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Sultan Mehmed II had come Arriving out of his recent campaigns Military_operation victorious , adding large swaths of lands to his domains .

Alexios I Komnenos ' son , John II Komnenos inherited a sizable amount of land in Western Asia Minor , although the port city of Antalya was under Seljuq siege .

Operation Military_operation Rimau was an attack Attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour , carried out Action by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit , during World War II using Australian built Building Hoehn military MKIII folboats .

The Sasanian Empire conquered Conquering Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 , during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 , after the Persian Shah Khosrau II appointed Change_of_leadership his general Shahrbaraz to conquer Conquering the Byzantine controlled areas of the Near East .

Swedish Estonia was established Creating despite constant invasion Attack from Russia , and Frederick II of Denmark bought Commerce_buy the old Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek , which he placed Placing under the control Control of his brother Magnus of Holstein .

After the Mamluk victories over Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and Albistan in 1277 , the Il-khan Abaqa sent Sending his brother Möngke Temur at the head of a large army which numbered about 40-50,000 men , chiefly Armenians under Leo II and Georgians under Demetrius II .

After the Mamluk victories over Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and Albistan in 1277 , the Il-khan Abaqa sent Sending his brother Möngke Temur at the head of a large army which numbered about 40-50,000 men , chiefly Armenians under Leo II and Georgians under Demetrius II .

In a pitched battle , the Armenians , Georgians and Oirats under King Leo II and Mongol generals routed and scattered Dispersal the Mamluk left flank , but the Mamluks personally led Conquering by Sultan Qalawun destroyed Destroying the Mongol centre .

Al-Anbar Governorate was divided into areas of operations : II Marine Expeditionary Force ( codenamed Operation Atlanta ) included Cause_to_be_included Area of Operations Denver ( western region ) , Area of Operations Topeka ( Ramadi and surrounding area ) , Area of Operations Raleigh ( Fallujah and surrounding area ) and Area of Operations Oshkosh ( al-Taqaddum ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Brunanburh was fought Hostile_encounter in 937 between Æthelstan , King of England , and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson , King of Dublin ; Constantine II , King of Scotland and Owain , King of Strathclyde .

The operation then became Becoming known as `` Red Wings II '' and lasted Process_end approximately three more weeks , during which time the bodies of the deceased SEALs and Army Special Operations aviators were recovered Recovering and the only surviving member of the initial team , Marcus Luttrell , was rescued Rescuing .

Operation Downfall was the proposed Creating Allied plan Arranging for the invasion Attack of the Japanese Home Islands near the end of World War II .

The Eighty Years ' War Hostile_encounter ( ; ) or Dutch War Hostile_encounter of Independence ( 1568–1648 ) was a revolt Change_of_leadership of the Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands , Belgium , and Luxembourg against Philip II of Spain , the sovereign Change_of_leadership of the Habsburg Netherlands .

After the initial stages , Philip II deployed Arranging his armies and regained Recovering control Control over most of the rebelling Violence provinces .

The Japanese government signed Sign_agreement the instrument of surrender on September 2 in Tokyo Bay , which effectively ended Process_end World War II .

Isaac II Angelus , in order to raise Earnings_and_losses money for his wedding Forming_relationships with the daughter of King Béla III of Hungary , levied Imposing_obligation a new tax which fell heavily on the population of the Haemus Mountains .

In a symbolic gesture , Isaac II entered Arriving Peter 's house and took Conquering the icon of Saint Demetrius , thus regaining Recovering the saint 's favour .

Leaderless when it first began Process_start , it was the first major threat Influence to Soviet control Control since the Red Army drove Motion Nazi Germany from its territory at the End of World War II in Europe .

The First Crusade ( 1095–1099 ) was the first of a number of crusades Military_operation that attempted to recapture Recovering the Holy Land , called Request for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095 .

On 5 February 1649 , Charles II had been proclaimed Statement king after his father 's execution .

Stephen died Death the next year and Henry ascended Change_of_leadership the throne as Henry II , the first Angevin king of England , beginning Process_start a long period of reconstruction .

The Italian invasion Hostile_encounter of France , also called Name_conferral the Battle of the Alps ( 10–25 June 1940 ) , was the first major Italian engagement Participation of World War II and the last major engagement Participation of the Battle of France .

The Alive II Tour Traveling was a concert tour Traveling by Kiss , and was the follow-up to the Love Gun Tour Traveling which ended Process_end in early September .

The Alive II Tour Traveling saw Kiss perform Action 5 sold-out nights at Tokyo 's Budokan , breaking Destroying their previous record Recording of 4 one year earlier , as well as breaking Process_end the previous record Recording by The Beatles .

Historian Stephen Bungay cited Statement Germany 's failure to destroy Destroying Britain 's air defences to force an armistice Sign_agreement ( or even outright surrender ) as the first major German defeat Conquering in World War Military_operation II and a crucial turning point in the conflict Hostile_encounter .

According to the Iranian government , the cruiser negligently shot down Use_firearm the aircraft , which was transmitting IFF squawks in Mode III , a signal that identified Check it as a civilian aircraft , and not Mode II as used Using by Iranian military aircraft .

The scale of the tragedy shocked Change_sentiment the nation and briefly replaced the events of World War II in newspaper headlines .

During the Battle of Albert 1914 the II Bavarian Corps attacked Attack westwards north of the Somme but was fought Quarreling to a standstill east of Mametz .

The 2012 Games Competition were formally opened Process_start by Queen Elizabeth II .

The Pacific War , sometimes called Name_conferral the Asia–Pacific War , was the theater of World War II that was fought Hostile_encounter in the Pacific and Asia .

During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II , there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement ( Filipino : `` Kilusan ng Paglaban sa Pilipinas '' ) , which opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years .

Such was their effectiveness that by the end of World War II , Japan controlled Control only twelve of the forty-eight provinces .

Stirred largely due Causation to the inaction of the European powers in regard to Hamidian massacres , a series of mass-pogroms and massacres Killing of Armenians instigated by the Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in reaction to a series of rebellions by Armenians against the state Statement .

Because the storm Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be during World War II , information and reports were censored by the Government of the United States and news media .

After World War II , that coalition gained Getting strength from new philosophers and writers who developed an intellectual rationale for conservatism .

The South African Border War resulted in Causation some of the largest battles on the African continent since World War II and was closely intertwined Cause_to_amalgamate with the Angolan Civil War .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Bulge , also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive Attack , was the last major German offensive campaign Military_operation on the Western Front during World War Military_operation II , and took place Process_start from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945 .

The `` Bulge '' was the largest and bloodiest single battle Hostile_encounter fought by the United States in World War Military_operation II and the second deadliest campaign Military_operation in American history .

Wavell had lost Earnings_and_losses his left Departing hand in Burma during World War II .

The Atlantic U-boat campaign Military_operation of World War Military_operation I ( sometimes called the `` First Battle Hostile_encounter of the Atlantic '' , in reference to the World War II campaign of that name ) was the prolonged naval conflict Hostile_encounter between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles , the North Sea and the coast of France .

The tactical successes and failures of the Atlantic U-boat Campaign Military_operation would later be used Using as a set of available tactics in World War II in a similar U-boat war Military_operation against the British Empire .

According to John Laffin , the campaign `` was arguably the most arduous fought Hostile_encounter by any Allied troops during World War II '' .

The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II in January 1945 .

In the early hours of 8 August 1944 , II Canadian Corps launched Process_start the attack Attack using Using mechanized infantry .

Following the World War II German-led Axis invasion Attack of Yugoslavia in April 1941 , the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was partitioned Change_of_leadership .

Operation Spring Awakening ( `` Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen '' ) ( 6 – 16 March 1945 ) was the last major German offensive Attack of World War II .

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Telling , `` In the 65 years after the end of World War II , this is the toughest Confronting_problem and the most difficult crisis Catastrophe for Japan . ''

Allied forces conducted Action many air raids Attack on Japan during World War Military_operation II , causing Causation extensive destruction Destroying to the country 's cities and killing Killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people .

In addition , Tsar Alexander II hit Attack the landed gentry hard , and as a result the whole economy , with a sudden decision Deciding in 1864 to finally abolish Removing serfdom in Poland .