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Drop zone flash. The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment ( 2 PARA ), is a formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade . 2 PARA is an airborne light infantry battalion capable of a wide range of operational tasks, based at Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison, England.
The Fifth Republic is France's third-longest-lasting political regime, after the hereditary, feudal monarchy of the Ancien Régime and the parliamentary Third Republic ( 4 September 1870 – 10 July 1940 ). The Fifth Republic will overtake the Third Republic as the second-longest French regime and the longest-lasting French republic on 8 August ...
The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
Germany portal. History portal. v. t. e. The Kingdom of the Franks ( Latin: Regnum Francorum ), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle ...
Mechelen incident. Coordinates: 50.9729°N 5.7158°E. A Messerschmitt Bf.108, the type of aircraft that Erich Hoenmanns flew. The Mechelen incident of 10 January 1940, also known as the Mechelen affair, took place in Belgium during the Phoney War in the first stages of World War II. A German aircraft with an officer on board carrying the plans ...
Rudi van den Abbeele (born 13 November 1952) is a French former Paralympic athlete. He won several medals in para-athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea. In 2017, he was elected president of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS). He is also a recipient of the Paralympic Order.
Haya van Someren (3 June 1976 – 12 November 1980) Guus Zoutendijk (25 November 1980 – 23 June 1987) David Luteijn (23 June 1987 – 13 June 1995) Frits Korthals Altes (13 June 1995 – 11 March 1997) Leendert Ginjaar (11 March 1997 – 14 September 1999) Nicoline van den Broek (14 September 1999 – 1 May 2005)
According to the report contrarily to expectations, the agreement has a significant effect: while in 2010 the expected temperature rise by 2100 was 3.7–4.8 °C, at COP 27 it was 2.4–2.6°C and if all countries will fulfill their long-term pledges 1.7–2.1 °C. However, the world remains very far from limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.