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throughout most of the war, none of its neighbours were, and there was pressure from both camps to join in the fight with them. In 1943, Winston Churchill...

quite rough. Fights can occur in any league, but are less strictly penalized in the NHL than elsewhere. Simply participating in a fight gets a player...

further described in our article on early 20th century Chinese history. There was a faction fight among the Japanese high command in the late 1930s; they...

measured against the numbers of soldiers fighting. In many battles, more than 30% of the combatants died. This was due in part to the bad medical situation...

Players who are perceived as engaging in "cheap shots" against opponents can expect to be challenged to a fight—often by the opposing team's enforcer, their...

machine gun fire and stormed the German gun positions. In fierce hand-to-hand fighting, they fought their way into the towns and hills and then advanced...

or fight (often staged) A "beware of pickpockets" sign so everyone in the area reaches for their wallets to make sure it is still there, enabling the pickpockets...

sports-related activities, in contrast to professional boxers who were paid to box, but since 1992, the distinction is based purely on fight rules rather than...

close to the border. (updated Dec 2015) The fighting between Austria-Hungary and Italy between 1915 and 1918 was particularly fierce and fought in harsh...

known as the Mujahedeen to fight the Soviets, ending in a humiliating defeat for the Soviet Union that led to its collapse two years later. The Mujahedeen...

up the pathway for the Macedonians and their allies to march into Egypt, and once Gaza fell the Persian satrap of Egypt surrendered without a fight. 31...

involved in fighting in the DRC agreed to a ceasefire in January 1999, but since the rebels weren't a signatory, fighting continued. In 1999, the rebels broke...

years in training if you want to be able to use martial arts competently in an actual fight. The places where martial arts come from are also the best...

Bar fights do occur. In the center of the city and around Nevsky Prospekt, they are rare. However, in the suburbs and local cheaper pubs, fights occur...

1927, the Chinese Communist Party and the nationalist government were often at each other's throats. They suspended fighting in 1937 after the Xi'an incident...

in mainland Spain) and the colonial administration. The moment to fight for independence from Spain arrived at dawn on November 5th, 1811, when the Salvadoran...

dissolution in 2018, but open wounds still remain, especially since even the democratic governments of the 1980s used some extra-legal measures in fighting ETA...

hips turn enough for the horse to feel it. If you have to force the horse to do things, you are likely to end up in a losing fight. Probably you have been...

uk. During the last fight of the film, a part of the battle takes place in the dungeons of the Tower of London.   This film is mostly set in space. So...

terracotta and basketry. The nearby town of Kotaraja is the best known location in Lombok to witness traditional Sasak stick fighting and the village has a long...