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 | The Battle of Polygon Wood was a small conflict of the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I. The majority of the battle was fought near Ypres, Belgium, in an area named the Polygon Wood after the layout of the area. However, much of the woodland had been under intense shelling during the Battle of Passchendaele, and the area changed hands many times throughout the course of the campaign. The ... |  | 11/19/2009 | 374 | 
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 | Smeaton’s Tower is one of Plymouth’s most prominent landmarks. Designed by John Smeaton, construction began in 1756 and was completed in 1759. For 123 years, it warned ships of the dangerous Eddystone Rocks located some 22 kilometers off the coast of Plymouth. |  | 10/10/2005 | 228 | 



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 | Here you can see a small plane flying over Rinteln (Lower Saxony). South of Rinteln you´ll find a small airfield. Perhaps this plane will go to there / has started there |  | 07/16/2007 | 407 | 



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 | A small plane about to takeoff from Liepaja East in Latvia. Come to think of it, it doesn't actually look like its taking off, the angle of the front of the plane is wrong. But anyways, a little plane in Latvia. |  | 01/12/2007 | 204 | 



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 | small plane flying over the "Wahner Heide" |  | 08/14/2005 | 217 | 



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 | A small plane flying over some railroad tracks. The resolution is pretty clear. |  | 10/06/2007 | 601 | 



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 | The first stone defences in Plymouth were those of the 15th century Plymouth Castle of which only a very small part of one tower remains near the Citadel. Previous to this the main local defences were at Plympton, but the importance of this castle faded as the River Plym silted up.
In the first half of the 16th century six blockhouses were built along the shore. A fort was constr... |  | 12/15/2005 | 291 | 



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 | The Battle of Polygon Wood, 25-27 September 1917, was part of the wider Third Battle of Ypres (First World War). It came during the second phase of the battle, in which General Herbert Plumer’s Second Army was given the lead. Plumer replaced the ambitious general assaults that had begun the battle with a series of small attacks with limited objectives – his “Bite and hold” plan. These attacks i... |  | 11/04/2008 | 443 | 



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 | This small area of woodland was taken by German troops in 1914, and during the winter of 1914/15 a system of trenches was constructed in the what the Allies called 'Croonaert Wood', but which the Germans named 'Baynerwald' ('Bavarian Wood') as it was Bavarian units which had first been stationed here. Adolf Hitler had served here in 1914/15, and was awarded an Iron Cross close by, while working... |  | 09/18/2009 | 36 | 



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 | Small plane (Cessna?) over water. Just took off at Kansas City Downtown Airport. Shadow is trailing by 555 feet. |  | 03/20/2006 | 212 | 



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 | Plymouth's Royal Citadel was built in the late 1660s as King Charles II decided it was necessary after the Dutch Wars of 1664-67 to realise the importance of Plymouth as a channel port. |  | 10/11/2005 | 180 | 



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 | a small plane off the coast of Lisbon |  | 07/21/2008 | 365 | 



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