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...This paper analyzes the participation of the US Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater of operation from 1943 to 1944 and also studies the coalition and joint operations required in the air campaign. Coalition and joint warfare provides numerous command, control, and coordination problems ...

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...ting for regional dominance for many centuries. Today, the main geographical locations of their conflicts are the regions of Central Asia and East Mediterranean Sea. Both Central Asia and the East Mediterranean Sea are of strategic importance for the connection of Europe to the oil and natural gas reserves of the Caspian Sea and the Middle East. This essay examines i...

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...Book I of the Story of the World series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the enti...

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...f 8,000 yards has been found in the North Atlantic, and 2,500 yards in the Mediterranean. The most remarkable soundings have been made in the South At... ... mens of the zoophyte. This coral was more valuable than that found in the Mediterranean, on the coasts of France, Italy and Barbary. Its tints justif... ...o see the long jetty of Port Said after to-morrow, when we shall be in the Mediterranean.” “The Mediterranean!” I exclaimed. “Yes, sir; does that asto... ...ave to put on the Nautilus, if the day after to-morrow she is to be in the Mediterranean, having made the round of Africa, and 159 Jules Verne double... ... day into the impassable Red Sea. I noticed that in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean there existed a certain number of fishes of a kind per- fectl... ...was, the subterranean current must necessarily run from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, from the sole cause of difference of level. I caught a large... ...ed Sea, which the incline of the tunnel precipitated violently towards the Mediterranean. The Nautilus went with the torrent, rapid as an arrow, in sp... ...es past ten, Captain Nemo quitted the helm, and, turning to me, said: “The Mediterranean!” In less than twenty minutes, the Nautilus, carried along by... ...l, Sir Naturalist,” said the Canadian, in a slightly jovial tone, “and the Mediterranean?” “We are floating on its surface, friend Ned.” “What!” said ...

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...h made two great expeditions; they of Tyrambel through the Atlan tic to the Mediterranean Sea; and they of Coya, through the South Sea upon this our ...

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...trary enlistment into the Indomitable that ship was on her way to join the Mediterranean fleet. No long time elapsed before the ‘unction was effected....

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...me. For as there is a lingua Franca of many tongues on the moles and in the feluccas of the Mediterranean, so there is a free or common accent among E... ...he keen sea-wind. T o one who had learned to know their song in warm pleasant places by the Mediterranean, it seemed to taunt the country, and make it...

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...cedure. But at that time the police were too uniformly successful from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. It was annoying and began to look danger- ous.... ...e fashionable drive, a broad road bordered by a low wall, beyond which the Mediterranean splashes with gentle murmurs when the weather is fine. As lif...

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...; it would be wrong and foolish to cut the trade of Hun- gary off from the Mediterranean. But the banking puzzle is a more intricate and puzzling matt...

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...inking up the wealth of a conti- nent as Rome once drank the wealth of the Mediterranean and Babylon the wealth of the east. In her streets one found ...

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...OP CARRIER AND THEATER AIRLIFT IN WORLD WAR II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Origins of Troop Carrier Aviation . . . . . . . . .79 The Mediterranean and European Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Troop Carrier Operations in the Pacific . . . .122 Troop Carrier Aviation in the China-Burma-India Theater . . . . . . ...

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...r fiscal year ending 31 December 1986, 1 billion leks; 10.6% of total budget Mediterranean Sea Set rt|ioiul mip VII Geography Total area: 2,381,740 km... ...,000 males and 108,000 females reach military age (17) annually Cyprus 50km MediterraneanSea United Nation- Buffer Zonal '' Rizokarpaso amagusta Epii... ...ited Nation- Buffer Zonal '' Rizokarpaso amagusta Epiikopl\_J Limassol likot MediterraneanSea Stt refional map VI Geography Total area: 9,250 km 2 ; l... ...disparity in rainfall) Special notes: occupies important location in eastern Mediterranean, gateway to the Middle East People Population: 683,651 (Jul... ...31 December 1986, $242 million; about 10.9% of the central government budget Mediterranean Sea port Bur Safajah Al Kh.rijah^ .Luxot Atwsn See rtfionil... ... Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, shortest sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean; size and juxtaposition to Israel establishes its major rol... ...tral government budget English Channel 30Okm Sec regional map V Corsica >, i Mediterranean ** Sea Geography Total area: 547,030 km 2 ; land area: 545,... ... cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot sum- mers along the Mediterranean Terrain: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills; rest i... ...g 30 June 1984, $64.4 million; 8% of central government budget 92 Gibraltar Mediterranean Sea Strait of Gibraltar See regional map V Lighthouse Geogr...

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...e turning point may have been the passage of the Lex Gabinia following an attack of Mediterranean pirates on the port of Ostia in 68 BC. It granted ... ...minors. According to the Iranian news agency, IRNA, the European Commission on the Mediterranean Region estimates that the purchasing power parity ... ...rocco, partly to spite the European Union and its glacial "Barcelona Process" Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. But, as everyone realizes, the region... ...ry determination and well- honed pragmatism. Last year, EU spending within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership amounted to a meager $700 million. T... ... published by the Theodore Goddard law firm, the Agadir Agreement, the first intra-Mediterranean free trade compact, was concluded last month betwe... ...e's emphasis on trade and regional integration as foreign policy instruments in the Mediterranean is largely impracticable. America's cash is far mo... ...seen by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, into the eastern Mediterranean - Jordan, Turkey, the Palestinian Authority and Is...

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..., they began pastoral pursuits, that portion of the country extending from the Mediterranean to Lake Gennesaret being given over to that occupation. A... ...esaret being given over to that occupation. A much larger portion occupied the Mediterranean shores, and, beginning their. pursuits of fishing, made l... ...occupying territory in the Levant. In the beginning of their navigation on the Mediterranean they made use of long ships, understanding the means of b... ..., which is but another name for the Phoenicians, extended to every port of the Mediterranean. Thus, we find early mention of, Tarshish, and of ports i... ...tands, and this place was a great port of entry for vessels passing out of the Mediterranean and Red Seas on the voyage to India. From this city also ... ...arge number of ships sailed constantly to and from India and the, ports of the Mediterranean. By Strabo we also learn that King Menelaus, after the de... ...dition by way of the west around Africa. The vessels of Neco passed out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, and sailing down the coast of Africa, c... ...hey had doubled the cape, passing up the westward coast, and again entered the Mediterranean at Gibraltar. Thus was Africa circumnavigated by two flee... ... that there was a profitable maritime commerce carried on between ports of the Mediterranean and India, and that the Red and Mediterranean seas were c...

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...lieve it even now. around Great Britain, France, Italy, and in the eastern Mediterranean all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to France... ... and Ireland, the Atlantic coasts of Europe, or the harbors of the eastern Mediterranean, and to conduct those operations without regard to the establ... ...Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. That had seemed to be the object of the German submarine war...

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...d from those whose habits and opinions are threaded through and through with Mediterranean culture and the civic discipline of Rome. One can imagine t... ...s have been camping, and where our convalescents are now basking in the warm Mediterranean sun. The study of prehistoric art is just beginning, but al... ...worth counting, the straight descent of French civilisation from the ancient Mediterranean culture which pen etrated her by the Rhone and Spain and t... ...ce of Western culture. She inherits France through England, and Rome and the Mediterranean culture, through France. These are indirect and remote sour... ...vilisation than a mediocre license. V Many years ago, during a voyage in the Mediterranean, the yacht on which I was cruising was driven by bad weathe...

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... XXXVII THE CRADLE of oversea traffic and of the art of naval combats, the Mediterranean, apart from all the asso- ciations of adventure and glory, th... ...med encounters of lesser interest, all the blood heroically spilt into the Mediterranean has not stained with a single trail of purple the deep azure ... ...ed to afflict the soul of every sound economist. It is not likely that the Mediterranean will ever behold a battle with a greater issue; but when the ... ...tur- ous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventur- ous voyages as the Mediterranean -the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and... ...e sole artisans of all the wonder and romance of the world. It was for the Mediterranean sailors that fair-haired sirens sang among the black rocks se... ...ell all men that the great god Pan was dead. But the great leg- end of the Mediterranean, the legend of traditional song and grave history, lives, fas... ...f world-wide oceans beyond the Pillars of Hercules. XXXIX THE CHARM of the Mediterranean dwells in the unfor- gettable flavour of my early days, and t... ...udent travellers, I withdrew unseen—and re- turned, not much wiser, to the Mediterranean, the sea of classic adventures. 134 The Mirror of the Sea XL... ...of the once unbidden guests entertained unawares in our young days. If the Mediterranean, the venerable (and sometimes atrociously ill-tempered) nurse...

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...ting of the interest to the war of treasons and diplomacies in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quickly thereafter the last phase will be developing into pr... ... black people, and no disposition to give. The Latin-speaking peoples, the Mediterranean nations, on the other hand, have proved to be the most succes...

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...cesses of that fit, we held the stand- ing by the Moslem, on behalf of the Mediterranean (and the Moslem is one of our customers, bearing an excellent... ...not issue from an altogether unremembered man. He had been cruising in the Mediterranean, commanding the Ariadne, the smartest corvette in the service... ...and of the Ariadne corvette, which had been some time in commission in the Mediterranean, whither he departed, without visiting Steynham; allowing Ros... ...u re- member? on the North American station, and in the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. And that girl at Malta! I won- der what has become of her? W... ...no idea of overhauling you. T o-day our salt- water lake is as fine as the Mediterranean.’ ‘Omitting the islands and the Mediterranean colour, it is. ... ...ew projects. I have ordered the yacht to be fitted out for a cruise in the Mediterranean early in the Summer. There is an objection, I am sure—yes; pa... ... She revelled in a picture of the yacht on a tumbling 405 George Meredith Mediterranean Sea, meditating on the two specks near the tiller,—who were b...

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...ges down, And the son his honour prize. As the father his renown. O’ER the Mediterranean sea Proudly hath the Orient sprung; Who loves Hafis and knows...

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...As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the Mediterranean, and was among the first citizens of the United States known to have visited Egypt. Shortly after arriving in Egypt he resigned his commission, converted to Islam and joined Isma'il Pasha in an expedition up the...

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...vres with the Grand Duke, to whom he had been civil when in command of the Mediterranean squadron. Y ou know, the admiral believes he has military—I m... ...he Amazing Marriage The earl, you are to know, was then coasting along the Mediterranean, on board his beautiful schooner yacht, with his Lord Feltre,...

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...aspian, Bothnia, the British shores, and the bay of Biscay, The clear sunn’d Mediterranean, and from one to another of its islands, The White sea, and... ...ages home, and the Scotchman and Welshman voyage home, and the native of the Mediterranean voyages home, To every port of England, France, Spain, ente...

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...bandoned) the motherly attitude. “Do you know,” she said, somewhere in the Mediterranean, “I think you’re the very dearest boy I have ever met in my l...

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...- nial climates of the south,—having, in fact, the magnificent lake of the Mediterranean for their general centre of evolu- tions. Round this lake, in...

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...escended into it's final approach. "It reminds me of Beirut, the jewel of the Mediterranean, before the bombings," Hakeem said. "One day again, it ...

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... CHAPTER 3 Did a wall of seawater first seep and then surge from the Mediterranean into the huge depression we know today as the Black Sea? W... ...housand years. A wall of seawater first seeped and then surged from the Mediterranean into the huge depression known today as the Black Sea. Driv... ...mmunity on the northeast shores of a freshwater lake flee from a flood of Mediterranean seawater, scatter in all directions and seed the tongues of ... ... Phoenicians, Egyptians, Assyrians, and Hebrews intermingled along the Mediterranean‘s eastern shores for the four centuries before 1500 BC. Bring... ...s using manpowered sailing galleys. They transported goods all across the Mediterranean and even on into the Atlantic Ocean. Sailing out from thei... ...hing from the Indus River to the Danube and from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean. The Mongols promised justice to those who surrendered bu... ...eople was access to the Silk Road. Linked to China, India, Persia, and Mediterranean nations, its twisting channels of commerce had lain so far s... ... merchants were stopped as soon as they tried to travel eastward from the Mediterranean ports, where trading of goods from the Orient terminated. Fr...

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...control, either a world-wide pooling or a pooling at least of the Atlantic-Mediterranean Allies in one Air League, the splendid peace possibilities of... ...se of that impregnable fastness, that great naval station, that Key to the Mediterranean, Gibraltar. British boys are brought up on Gibraltar and the ...

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...OASTAL ITINERARY. Short Lights of the World. 7s. 6d. THE TRANSATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN TRAF- FIC LINES. (By authority of the A.B.C.) Paper, ...

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...y the tremendous actuality. We saw the signs of it in the emptiness of the Mediterranean, the aspect of Gibraltar, the misty glimpse in the Bay of Bis...

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...lues and desirabilities, and to circumnavigate all the coasts of this ideal ‘Mediterranean Sea’, who, from the adventures of his most personal experie...

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...ide Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians, men from all parts of the Mediterranean, together with Lascars, Negroes, and, perhaps worst of all,...