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  2. Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife - Wikipedia

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    Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife at Fort William Museum. The F-S fighting knife was designed for surprise attack and fighting, with a slender blade that can easily penetrate a ribcage. Grip is provided by a vase handle, and the blade's slender, sharp-pointed blade is designed for use as a fighting knife. Fairbairn's rationale is in his book Get ...

  3. William E. Fairbairn - Wikipedia

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    Fairbairn and Sykes were both commissioned as second lieutenants on 15 July 1940. [2] He trained British, American and Canadian Commandos and No. 2 Dutch Troop 10th Inter-Allied Commando forces , US Rangers candidates, and personnel of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), mainly for close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques.

  4. Eric A. Sykes - Wikipedia

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    Eric A. Sykes. Major Eric Anthony Sykes (5 February 1883 – 12 May 1945), born Eric Anthony Schwabe, was a soldier and firearms expert.He is most famous for his work with William E. Fairbairn in the development of the eponymous Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife and modern British Close Quarters Battle (CQB) martial arts during World War II.

  5. Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences - Wikipedia

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    Institute for Sustainable Development of the Central Region (Viện Khoa học xã hội vùng Trung Bộ) Institute for Sustainable Development of the Central Highland- Viện Khoa học xã hội vùng Tây Nguyên; Institute of World Economics and Politics; Vietnam Institute of Economics; Institute of State and Law; Institute for Human Studies

  6. Nguyễn Đình Chiểu - Wikipedia

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    Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.

  7. VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Wikipedia

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    In October 1945, President Hồ Chí Minh signed the decree to establish the University of Literature (Ban Đại học Văn khoa, or Trường Đại học Văn khoa) -the precursor of the current VNU-USSH. In April 1956, the University of Hanoi (Trường Đại học Tổng hợp Hà Nội) was established. During this period, fundamental ...

  8. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.

  9. File:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, Fort William.jpg - Wikipedia

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