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    New Swabia (Norwegian and German: Neuschwabenland) was a disputed Antarctic claim by Nazi Germany within the Norwegian territorial claim of Queen Maud...
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    Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of...
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    Queen Maud Land. The expedition served as the basis for a new German claim, called New Swabia. A year later, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition...
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    Swabia (German: Schwaben, Swabian: Schwaabe) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany. It consists of ten districts and 340 municipalities...
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    The Duchy of Swabia (German: Herzogtum Schwaben; Latin: Ducatus Allemaniæ) was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom. It arose in...
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    Upper Swabia (German: Oberschwaben or Schwäbisches Oberland) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The name refers...
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    the outbreak of World War II in 1939, though they continued to carry out new research in areas under German occupation after Operation Barbarossa was...
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    entered the inner territory. The region between 10 ° W and 15 ° E was named New Swabia (Neuschwabenland) by the expedition leader. In the meantime, the Norwegian...
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    Antarctic New Swabia Kearns, David A. (2005). "Operation Highjump: Task Force 68". Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival. New York:...
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  • the 170th meridian east. The meridian defines the western limit of the New Swabia area in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Starting at the North Pole and heading...
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  • the team to New Swabia, Antarctica, in search of the forge upon discovery of increased Nazi activity in the region. Rideau leads a team of new Bureau recruits...
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  • defined by the meridian. The meridian defines the eastern limit of the New Swabia area in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Starting at the North Pole and heading...
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    Conradin (redirect from Conradin of Swabia)
    was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke of Swabia (1254–1268) and nominal King of Jerusalem (1254–1268) and Sicily (1254–1258)...
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  • colonization of the Americas Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty Klein-Venedig New Swabia Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies Media related...
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    Hohenstaufen (redirect from House of Swabia)
    Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle...
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  • occupations Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany German occupations Other New Swabia Weather Station Kurt Schatzgräber Holzauge Bassgeiger Edelweiss...
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  • Philip of Swabia (February/March 1177 – 21 June 1208), styled Philip II in his charters, was a member of the House of Hohenstaufen and King of Germany...
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    Press in 2013. McNeill launched his own, unsuccessful, attempt to reach the new position in 2006, whilst measuring the depth of sea-ice for NASA. In 2010...
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  • Unofficial flag of New Swabia Flag of Reichskolonialbund and common flag for all German colonies during the Nazi period, in practice only for the New Swabia....
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    attempted to claim the territory surveyed by Ritscher under the name New Swabia, but lost any claim to the land following its defeat in the Second World...
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    history on the following points: Nazi Germany claimed the territory of New Swabia in Antarctica, sent an expedition there in 1938, and planned others. Nazi...
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    when the heyday of saga literature declined and no longer produced anything new, and the accounts of the events before appear to be taken out of their context...
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    Gisela of Swabia (c. 990 – 15 February 1043), was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third...
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    Beatrice or Beatrix of Swabia (April/June 1198 – 11 August 1212), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was Holy Roman Empress and German Queen in 1212...
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     Australian Antarctic Territory 1933–present  Nazi Germany 1939–1945 New Swabia 1939–1945  Chile 1940–present  Chilean Antarctic Territory 1940–present...
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    doubted the existence of a detached continent south of Australia (then called New Holland) and thus advocated for the "Terra Australis" name to be used for...
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    zinc mine that year. In 2017, new sources of ruby in Greenland have been discovered, promising to bring new industry and a new export from the territory (see...
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    Bertha of Swabia (French: Berthe; German: Berta; c. 907 AD – after January 2, 966), a member of the Alemannic Hunfriding dynasty, was queen of Burgundy...
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  • led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia (German: Neuschwabenland) territories of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak...
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  • Amsterdam Island (New Amsterdam) Crozet Islands French Southern and Antarctic Lands Kerguelen Islands Saint Paul Island New Swabia Bouvet Island Peter...
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