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  2. Ten Years (Eighty Years' War) - Wikipedia

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    The Ten Years (Dutch: Tien jaren) were a period in the Eighty Years' War spanning the years 1588 to 1598. [1] In this period of ten years, stadtholder Maurice of Nassau, the future prince of Orange and son of William "the Silent" of Orange, and his cousin William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and stadtholder of Friesland as well as the English general Francis Vere, were able to turn the ...

  3. List of conflicts by duration - Wikipedia

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    10 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days Yugoslav Wars: 31 March 1991: 12 November 2001: 10 years, 7 months, 1 week and 5 days Algerian Civil War: 26 December 1991: 8 February 2002: 10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days Somaliland War of Independence: 6 April 1981 18 May 1991 10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 5 days Russo-Ukrainian War: 20 February 2014

  4. Tercio - Wikipedia

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    The Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) in the Low Countries continued to be characterized by sieges of cities and forts, while field battles were of secondary importance. Maurice's reforms did not lead to a revolution in warfare, but he had created an army that could meet the tercios' battle formations on an even basis and that pointed the way to ...

  5. Ten Years' War - Wikipedia

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    Taíno genocide Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) Siege of Havana (1762) Captaincy General of Cuba (1607–1898) Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Little War (1879–1880) Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) US Military Government (1898–1902) Platt Amendment (1901) Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Cuban Pacification (1906–1909) Negro ...

  6. Civilian Irregular Defense Group program - Wikipedia

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    The Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG, pronounced / ˈ s ɪ d ʒ iː /, SID-jee; Vietnamese: Lực lượng Dân sự chiến đấu) was a military program developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, which was intended to develop South Vietnamese irregular military units (militia) from indigenous ethnic-minority populations.

  7. Orders, decorations, and medals of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Commemorative Medal for War of 1918-1921 1928 Medal 10-lecia Niepodległości. Medal of the 10th Anniversary of Independence 1928 Medal of 3rd of May. Medal 3 maja 1925 Order of the Builders of People's Poland Order Budowniczych Polski Ludowej: Highest civil decoration of the People's Republic of Poland. 1949-1992 Order of the Cross of Grunwald

  8. Division (military) - Wikipedia

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    In the inter-war years, on paper the Australian Army was organised into seven divisions: five infantry (1st through to 5th) and two cavalry, albeit on a reduced manning scale. [17] During World War II, the size of Australia's force was expanded to eventually include 12 infantry divisions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th ...

  9. Forlorn hope - Wikipedia

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    Colin Campbell leading the 'forlorn hope' at the Siege of San Sebastián, 1813.Painting by William Barnes Wollen. A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the breach of a defended position, or the first men to climb a scaling ladder against a defended fortification, or a rearguard, to be ...