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(Encyclopedia) North Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.222,000 sq mi (574,980 sq km), c.600 mi (1,000 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide, NW of Central Europe. It washes the shores of Great Britain…Rothenburg ob der Tauber
(Encyclopedia) Rothenburg ob der TauberRothenburg ob der Tauberrōˈtənb&oomacr;rkh ôp dĕr touˈbər [key], town (1994 pop. 12,001), Bavaria, S Germany, on the Tauber River. One of the best-preserved…Saale
(Encyclopedia) SaaleSaalezälˈə [key], river, c.265 mi (430 km) long, rising in the Fichtelgebirge, central Germany, and flowing generally N through E central Germany, past Jena, Naumberg (the head of…Helgoland
(Encyclopedia) Helgoland Helgoland hĕlˈgōläntˌ [key] or Heligoland Helgoland…Oder-Neisse line
(Encyclopedia) Oder-Neisse line, frontier established in 1945 between Germany and Poland; it followed the Oder and W Neisse rivers from the Baltic Sea to the Czechoslovak border. The boundary,…Bach, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Bach, Thomas, 1953–, German sports executive, b. Würzberg. A lawyer and businessman, he won a gold medal in team fencing representing West Germany in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Bach…Potsdam Conference
(Encyclopedia) Potsdam Conference, meeting (July 17–Aug. 2, 1945) of the principal Allies in World War II (the United States, the USSR, and Great Britain) to clarify and implement agreements…William, crown prince of Germany
(Encyclopedia) William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the…Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
(Encyclopedia) Wolf-Ferrari, ErmannoWolf-Ferrari, Ermannoārmänˈnō vôlf-fār-räˈrē [key], 1876–1948, German-Italian composer, b. Venice, studied in Germany. Most of his 12 operas, which adapted the…Paulus, Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Paulus, FriedrichPaulus, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh pouˈl&oobreve;s [key], 1890–1957, German field marshal. He commanded the army at the siege of Stalingrad and was raised to marshal's…Trending
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