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    Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa, Russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies...
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    Islands campaign. On August 15, 1943, Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. However...
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  • KISKA (Hungarian: Kisegitő Karhatalmi Alakulat) was a force attached to the Royal Hungarian Army during the brief period of Arrow Cross Party rule late...
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    The Japanese occupation of Kiska took place between 6 June 1942 and 28 July 1943 during the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the...
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    Kiska Harbor is an inlet on the east coast of the island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Kiska Harbor is bounded by North Head on the north...
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    Andrej Kiska (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈandrej ˈkiska]; born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served...
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    Dutch Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, where the remoteness of the islands and the challenges of weather and terrain...
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  • Look up kiska or kiška in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kiska is a surname. Slovak feminine form: Kisková. Notable people with the surname include:...
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  • Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It may also refer to: Kiska Harbor, Kiska island Kiska Volcano, Kiska island...
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    USNS Kiska (T-AE-35), ex-USS Kiska (AE-35) was one of five ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command of the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. The...
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    Little Kiska Island is an island off east coast of the island of Kiska in the Rat Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands) in Alaska. It lies immediately...
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  • Megan Kiska is an American military officer in the Idaho Air National Guard and politician from Idaho. Kiska was a Republican member of Idaho House of...
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    The Japanese Occupation Site on Kiska island (along with Attu Island) in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska is where the Imperial...
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  • a land ownership case against former Slovak President Andrej Kiska, which Andrej Kiska lost. Miroslav Radačovský resigned as a judge due to retirement...
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    landed on 7 June 1942, the day after the invasion of nearby Kiska. Along with the Kiska landing, it was the first time that the continental United States...
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    USCGC Kiska (WPB-1336) is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard, named for the island of Kiska, Alaska. The Island-class patrol boats...
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    candidate secured majority, Robert Fico and Andrej Kiska qualified to second round. On 29 March 2014, Kiska won the second round of the elections after securing...
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  • Kiska-Yelga (Russian: Киска-Елга; Bashkir: Ҡыҫҡайылға, Qıśqayılğa) is a rural locality (a selo) in Urtakulsky Selsoviet, Buzdyaksky District, Bashkortostan...
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    Battle of Changsha Java Sea Coral Sea Gazala Dutch Harbor Attu (occupation) Kiska Zhejiang-Jiangxi Midway Rzhev Blue Stalingrad Singapore St Nazaire Dieppe...
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    through American lines. The strategic position of the islands of Attu and Kiska off Alaska's coast meant their locations could control the sea lanes across...
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    elections were held in Slovakia in March 2019. Incumbent President Andrej Kiska did not run for a second term. Fifteen candidates contested the first round...
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    Japanese-occupied Kiska Island in the Aleutians. On 22 July 1943, as part of Task Group 16.22, she took part in a bombardment of Kiska. Between 12 and 15...
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  • Kiska (Russian: Киска; Altay: Кыска, Kıska) is a rural locality (a selo) in Choyskoye Rural Settlement of Choysky District, the Altai Republic, Russia...
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    Battle of Changsha Java Sea Coral Sea Gazala Dutch Harbor Attu (occupation) Kiska Zhejiang-Jiangxi Midway Rzhev Blue Stalingrad Singapore St Nazaire Dieppe...
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  • Peter Kiška (born 10 May 1981) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kissos Kissonerga F.C. in Cypriot Fourth Division. Peter Kiška at...
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    developed in collaboration with KISKA, Audi, and Dallara. KTM developed its X-Bow road cars in collaboration with design studio KISKA, Audi, and Dallara. It uses...
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    group to its east. The islands in the group are, from west to east, Kiska, Little Kiska, Segula, Hawadax or Kryssei, Khvostof, Davidof, Little Sitkin, Amchitka...
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    on by Czech President Petr Pavel with regret and her predecessor Andrej Kiska with sadness. Similar positions were expressed by centre-right and former...
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  • Kiska is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved...
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    June 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy invaded and captured Attu Island and Kiska. This marked the first time in 130 years that United States soil was under...
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