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winch
winch mechanical device for hauling or lifting consisting essentially of a movable drum around which a cable is wound so that rotation of the drum produces a drawing force at the end of the cable. A windlass is essentially the same device as a winch, except that a winch may be power-driven whereas ... Read more
magnetron
magnetron , vacuum tube oscillator (see electron tube ) that generates high-power electromagnetic signals in the microwave frequency range. Its operation is based on the combined action of a magnetic field applied externally and the electric field between its electrodes. The tube is a diode hav... Read more
Central Powers
Central Powers in World War I , the coalition of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. ... Read more
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco , 1892-1975, Spanish general and caudillo [leader]. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco. During the next 10 years he enhanced his military reputation in a variety of commands and became identified politically with the conserv... Read more
Boris III
Boris III 1894-1943, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43), son of Czar Ferdinand , on whose abdication he succeeded to the throne. He ruled constitutionally until 1934, then set up a military dictatorship under his premier, Kimon Georgiev, and in 1935 began his personal dictatorship. He turned toward the Ax... Read more
power
power in physics, time rate of doing work or of producing or expending energy . The unit of power based on the English units of measurement is the horsepower , devised for describing mechanical power by James Watt, who estimated that a horse can do 550 ft-lb of work per sec; a foot-pound is the... Read more
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu , 1882-1946, Romanian marshal and dictator. He served in World War I and later became chief of staff, but he fell into disfavor with King Carol II because of his pro-Nazi attitude and his suspected intrigues with the Iron Guard . In World War II, on Sept. 4-5, 1940, Carol, threatene... Read more
Iron Guard
Iron Guard Romanian nationalistic, anti-Semitic, and antiparliamentary group, founded in 1924 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu . Originally named the Legion of the Archangel Michael, it was organized on military lines and operated through terrorism. Its most notable victims were Premier Ion Duca, assass... Read more
Armageddon
Armageddon , in the New Testament, great battlefield where, at the end of the world, the powers of evil will fight the powers of good. If the usual etymology is correct, the name alludes to the frequency of battles at Megiddo . ... Read more
Peter II
Peter II 1923-70, king of Yugoslavia (1934-45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander , was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when Paul's government signed (Mar., 1941) an agreement with the Axis Powers, the army and people of Yugosla... Read more

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Axis Powers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Axis Powers. A treaty signed in 1936 between Germany...was known as the Rome–Berlin Axis, hence the name. This was reinforced in...Bulgaria, and Hungary were the other principal Axis powers.See also Axis strategy and co...
Axis strategy and co-operation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Axis strategy and co-operation. Although the leaders of the Axis spoke frequently in public of...Furthermore, each of the two powers conducted its policy without...evidence that the two European Axis leaders and Tōj...
World War II
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...The war pitted the Allied Powers (the United States, Canada...among others) against the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan...Germany's superior air power and technologically advanced...territorial expansion for Axis powers during World War II. It also...
Bulgaria
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...September 1939, was the only power defeated in 1918 not to have...driving Bulgaria towards the Axis. However, King Boris III...committed itself to joining the Axis at an unspecified future date...en route to Greece (see also Axis strategy and co-operation...
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...and reacted hesitantly to Axis aggression in Asia and Europe...belligerency. Emphasizing naval power and airpower instead of a second...of invasion and the bulk of Axis forces engaged in Russia and...Army “killing more Axis personnel … than all...
coastal management
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...to the land-sea interface along two axes. The shore-parallel axis is non-controversial from a scientific...exists regarding coastal limits along the axis perpendicular to the coast. For example...impact on coastal waters. Since the legal powers of local authorities often extend only...
occupation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...whilst similar operations conducted by Axis forces are described as ‘...invasion’. In contemporary Axis literature, the roles of ‘...population; and operations by the Axis Powers were not uniformly resented. In two...
Sicilian campaign
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...command system which, by allowing the Axis forces to evacuate Sicily almost unscathed...but with not much margin to spare. Axis airfields had been neutralized, but the...flank as the Eighth Army advanced on two axes: 13th Corps towards Catania and 30th...withdrawal but when Mussolini fell from ...
Francisco Franco Bahamonde
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...out of World War II, but after the Axis defeat he was labeled the "last of...Nations. Strong connections with the Axis powers and the use of the fascist Falange...society. The need to avoid immediate Axis involvement in order to begin recovery...
Machine Tools
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...planing, shaping, drilling, power sawing, and grinding. Milling...and fed at right angles to the axis of the milling cutter to produce...capability where the vertical axis can tilt and swivel to enable...and down. This is called 3-axis movement (X = left and right...

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Axis Powers
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Axis Powers An alliance of fascist states fighting with...creation of a Rome-Berlin ‘axis round which all European states can also...The Tripartite Pact between the three powers in 1940 cemented the alliance, and, by...
axis
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...eventual larger grouping of nations: the Anglo-American axis. ∎  ( the Axis ) the alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during...extended to include Japan and other countries: [as adj. ] the Axis Powers.
Lend-Lease
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...assistance to nations fighting the Axis powers in World War II. After the...virtually alone against the fascist powers. Isolationist sentiment and...greatly increased executive power by authorizing the president...the fight against the Axis powers while avoiding the kind of...
Allied Powers
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Allied Powers 1. (in World War I ) the countries opposed to the Central Powers ; the major Allied Powers were...the countries opposed to the Axis Powers ; the major Allied Powers...January 1, 1942. See also Axis Powers .)
Unconditional Surrender
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...War II. In that conflict, the Allies' demand that the Axis powers surrender unconditionally, first announced by President...that the demand for unconditional surrender bolstered the Axis nations' will to fight and eliminated the possibility...
Dall–Kirkham telescope
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...image free from astigmatism , although with greater coma (see Coma, Optical ) off-axis. It is particularly suited to observations where good resolving power is more important than wide field of view, such as planetary observation. It was invented...
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...defeat of the Turks in 1683 and the rise of Austria as a European power, Fischer settled in Vienna. He designed Schloss Frain, Moravia...Trinity Church—1694–1702) the long axis is that of the entrance-high-altar, while (owing a debt...
Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Georgian style , on the central axis of which is the central tower...consultant architect to the London Power Company for the new generating...4), and designed Bankside Power Station on the south bank of...Sublime ‘Cathedral of Power’ with its chimneys...
Carol II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...In 1930 he returned as king, and established a royal dictatorship inspired by intense admiration of MUSSOLINI . In 1940 he was forced to cede large parts of his kingdom to the AXIS POWERS , and to abdicate in favour of his son, Michael.
urban design
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...rdoba, Spain) attest to the importance of geometry and formal axes in the creation of urban monuments. In contrast, urban organization...magnificent Gothic guild and town halls attest to the wealth and power of commerce, and in Northern Italy too, civic aspirations...

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spindle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus spindle • noun  the spindle automatically rotates when the power is turned on synonyms : pivot, pin, rod, axle, capstan; axis.

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