invasion
... World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist ...
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/a_fg.html
invasion
... followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
invasion
... to support the freely elected government. The Coalition Provisional Authority, which temporarily administered Iraq after the invasion, transferred full governmental authority on 28 June 2004 to the Iraqi Interim Government, which governed ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/a_fg.html
invasion
... southern Sakhalin Island. In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War ...
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invasion
... seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/a_fg.html
invasion
controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
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invasion
... the conflict. In 1940, Romania allied with the Axis powers and participated in the 1941 German invasion of the USSR. Three years later, overrun by the Soviets, Romania signed an armistice. The ...
www.exxun.com/Romania/a_fg.html
invasion
... rules the country today as required by the country's 1992 Basic Law. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
invasion
Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was ...
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/a_fg.html
invasions
... of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/a_fg.html
invasions
... in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century ...
www.exxun.com/Finland/a_fg.html
Invasions
Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English ...
www.exxun.com/Ireland/a_fg.html
invasions
refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/i_ti.html
invasions
... B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. The area underwent successive invasions in subsequent centuries from the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Arabs (who brought Islam), Afghans, and Turks ...
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invasions
... centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
invasive
extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species
www.exxun.com/Guam/b_mp.html
invasive
deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/b_mp.html
invasive
soil erosion, deforestation, invasive species, overfishing
www.exxun.com/Samoa/b_mp.html
Inverclyde
... East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
Invernada
... uncontested boundary dispute with Uruguay over Isla Brasilera at the confluence of the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada rivers, that form a tripoint with Argentina; the Itaip™ Dam reservoir covers over a once ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/i_ti.html
Invernada
... right to stop such construction with potential environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/i_ti.html
inverted
red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun ...
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/d_gv.html
inverted
... lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle, which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/d_gv.html
