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The word cath is an Old Irish word meaning "battle, combat". [2] Mag is an earlier spelling of maigh, meaning "plain".Ellis suggests that tuired (tuireadh in modern spelling) means "pillars" or "towers", [3] but the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of the Irish Language translates tuiredh as "a lament".
The result was a seesaw battle, and the longest continuous combat engagement in the Southwest Pacific Theater from 28 February to 30 May 1945. Facing the Shimbu Group during the Battle of Wawa Dam and Battle of Ipo Dam was initially the 6th Army's XIV Corps, and this would later be replaced by the XI Corps. While the fighting took 3 months, the ...
Battle of Corregidor 5–6 May 1942; Battle of Cebu 12–19 May 1942; Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945) 8 May 1942 – 5 July 1945; Philippine resistance against Japan 1941–45; Battle of the Philippine Sea 19–20 June 1944; Battle of Leyte 17 October – 26 December 1944; Philippines campaign (1944–45) 20 October 1944 ...
The Philippine–American War was an armed military conflict between the United States and the First Philippine Republic, fought from 1899 to at least 1902, which arose from a Filipino political struggle against U.S. occupation of the Philippines.
The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the United States territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the ...
The game comes with three scenarios, each simulating a different part of the battle to retake the Philippines: [4] Japanese retreat westward in the face of the American landing at Leyte; Americans are slowed to a crawl by tenacious Japanese defense in the mountains (likened by critic Marcus Watney to "a re-enactment of the First World War.") [5]
The BattleTech Trading Card Game was designed by Richard Garfield, the designer of Magic: The Gathering; both games use a similar style of gameplay and card distribution.. It was produced from November 1996 through 2001 [dubious – discuss], [2] and features BattleMechs, characters, and technology from the original BattleTech board game, with new artwork done by various artis
The popularity of the Barcode Battler was such that in 1992, [6] a follow-up handheld called the Barcode Battler II [b] was designed to provide enhanced functionality. It featured an extended single player mode, a wider variety of game elements, and an output port designed with interface capabilities - a feature that Nintendo took advantage of in licensing the Barcode Battler II Interface unit ...