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  2. Museum of the War of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    It is a cultural centre owned and administered by the foundation of the same name, named after Domingo de Toro Herrera , a politician, engineer and soldier of the Chilean Army, and a veteran of the conflict who later held political positions and made other contributions to his country, in addition to having been the brother of Emilia de Toro ...

  3. List of World War I monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

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    World War I Memorial (Atlantic City, New Jersey) World War I Memorial (East Providence, Rhode Island) World War I Memorial (Elkton, Maryland) World War I Memorial (Norfolk, Connecticut) World War I Memorial (Salem, Oregon) World War I Memorial Flagpole (Hawkins) World War Memorial (Kimball, West Virginia) Young Memorial

  4. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works - Wikipedia

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    Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile.They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, as a testament to the historical importance of saltpeter mining in Chile and the culture and social agenda that developed around it in the late 19th century.

  5. National World War I Museum and Memorial - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, Congress named it the nation's official World War I museum, and construction started on a new 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2) expansion and the Edward Jones Research Center underneath the original memorial, which was completed in 2006. The Liberty Memorial was designated a National Historic Landmark on September 20, 2006.

  6. Battle of Coronel - Wikipedia

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    At the outbreak of war the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, with assistance from New Zealand and Japanese naval and land forces in the Far East, had captured the German colonies of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, Yap, Nauru, and Samoa, instead of searching for the German East Asia Squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Maximilian von Spee, which had abandoned its base at the German concession at ...

  7. See the 100-year-old artifacts unearthed from time capsule at ...

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    So members of the bomb squad had to be the first people to open the time capsule on the lawn of the memorial, without explosions or fires, helping ensure the artifacts would remain in good ...

  8. World War I - Wikipedia

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    Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."

  9. Imperial German influence on Republican Chile - Wikipedia

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    Chile hired a French military training mission in 1858, [4]: 129 and the Chilean legation in Berlin was instructed to find a training mission during the War of the Pacific in 1881. But large-scale emulation of the Prussian Army began in 1886 with the appointment of Captain Emil Körner , a graduate of the renowned Kriegsakademie in Berlin.