) was later extended to the southwest to reach the suburbs of Verdun and LaSalle with the Angrignon as the terminus station, named after the...
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Lance Armstrong (redirect from Tour de Lance)
win, Armstrong took his first win at the Tour de France, in the stage from Châlons-sur-Marne to Verdun. He was 97th in the general classification when...
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siege guns at Verdun were moved north in July to participate in the Battle of the Somme, and by September the only M-Gerät units left in Verdun were KMK Batteries...
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Quatuor pour la fin du temps (redirect from Quatuor de la fin du temps)
slow tempo marking quaver (eighth note) = 44. It was originally written in Verdun. A trio for violin, cello, and clarinet, Messiaen writes of this movement:...
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Battle of Stalingrad (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
letters that they were trapped in a "second Verdun", while Soviet defenders described the battle as their "Red Verdun", in which they would refuse to surrender...
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name (help) Saulnier, Verdun L. (1947). "Discours sur les passions de l'amour". Flammarion. Thirouin, Laurent (2006-12-01). "Mme de Villedieu et le pseudo‑Pascal...
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