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Chinese Acupuncturechart
CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE CHART showing the crucial locations on the body

HMS RODNEY
British battleship whose finest hour will come in May 1941 when her accurate gunfire is the crucial factor in the sinking of the German warship Bismarck Date: 1927 - 1941

Female munitions workers. By Fortunio Matania
As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased

Machine Gun on a Mule, near San Martial; Spanish Civil War
Photograph showing a mule column of the Spanish Foreign Legion carrying supplies and a machine gun up a mountain path near San Martial, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

African Circumcision
Circumcision is a crucial rite of passage in most African societies, the occasion for solemn ceremonies such as this tribal procession in south or west Africa

DUNKERQUE
An important Channel port, Dunkerque (as Dunkirk) is best known as the scene of the crucial evacuation of Allied forces in the summer of 1940. Date: circa 1825

Nicolas Count Serin
NICOLAS ESDRIN, count of SERIN Hungarian military commander in the imperial service, who played a crucial role in repelling the Turkish invasion of Europe. Date: - 1529?

William Brodie Gurney
WILLIAM BRODIE GURNEY Shorthand writer to the House of Lords : he played a crucial role in the trial of queen Caroline, taking down the testimony for and against. Date: 1777 - 1855

Sir Osmond Brock
SIR OSMOND DE BEAUVOIR BROCK British admiral : colleague and friend of Beatty, took part in crucial sea battles of World War One, continued in Navy after the war. Date: 1869 - 1947

Egyptian Dragoman
A Dragoman - a multilingual Interpreter, translator and official guide between Arabic and Persian countries and consulates / vice-consulates of European / Christian powers

Petrograd Workers Vote
Workers at the Putilov factory, who played a crucial role in the Bolsheviks seizure of power, at an election meeting for the Petrograd Soviet

Louis and Edward
Louis XI gains a crucial diplomatic victory when he meets Edward IV at the bridge of Picquigny : they agree a treaty whereby English forces withdraw from France

Street Scene during the Bombardment of Sedan; Franco-Prussia
Engraving showing a street scene during the Battle of Sedan; the crucial battle of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870

Scottish girls making shells
Female munitions workers in Scotland depicted in an illustration by A. C. Michael. As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I

Storia Di Due Anni
Title page of Vecchis Storia di due anni which recounts the history of two crucial years in the history of Italy - the struggle for and the achievement of independence

Knitting with Mother
A little boy watches his mother knitting. Clothing was rationed during World War Two the ability to knit for the whole family and make-do and mend was crucial

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

Trapping Partridges
Stalking partridges in Scandinavia : a hunter pretends to be a harmless cow, but at the crucial moment he pulls a net down on the birds

Battle of Busaco
At BUSACO, Wellington with 25000 men resists successive attacks by the French under Massena with 65000 - a crucial victory

Hms Invincible
Battle-cruiser HMS Invincible played a crucial role in the Battle of the Falklands in 1914, sinking the German vessels Scharnhorst and Gneisnau

Wwi / Italy / Nervesa Ruins
Nervesa, situated at a crucial tactical position where the river Piave narrowed to a ford, was left in a state of ruin by the end of 1918

Norman Heatley
NORMAN G HEATLEY English scientist who played a crucial role in the discovery of penicillin : at work in his Cambridge laboratory in the early 1940s

Horatius Defends Rome
When Rome is threatened by Lars Porsena and his allies, Horatius Cocles and two companions repel them, defending a crucial bridge across the Tiber

Pavlovs dogs trapped in a flood
When Pavlovs dogs are trapped in a flood of the River Neva at Leningrad (St Petersburg), their conditioned reflexes are altered, leading him to a crucial psychological breakthrough

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