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Ardennes — noun a wooded plateau in the Champagne Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II • Members of this Region: ↑Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, ↑Battle of the Bulge, ↑Ardennes counteroffensive • Instance… … Useful english dictionary
Ardennes — /aˈdɛn/ (say ah den) noun 1. a department in north eastern France. 5255 km2. Capital: Charleville Mézières. 2. Forest of, a wooded plateau along the river Meuse, in north eastern France, south eastern Belgium, and Luxembourg; German… …
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge — noun a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise • Syn: ↑Battle of the Bulge, ↑Ardennes counteroffensive • Regions: ↑Ardennes •… … Useful english dictionary
World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… … Universalium
Battle of the Bulge — noun a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise • Syn: ↑Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, ↑Ardennes counteroffensive • Regions:… … Useful english dictionary
Führer Begleit Brigade — The Führer Begleit Brigade was a German armoured brigade, later an armoured division (Panzer Führer Begleit Division), in World War II. It was formed in November 1944 and destroyed in April 1945.The Original Führer Begleit Battalion (FBB),1939… … Wikipedia
pitched battle — noun a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place • Hypernyms: ↑battle, ↑conflict, ↑fight, ↑engagement • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Agincourt, ↑Austerlitz, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Second World War — noun a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic … Useful english dictionary
World War 2 — noun a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic … Useful english dictionary
World War II — noun a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic … Useful english dictionary
