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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
The northern part of the Western front 1915-16, showing the Battle of the Somme where Tolkien saw action. J. R. R. Tolkien took part in the First World War, known then as the Great War, and began his fantasy Middle-earth writings at that time.
Great Turkish War: 14 July 1683: 26 January 1699: 15 years, 6 months, 1 week and 5 days Lebanese Civil War: 13 April 1975: 13 October 1990: 15 years and 6 months Rhodesian Bush War: 4 July 1964: 12 December 1979: 15 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day Morean War: 1684: 1699: 15 years Jewish–Babylonian War: 601 BC: 586 BC: 15 years Cambodian ...
Order of Battle of Divisions: The Army Council, G.H.Q.s, Armies and Corps, 1914–1918 Part 4. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents (1st ed.). London: HMSO. OCLC 650201154. Addenda and corrigenda sheet issued with the volume and with Military Operations: Italy. Republished Roy Westlake Books 1989, IWM-NMP 2009. [87]
John Garth is a British journalist and author, known especially for writings about J. R. R. Tolkien including his biography Tolkien and the Great War and a book on the places that inspired Middle-earth, The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien. He won a 2004 Mythopoeic Award for Scholarship for his work on Tolkien. [1]
4.8 1977. 4.9 1978. 4.10 1979. 5 1980s. ... start of the 1958–1959 Berlin crisis, ... Some later claim this was the unofficial beginning of the end of the Cold War.
January 21 – President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders. January 23 – Roots begins its phenomenally successful run on ABC. January 28 – The Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 hits Buffalo, New York. [5] January 1–31
The war disrupted the cross-border trade and smuggling activities of the Bedouins, a nomadic people who resided in both countries. [42] Thousands of Egyptians residing in Libya and employed in the civil service, oil industry, agriculture, commerce, and education subsequently left the country, upsetting the economy and hampering public services ...