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The battle for Nish was not one, but five different battles. The first engagement was a battle against a small garrison in Nish and the Crusaders captured, pillaged, and burned the town. [ 12 ] This was followed by three battles against three different Ottoman armies advancing on Nish.
In 1944 the city was heavily bombed by the Allies. On October 14, 1945, after a long and exhausting battle, the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was defeated and Niš was liberated by the Bulgarian Army, [55] [56] [57] and Partisans. The city was heavily bombed by the Allies in 1944 along with other cities in Axis Serbia. [58]
Absalom's Monument; Achaia; Admah; Ai; Akko; Akkad – Mesopotamian state; Allammelech – within the Tribe of Asher land, described in the Book of Joshua. [1]Allon Bachuth; Alqosh, in the Nineveh Plains, mentiomed in the Book of Nahum
Several battles have been fought in and around Niš, thus Battle of Niš (Serbian: Битка код Ниша) may refer to: Battle of Naissus (268 or 269), fought between the Roman Empire and the Goths; Battle of Niš (1443), fought between a Christian alliance (Hungary, Poland and Serbia) against the Ottoman Empire
Niš was known as Нишь [10] or Ньшь [11] (Nyšь) in Old Serbian and Old Bulgarian. Nāissus is the Ancient name of the city. [12] Naissus is itself probably a derivative of the older *Nāviskos, from *Nāvia ("trough valley"), the Celtic name of the Nišava River, which flows through the city.
Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, king of Ashtaroth, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Chronicled in Numbers, he was defeated by Moses and the Israelites at the battle of Jahaz.
Libnah or Lobana (Hebrew: לִבְנָה, whiteness; Latin: Lobana) was an independent city, probably near the western seaboard of Israel, with its own king at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan. [1] It is thought to have been an important producer of revenue, and one that rebelled against the Judahite crown.
Upper Bethoron is first mentioned in the Book of Joshua as a city on the border between the Israelite tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim (Joshua 16:5).The borderline passed alongside the two Bethorons (Joshua 16:5; 21:22 [8]) who belonged to the latter Israelite tribe and therefore, later on, to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, while the tribe of Benjamin belonged to the Kingdom of Judah.