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Imotsko Polje (lit. ' Field of Imotski ' ) is a polje ( karstic field) located on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near the city of Imotski . The larger part is in Herzegovina , while the Croatian part is in the inner Dalmatia region, and is the second largest in the country, covering an area of 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi).
Summers are usually very hot during the day, temperature goes up to 40 °C. Temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F) last for more than 250 days a year. Two kinds of wind are common in the area - the northern to north-eastern bora , which usually brings cold and clear weather in winter, and the southern to south-eastern sirocco , which often brings rain.
The Battle of Murowana Oszmianka of 13–14 May 1944 was the largest clash between the Polish resistance movement organization Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) and the Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force (LTDF); a Lithuanian volunteer security force subordinated to Nazi Germany occupational administration.
Debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that blasted off in the United States on February 1 entered the Earth's atmosphere over Poland on Wednesday, the Polish space agency said.
On February 15, 1985, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess ...
Edvard Beneš, leader of the Czechoslovak government in exile Władysław Sikorski, leader of the Polish government in exile. Czechoslovak politicians Hodža and Jan Masaryk both wanted a confederation, [6] Beneš was more lukewarm; his goal was to ensure that the disputed Trans-Olza territory that had passed to Poland in the aftermath of the Munich Agreement was regained by Czechoslovakia, [2 ...
Fights to liberate the Hel Peninsula started on October 9, 1939. On that day, Nazi forces took Puck, and were ready to take Swarzewo. [2] a On October 10, 1939, Nazi German forces attacked then-known-as Wielka Wieś.
A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration's request to lift a lower court's order that blocked the president from unilaterally freezing billions in funding in loans, grants and ...