For his actions in war, Arnold von Winkleried is a hero in this usually neutral country
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jeopardy/3117_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  HEROES & VILLAINS | For his actions in war, Arnold von Winkleried is a hero in this usually neutral country | Switzerland. right: David. Wrong: Value: $400.
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History - Switzerland - tax, area, power, policy  Such legendary or real heroes as William Tell, Arnold von Winkelried, and Nikolaus von ... In its first round, Zwingli was killed in action (1531). ... The Treaty of Westphalia ending that war granted the Swiss Confederation formal ... In 1848, a new federal constitution, quite similar to that of the United States, was promulgated.
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v) james fenimore cooper's the headsman - John Maynard Home Page  Switzerland and his Swiss novel entitled The Headsman; or, The Abbaye ... metamorphosis of the legend of Arnold von Winkelried, who, in Cooper's ... only so much deadwood  the obvious objective being to push dialogue and action to the ... name, who so generously sacrificed life and hopes to the good of his country,...
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Helden sterben anders (Heroes Die Differently) (2007)  Helden sterben anders (Heroes Die Differently) (2007) ... The boy's name is Arnold Winkelried (Noldi being his nickname). .... He says he will need a co-ruler to put his broad plan into action. ... Furthermore, the priests of the country of Schwyz are all forbidden to open .... This move was the immediate cause of the next war.
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Arnold Winkelried - Fr. John Whiteford's News, Comments ...  Oct 2, 2005 ... Then Arnold von Winkelried of Unterwalden, with an eagle glance saw the only means of saving his country, and, with the decision of ... No wonder that men thus nurtured in the memory of such actions were, even to ... Click here to see a painting of Arnold Winkelried's heroic death at the battle of Sempach.
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Ace for the Ages: World War I Fighter Pilot Manfred von Richthofen ...  Ace for the Ages: World War I Fighter Pilot Manfred von Richthofen ... piloted by the notorious Red Baron, plucking another Allied aircraft from the burning ... Richthofen knew nothing of flying or air combat and, like many infantrymen, had held ... While Jagdstaffel 2 awaited delivery of these aircraft for its new fighter pilots,...
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Pershing by Vandiver - Worldwar1.com  He represents the finest of the "new breed" of officers developed in response to ... is hardly appealing: a spit and polish horse soldier, he tolerated no nonsense, ... And although exciting Confederate raids occurred near his native Laclede he ... Pershing appreciated this association and remembered always that General...
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Rocket Man - The New Yorker  Oct 22, 2007 ... Magnus von Braun, the rocketeer's father, eventually compared his son to Columbus. ... the First World War acted as press secretary to the German chancellor. .... a movie based, with more than usual looseness, on his life story. ... Throughout his book, Neufeld refuses to use the term rocket scientist, not...
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Neutral country - Wikipedia  A neutral country in a particular war is a sovereign state which officially declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents. A non-belligerent state does not need to be neutral. ... An example of a permanently neutral power is Switzerland. ... and a neutral power's resisting any such attempt does not compromise its neutrality.
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Benedict Arnold: A Traitor, but Once a Patriot | National News | US ...  Jun 27, 2008 ... The one-time war hero chose a path of betrayal after becoming ... Before he soured on the revolutionary cause, Benedict Arnold was a ... His unforgivable act of treason has often been attributed to a flawed ... In secret code letters, Arnold plotted to sell West Point to the enemy for 20,000 British pounds (as...
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General Anthony McAuliffe recieves the D.S.C.from Ge. George ...  Patton, General George One of my extreme heros .... "Old Blood & Guts". ... slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. after he had ... back to the United States after serving as military Governor of post-war Bavaria. ..... regard &amp; served under in the 7th army, 3rd division, in Germany &amp;...
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USA Patriotism! ... Patriotic Story > Niland Brothers - Story Behind ...  Jan 10, 2011 ... Real / Nonfiction ... Niland Brothers - Story Behind 'Saving Private Ryan' ... We are from Tonawanda New York, not Iowa as the movie suggested. ... So, as of June 7th, 1944, all four brothers had been reported killed or missing...
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David Lloyd George - Wikiquote  What they do send is not the war, but just a pretty picture of the war with everybody doing gallant deeds. ... two Dreadnoughts, and Dukes are just as great a terror, and they last longer. ... I conceive that nothing would justify a disturbance of international good will ..... The truth is that we are always called upon to foot the bill.
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SparkNotes: All Quiet on the Western Front: Chapter Nine  When Paul returns to the front, he finds Kat, Mller, Tjaden, and Kropp still alive and ... the ranks: the kaiser, the emperor of Germany, is coming to see the army. In preparation for his visit, everything is cleaned thoroughly, and all the soldiers are ... about killing, but, from a historical point of view, the killing in World War I was...
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Huumoria englanniksi - Haksun Huumorisivut  Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days, governments had better get out of ... Into the mouth of a bad dog often falls a good bone.
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The American Revolutionary War  However, this war had ended in a global war between several European great powers. ... Because of this, the British armies were forced to ensure that their military actions ... the Hesse-Kassel had contributed more soldiers and because of this the German soldiers came to be known as the Hessians to the Americans.
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Gavrilo Princip: hero or villain? | World news | The Guardian  May 6, 2014 ... As Balkan countries prepare to mark the start of the first world war, history books ... On Gavrilo Princip Street in Belgrade, many people insisted that Serbia ... "A secret organisation named 'Unification or Death' [also known under ..... legs and something big was going to happen in the power vacuum created.
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In WWI, Alvin York Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much ...  Jan 24, 2010 ... Here is York's account of the incredible events, which are verified by the ..... They believe in an unprovable, fictional deity that cannot be seen, felt, ... which is the story of the most decorated American soldier in WWII, Audie Murphy. ... how you could regard what he did as "great" if he is one of you heros you...
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Errors | William Tell  To fill the gap, here is the true story as future historians used to read it in the pages of Vincent. ... The chief patriotic hero was William Tell, who, because he would not salute ... mounted on a pole, was compelled to shoot an apple from his son's head. ... William Tell's Chapel on Lake Lucerne, on a recent Swiss postage stamp.
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Apocalypse Now - Wikiquote  1 Colonel Walter E. Kurtz; 2 Captain Benjamin L. Willard; 3 Lieutenant ... You have to have men who are moral and at the same time who are able to utilize their .... Well, you see Willard, in this war, things get confused out there: power, ... Are you an assassin? ... You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
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Traces of Evil: Bismarck Revision  From 1839 to 1847 Bismarck lived the ordinary life of a Prussian country squire. .... Not all German-speaking areas of Europe were included but only as many as .... because Frederick William had attempted to unify Germany from 18481850. II. ..... IV accepted the Austrian ultimatum and agreed to the Punctuation of Olmtz...