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Australia Australia
Australia , smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. 20,090,000), 2,967,877 sq mi (7,686,810 sq km). Australia's capital is ... Read more
OVERLORD OVERLORD
OVERLORD as the overall codename for the Allied invasion of occupied north-west Europe (see Maps 81 and 82). The assault phase of OVERLORD, the Normandy landings and associated operations, was codenamed NEPTUNE.The Casablanca conference convened in January 1943 (see SYMBOL), gave the initial... Read more
Earle Hyman Earle Hyman
Hyman, Earle (b. 1926), actor. The African‐American leading man, who has played dozens of classical roles in theatres on two continents, has performed the role of Othello more than anyone on record, with hundreds of performances in four countries over a span of twenty‐five years. He... Read more
geological oceanography geological oceanography
geological oceanography is the study of the rocks and sediments that compose the seabed. Two hundred million years ago there was a single great ocean surrounding one great continent, Pangea. The theory of plate tectonics describes the mechanism that led to the break-up of Pangea and the development... Read more
Pan-Africanism Pan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism general term for various movements in Africa that have as their common goal the unity of Africans and the elimination of colonialism and white supremacy from the continent. However, on the scope and meaning of Pan-Africanism, including such matters as leadership, political... Read more
COSSAC COSSAC
COSSAC, acronym derived from the title Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, a position held initially by Lt- General Frederick Morgan. It was also commonly used as the name for the organization headed by Morgan.The decision to appoint a chief of staff was taken at the Casablanca... Read more
Cloaks Cloaks
Cloaks A cloak, or outer draped garment that looks like a cape, was used by almost every Native American tribe since the beginning of their civilizations. Made of a square, circular, or rectangular piece of cloth, a cloak was most often pinned at the neck and draped over the shoulders and hung down... Read more
Eurasia Eurasia
Eurasia , land mass comprising the continents of Europe and Asia , in which Europe is geographically a western peninsula of Asia, rather than a separate continent.... Read more
Cretaceous period Cretaceous period
Cretaceous period , third and last period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale , table), lasting from approximately 144 to 65 million years ago. The Cretaceous was marked, in both North America and Europe, by extensive submergences of the continents. Changes both in the... Read more

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